Blackberry Classic / Q20

Officially priced at RM1588, online sellers RM1459-RM1479

SPECS:
3.46-inch display with a 720x720 pixel resolution, a dual core 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB memory, and a microSD card slot for up to 64GB, feature an 8 mega-pixel camera and 2 mega-pixel front camera, pack a 2515 mAh battery, and run on BlackBerry 10.3 OS.

Connectivity wise, the Q20 will have Wi-Fi 802.11, Bluetooth v4.0, 4G LTE, and support NFC.







More pics here : Crackberry

SOS : weibo.com/dtblackberry

Excited

UPDATE 25/9
Mr.Chen (CEO) said the Classic probably will be launched in 2 months time

UPDATE 25/11
Launch event scheduled for 17 Dec, malaysia probably later? The Classic costs £350 in the UK and $450 in the US





This post has been edited by pisces88: Mar 30 2015, 11:45 PM

weibo.com/dtblackberry

Please use this source (this is where the ORIGINAL picture come from)

this can replace my q10
blackberry user who love to use qwerty will always prefer trackpad

last time it was planned to lunch in Q3 2014. unfortunately it doesnt come out.

i not sure where, this Q20 not even scheduled to lunch on early quarter of 2015

Looks nice but my heart already go to Q30

Q30?

Q30? Well... this looked promising and I do hope it is 'affordable' or should I put it as 'reasonable'. I guess this Q20 will only be available AFTER the BB Passport's launch which we still do not know when.

The passport should be announces on the 24th this month. Can check it out @ Blackberry's FB page. Invites have been sent out.

Please la please la come with 3.1k mAH battery, would happily upgrade from my Q10

Looks like just a minor upgrade from Q10. hmmm.

backdate this a bit. Yes it can, if you're a trackpad guy. But do check out the Passport as well!

Backdate this as well. Q20 should be out before END of this year. It is launched simulatenously with BES12.

Before end of this year. Nov launch if on time. Together with the BES 12 services

Right now I think they are set with 2.5k battery. The specs they are testing come in 3 variants, and 3 sizes.

1) same as Q10 (everything)
2) extended form factor, upgraded battery to 2.5k mAH
3) take everything inside a Z30, and put into Q20 (now the latest test model is this)

They were doing testing with 3 batteries, 1.5kmAH, 2550 and the 3xxx battery. (I think around 3100, that's Passport's battery)


We won't know what's the end result, but its safe to say its no more blueprint, and now they're on hardware testing and finalizing details.



Don't think so. If you're talking Dual core Snapdragon 600 1.7GHz with Adreno 320 (Quad core Adreno 320, same as the one in Z30) then you're looking at some extremely overpowered GPU for the screensize. That is assuming they're settling for the Z30 spec on the phone.

sometimes i prefer the trackpad , because in some situation if using the phone after sport , raining condition , u r unable to use the touch screen very well..

added to 1st post!

yup, trackpad fan here

yea.. just the battery upgraded and processor? was hoping for better camera actually

how the screen size compare to q10?

if the rumors are true, it'll be 3.5inch, q10 was 3.1inch

that should be better i guess ..
i love the swipe from bottom to top to unlock the phone.
and hopefully it will be much more smoother after installing all the android appps.

Will surely buy this Q20.

Track pad with menu & back buttons: navigation, selecting & copy text is so zippy.

Official launch estimated to be in 2 months time.

It should also use the camera that's in the Passport.

13MP

if my data is right, the 13MP that's in Passport is made by SEMCO (part of Samsung)

Any news on pricing when it launches? Will be be around 1k RM or shall they definitely go higher with this? (I heard they're going for low budget on this phone)

If you look at BlackBerry's offerings, the Q20 is considered middle to high end, although technically it can be considered low end on Android.


I don't see the phone lower than Rm1400, but it should not be higher than RM1700.

Read from some news saying that its price would be between USD 399 to USD 429. So it should be around RM 1300 i guess.

