BlackBerry Z30 is a bit of an odd eating in the bite. Hardly anyone knows the device or have ever had it in his hands. And while Blackberry was not so long ago purveyor in the younger audiences pingden loose it. Although BlackBerry also did well in the business market the Canadian company experienced a revival mainly by the unlimited messaging Ping. There was even a ridiculously bad song on the notion that “Ping” was at that time. After the rise of WhatsApp BlackBerry Messenger disappeared like Ping actually officially called, slowly into the background, and with BBM also the phones of the Canadian company.
BlackBerry however, has had enough time to regroup, and some time ago the company came with the BlackBerry Z10. That unit was well put together and in terms of operating system had things well on order but had a flaw. Compared to Android and iOS, there were not as many apps available in BlackBerry World. The price of 600 euros was also quite high.
What can the BlackBerry Z30, the successor to the Z10, these errors make up? GSMinfo.nl took the phone and looked closely scrutinized or BlackBerry is a good alternative to the iPhone and Android fanatics afficionado’s of this world.
- Display
- Hardware
- Connections
- Software
- Camera
- Price
- Conclusion
- Z30?
Buy
Design
The design of the BlackBerry Z30 is really not very special. That we actually want to say that if the bottom had not been in the big silver letters ‘BlackBerry’ also an Android phone might as well be. In terms of screen size BlackBerry remains perfectly within the lines of the average high-end smartphone. The design of the back is incidentally be called luxurious, for they have chosen a plastic with a carbon look, which really works out. It gives the phone that elusive ‘premium look and feel that all manufacturers are trying to pursue their top models.
The layout of the buttons on the BlackBerry Z30 is a bit different. The on-off button is not on the side, like in Android phones, or at the back like some LG’s, but right on top. At no convenient place, but as we will see later in the review, it is in everyday use just very pleasant. On the side are the obligatory volume buttons and a microphone.
Display
The screen uses AMOLED technology, which guarantees a beautiful color. We can only agree. Not only do the icons in the system, but also showed photos and videos splash screen. This beautiful screens we find only other manufacturers that use AMOLED, like Samsung. There is a downside to AMOLED and there is also struggling with BlackBerry. The brightness is in fact not really impressive, though we must say that it is not really disturbing. In bright light, the screen still be read in any case.
Then the size of the screen. 5-inch screen is not very small, but not so big that we can talk about. Phablet a In practice, it is still fine to behapstukken, especially since a large part of the control options from the bottom half of the screen are accessible.
Hardware
treacherous to explain, because it really says nothing about the speed. specifications of the BlackBerry next to that of an Android phone That is largely dependent on the operating system. We can only really make sense of our experiences in practice. On paper it’s certainly no big party. The BlackBerry is equipped with a dual-core processor, while the Android competition has long and broad is switched to quad-cores. What bakes the Z30 in practice?
The people who have programmed set the BlackBerry OS Android developers adequately in their shirt. The system operates smoothly, without exception responds accurately and instantaneously to your touch and provides at no time the idea that the phone comes power shortage. The phone comes with 2GB of memory, which is spacious enough to hold while multitasking. Great apps in memory About that multitask incidentally later even more under the heading Software.
The battery is also part of the hardware, and the BlackBerry Z30 is extremely powerful. While many phones today use a lot after a day on the charger should not. The Z30 That kachelt quiet two days. This is not only because the Z30 frugal use of energy, but mainly because the battery 2880 mAh is just a bit larger than those in comparable devices.
Connections
As expected, the Z30 has all the possible connections that you could wish for. on a modern smartphone There is support for all GSM standards including 4G (LTE), on multiple frequencies. The range is almost always excellent, in that respect is not performing the BlackBerry more or less than the competition. The audio quality during calls also about the hair: the sound is crystal clear
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regards the rest of the connections, it does not run in that area behind the Z30 too. The device supports all Wi-Fi standards, even in the 5GHz spectrum increasingly gaining popularity. GPS, Bluetooth and all that kind of antics are simply supported, as expected.
Software: BB OS 10.2
BlackBerry has its operating system from the ground up. This has several advantages: it is fast, as we noted earlier. Another advantage was that BlackBerry could organize themselves as they thought it would be. Comforable everything exactly as After a few weeks of testing, I can only confirm that I am in many areas agree with BlackBerry.
