BlackBerry Challenge: BlackBerry Z30 vs The iPhone 5. Full Review - YouTube
BlackBerry Z30 Review and Challenge http://www.daddoes.com/10248/blackberry-challenge-z30-vs-iphone5/ Today we have the results of a challenge. The folks at BlackBerry challenged us to swap out our iPhone 5 for a BlackBerry Z30 and record our experience for 7 days. We are always up for a good challenge and knew nothing about BlackBerry phones, so we gave it a shot.
In truth, I was not expecting things to go well. I am a huge iPhone fan. I have had various iPhones for the last 5 years and really didn't think the BlackBerry Z30 had anything to offer me. Apparently I was wrong. As the video shows, there are plenty of cool features in BlackBerry OS 10 and the Z30.
We loved the large and clear screen on the Z30. The battery on the Z30 runs laps around my iPhone. The whole BBM, message and notification center on BlackBerry really is a huge time saver. Sound quality is great, love the HDMI out and some cool features like NFC and Timeshift in photos.
The real negative is simply the lack of apps. No Netflix. No Instagram. Lots of games that I had on my iPhone, not available in BlackBerry World.
In the end, if you don't use a ton of apps, the BlackBerry Z30 is great and in many ways more enjoyable to use on a daily basis than the iPhone 5. Just having a battery that goes for days is a huge plus.
If you do love apps and have lots of friends in the iOS world - you will have problems. No FaceTime, lots of missing apps.
Head over to http://www.DadDoes.Com where we will have a full review of the BlackBerry Z30 and much more information on the BlackBerry Challenge.
If you are interested in the Z30, here is some more info on the phone -
Size
Height 140.7 mm / 5.53 in
Width 72 mm / 2.83 in
Depth 9.4 mm / 0.37 in
Weight
170g / 5.99 oz
Navigation
All-touch screen, with intuitive gesture based navigation
Dedicated keys
Volume Up/Down, Mute, Lock (for Power On/Off)
Keyboard
On screen BlackBerry® Keyboard (portrait/landscape), featuring contextual auto-correction, next-word prediction and a personalized learning engine that gets to know the way you type
Display
Resolution
1280 x 720 resolution, at 295 ppi
24-bit color depth
Screen size
5" diagonal Super AMOLED
16:9 aspect ratio
OS & desktop software
Operating system
BlackBerry® 10 OS
Desktop software
BlackBerry® Link software for your computer to enable synchronisation of data and media
Learn more about BlackBerry Link
Performance
Processor
Dual Core 1.7 GHz Qualcomm MSM8960T Pro
Memory
2GB RAM
16GB Flash
Expandable memory
Removable microSD memory card—slot under back cover
USB Ports
USB 2.0 high speed port—allows charging and data synchronisation of the device with a USB cable
HDMI Port
Micro HDMI for connection to your HDTV or projector
Power
Battery
2880mAH non-removable battery
Battery Life
Up to 25 hours mixed use
Up to 18 hours talk time (UMTS)
Up to 16 days standby time
Camera & video
Rear camera
8 megapixel auto-focus camera
Back Side Illumination for better low-light performance
5-element F2.2 lens
Flash, continuous and touch to focus, image stabilisation
Proprietary Enhanced Super Resolution Digital Zoom (5x)
1080p HD video recording
Time Shift mode for pinpointing and adjusting individual elements of your picture
Front camera
2 megapixel fixed-focus camera
Image and video stabilisation
3x digital zoom
720p HD video recording
BlackBerry® Balance™ technology offering dedicated profiles to keep work and personal data separate and secure
Alerts & notifications
Tone
Vibrate
On-screen or LED indicator
(Notification options are user configurable)
Voice input/output
Dual integrated stereo speakers
Multiple microphones
Hands-free headset capable
Bluetooth® headset capable
Integrated hands-free speakerphone
Network & connectivity
Network bands
Quad band LTE 3, 7, 20, 8 (1800/2600/900/800 MHz)
Quad band HPSA/UMTS 1, 2, 5/6, 8 (800/850/900/1900/2100 MHz)
Quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
Wi-Fi®
802.11 a/b/g/n
2.4 GHz / 5 GHz
4G Mobile Hotspot
Bluetooth®
Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy (LE) with aptX™ enabled
GPS
Assisted, Autonomous and Simultaneous GPS
Preloaded with BlackBerry® Maps application and enabled for e911 capabilities
Support for User Plane and Control Plane GPS
GLONASS Support
NFC
BlackBerry® Tag with NFC technology enables communication between BlackBerry smartphones and other NFC-enabled devices with a tap
Sensors
Advanced Sensors
Accelerometer
Magnetometer
Proximity sensor
Gyroscope
Ambient light sensor
Accessibility
BlackBerry® Screen Reader, for customers with vision loss
BlackBerry® Magnify, for customers with partial vision
Face-to-face video chat with BBM™ Video
Voice Control for sending messages, placing calls, search and more
Adjustable screen brightness, scalable fonts
Teletypewriter (TTY) Support
Certain models rated for use with hearing aids