Its nice phone

Yes! the Classic is coming... Pre-Order available in the US already... hehe...

But it is going to be USD449...

Yup. Itu official!
Launch date 17 December @ Frankfurt, Singapore and NYC .




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if price is right i may think of selling my q10 for this

Nice phone... but pricing bit off for me..

Guest we have to wait and see

which website to watch the live BB Q20 launching ?

Price too much! I'm going to buy a Q10! Classic is the same as Q10 but with the toolbelt, so I'm def not gonna spend $200 USD more just for toolbelt

hey guys, I've been to digitall mall yesterday in PJ to find a Q10 but no shops had them. Do you know any shop in KL (bukit bintang maybe?) that still has and sells the Q10 new?

I was at a hotlink counter yesterday, and the lady could order me a new Q10 for RM1599........ I have no idea why that's so expensive.

Try look AT DirectD or 1gadgetdotcom

DirectD and satu gadget both do not have it in stock..

DirectD and satu gadget both do not have it in stock..

DirectD and satu gadget both do not have it in stock..

try ipmart?

they do have a physical store.

Ecurve blackberry should have it as well.

2 - 3 years ago i would think the price of this phone would launch at RM1,800 to RM2,200 but today i would think retailers here in M'sia would probably sell it anywhere between RM1,400 - RM1,700.

excited

I like the design. Better than Passport. Passport looks ugly.

be quick and go and pre-order! hahahaha

This design seems to have the best features of all blackberry I've ever had!
Is it out yet?

Soon, very soon. 10 days and counting.

And I believe you can already PRE-ORDER if you know the correct channels.


What do I mean correct channels?


In the past BlackBerry partners exclusively with only 1 telco. In Malaysia it used to be Celcom.


Today the pattern with BlackBerry (at least in Europe and in North America) is that they sell it direct via shopblackberry.com and Amazon


So i'm not sure how, but this will be VERY FUN.

Brightstar has upgraded status from "sell if somebody wants" to "full push and support". Good times are coming for BlackBerry!


Haters can jump off 14th floor now.

One more day before the launch!!! so excited!!!

Dope.

used to have 9300. love it. just hope they can blackberry big again if i ever needed a workphone. bb is myfirst choice

BlackBerry with TrackPad is finally back in action! I've passed on my Q10 to my staff and it's time for a Q20 upgrade.. Let's see how Classic performs with my current 6 Plus...

As most folks should know by now, in addition to the traditional navigation keys, the BlackBerry Classic also sees the return of time-saving default shortcuts that were missing from previous BlackBerry 10 smartphones. Sure, BlackBerry 10 launched with around 200 shortcuts included, but some of those that many felt 'made a BlackBerry a BlackBerry' were missing. The BlackBerry Classic fixes that in a few ways.

Rather than just adding the old shortcuts back into the operating system they've actually improved upon them.
One is through the default shortcuts, and the other is through the BlackBerry 10.3.1 software which allows you to customize the shortcuts to suit your personal needs. You can set letter specific speed dials, shortcuts to launch apps, and even customize which letters launch the compose action, which is not linked into any one type of message. This means you can set the shortcut to compose an email, a BBM message, or even a tweet.

Have a look at some of the default actions built into the OS:

Launch the Browser – B
Compose a Message – Within the BlackBerry Hub – C
Launch the Weather App – W
Launch the Calculator – U
Launch BBM – N
Lock BlackBerry Classic – K
Toggle Notification Modes – Q
Launch Settings – O
Open Contacts/Address Book – A
Launch Help – H
Create a new Note - D
Launch Phone - P
Launch Clock - R
Use these shortcuts in the Hub and email to be even more productive:

R - Reply to Message
L - Reply to All
F - Forward Message
T - Go to top of inbox (or message)
B - Go to bottom of inbox (or message) N - Move to the next date
P - Move to the previous date
U - Move to the next unopened item
S - Search inbox

By the way, I'm planning to purchase from shopblackberry.com at France. Can I use Celcom nano sim with UK Set BlackBerry..?