It all starts with how you took the phone from standby. IPhone not excluding all other high-end smartphones, do you need to press a button. When the BlackBerry is also a possibility. You can then press the button on top of the aforementioned pressures. In practice, you actually use that button only if your phone out of your pocket or inside half gets to see what time it is and whether you have notifications. The power button is perfect for positioning, namely top. If you want to use to send a message or to look for something on the phone is the key of course just out of your reach. Therefore, BlackBerry swipe-to-wake implemented. Swipe your finger from bottom to top and the phone comes alive. Very handy! Over time, you will hardly use the power button, except in the situation that this was so. Outlined
That swipe-to-wake however, is not the only trick in BB OS 10.2 that the way you deal with your smartphone will change. There is also the BlackBerry Hub. It is actually waiting for other manufacturers will copy this because this is so well put together that other notification centers there pale. BlackBerry Hub are already collected your messages, emails, Twitter mentions, posts on the Facebook timeline, SMS, WhatsApp messages, just about everything that a modern smartphone comes with notifications is neatly sorted the way you want and You can also respond equally dead simple. Managing the various communication flows is so user-friendly and fast that you suddenly see how awkward it actually is governed by other phones. The BlackBerry Z30 (and all other phones with BlackBerry Hub) is a communications king.
Android apps
it was in the past a problem: the amount of apps you could install a BlackBerry was rather limited. It was possible to install Android apps but that was a rather complicated and lengthy process. That is since the release of the Z10 happily changed because since 10.2.1 update, it is possible to install Android apps that you can download in exactly the same way as you do on your Android phone would be an Android Market app do. This is the complete Android appverzameling to your feet, which is a huge improvement.
It is still not easy to get the app store on your BlackBerry, but there are plenty of guides swinging around on the internet for you flawlessly lead. through the process Please note: you do not install the Google Play Store, but almost equivalent version of Amazon, which contains virtually the same apps. Once you have it installed, you can download apps without barriers, without going through that. Complicated process again
Camera
On paper, the 8 megapixel camera of the Z30 is not really impressive. So had the previous top model, the Z10, even though an 8 megapixel camera. BlackBerry has therefore put camera area few steps. Many of today’s smartphones have been onboard cameras with more megapixels and better sensors. That does not really matter much, as the camera in practice but performs well. That is not really the case. Sure, the pictures are fine and that they are in the right light conditions also shot another feature bright colors, but there are also problems.
The camera is equipped with autofocus, but that has a tendency to focus on the wrong thing. No problem, with a touch of the screen, you can just select what you want in focus. Troublesome is that the Z30 instantly takes a picture when you touch the screen, you can not see if the focus is like you who will. Fortunately, the Z30 in the vast majority of cases the right decision regarding focus and additional advantage is that the device is rapidly photos, but in some cases it is also annoying.
Regarding the quality of the photos varies. Under ideal lighting conditions the pictures are beautiful, true when photographing reflective objects you shoot against the light, it goes quickly wrong. Pictures say more than 1000 words so obviously below some sample photos taken by the Z30.
The Z30 can of course also make videos below another small example.
price
It remains a volatile issue at BlackBerry’s: the price at which they are offered. Which is in fact quite sharply. For a single BlackBerry Z30 you pay is currently at around 450 euros. It is expected that price, like that of the Z10, which still goes down. However, if you look at what you do now to get back, that’s not even that bad. Especially now that the backlog in terms of BlackBerry apps has overtaken the competition, there are few things that a BlackBerry is really less than a comparably priced Android or Apple phone.
Conclusion
BlackBerry has made great strides. The company once again shows that it can make good phones, not just that it is also in the area of ??software and soulfully. BlackBerry OS 10 protrudes just very well put together. Once you get used to all the quirks of BlackBerry OS 10, you really do not want to go back to Android or iOS. You have all these useful features like swipe up to activate quickly master if you use the phone intensively, thus phone that will also be an obstacle. Leading buyers What keeps all these people or to buy a BlackBerry
purchase a Z30 is for many people, of course, a leap of faith. Not many people are familiar with BlackBerry OS 10 and even more so with Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. In addition, the app offers until recently was not as impressive as it is now. After a few weeks the unit tested we dare to say that there are very few drawbacks to the Z30. The only really negative thing that stands out is the camera. We would have liked a little better at this price level. Furthermore, there are called the Z30 few negative things and that is quite an achievement.
We must therefore conclude that the purchase of a BlackBerry Z30 totally not such a bad choice. Sure, the phone has its flaws, but in this he does not differ substantially from other tops mart phones. The Z30 meets almost all the requirements of a modern smartphone user can have, and in some cases even better satisfies those requirements than more popular phones like the Galaxy series of Samsung or Apple’s iPhone. That is worth a compliment.
Pros
+ BlackBerry OS 10 works quite fine
+ Phone has premium look and feel
+ Large 5-inch screen with beautiful colors
– Camera some substandard
– Screen Brightness not optimal
BlackBerry Z30?
Are you convinced? Throw your Samsung Galaxy from the window of your iPhone in the drink and buy a BlackBerry now! There’s been getting along with a free subscription to the BlackBerry Z30 from ?? € 30 00 per month. If it is loose gear on sale from ?? € 458 00 .
Finally a fair and good review on Blackberry. This underappreciated unit and the BB10 system deserve so much better
Excellent review.