This post has been edited by WSL999: Dec 18 2014, 10:48 AM

Why not get it from Amazon?
Lol

When will Classic available in Malaysia?
Any retail price info?
Finally the wait is over....but have to wait again launch at Malaysia!!!

Amazon ships to malaysia?.. haha should be after christmas?

http://www.soyacincau.com/2014/12/18/black...ry-bold-design/

looks reli good!!!

I want this so bad but sadly don't know where to buy in Malaysia. Haih.

When will it available in Malaysia??
Any info?

We gotta wait for Bright Star Corp, Celcom, Maxis to announce.. Should be soon I guess..

Hope it comes with holster. Now that would be cool.

base on the Q10 it doesnt come with holster..perhaps we can check out unboxing at youtube to find out more...

I can understand, people love shortcut keys but I cannot understand what is so interesting with trackpad when we already can control using touch screen.

Sorry, I've never been using BB with physical keyboard before.

I understand your concern. Blackberry device is all about productivity. Having a trackpad or "touch-sensitive" keyboard (For BB passport) will allow the user hands always on the keyboard and not the screen. With practice, user can focus on constructing email and messages without the hassle of touching and holding the screen for edditing purposes.

Agreed!!

Secondly it is also the idea of engaging the customers. Older BlackBerry users who do not enjoy the idea of physical keyboards actually left the platform. Those who stayed around actually do have, to a certain extent, lingering attachment to the functionality of a BlackBerry, and that includes even the trackpad, as "backwards" as it may seem.

The BlackBerry Passport is a compromise in this, as it has everything the classic has, sans the toolbelt. However, it is also different from the Q10 because the entire keypad itself is a humongous trackpad and also emulates the function of a BlackBerry virtual keyboard. Judging from the initial response i think BlackBerry customers are very happy with the new direction, and thus in the future there will be templates for three keyboards, the full physical + toolbelt, the full touchscreen and a hybrid (maybe with, maybe without toolbelt, most likely without)




In respect to the q20 it should probably keep the existing corporate customers from leaving BlackBerry (note, BlackBerry at this point can just go on as a pure MDM/EMM company without selling phones, but that is another story) and probably be tempting enough to have corporations to consider buying the BlackBerry Classic and deploy it to their employees as a COPE (corporate owned, personally enabled) device and slap in an MDM of their choice (BlackBerry has opened up their BlackBerry 10 phones to be manageable by other MDM services) but i would expect the Classic to surpass the sales of the Passport. I think its the shrewdest move BlackBerry has done so far.

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-...ckberry-classic

DirectD selling AP Blackberry Classic RM1799.

For a phone with the same innards as Q10, the price is a bit too high for my liking.

It all boils down if you cannot live without the navigational strip and slightly smaller screen

Personally, I still find it a bit puzzling why BB still ignoring sliders. An upgraded Torch anyone?

Already up on sale ? I wonder when will it come to Telcos instead ?

Celcom....coming soon.
Check the webs

Price is on high side...

US retailing at $499, so it's not a cheap phone. :'(

Will have to wait a bit longer and see how it goes. Was really hopping to see the price on the lower RM1k side.

<rm1k... hmm... how I wish though but it is impossible for newly launch unless if there is Q30 coming out and Q20 will be <rm1k by then...

wait for the official launch + 3 months.

sure price drop like bag of rocks.

Anyone getting BB Classic now ??

It is USD449 for unlocked version, overpriced yeah. With the declining of the MYR against USD, I think BB Malaysia will price it at around 1.6-1.7k. Anything higher than 1.7k will only encourage the sale of Passport.

But then again, the phone looks cool in the unboxing video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Djje12RkaQ

This post has been edited by popsoul: Dec 28 2014, 07:59 PM

Celcom is selling BlackBerry Classic at 1588. I think it's a fair price (y)

Can purchase outright?

Ya 1588 seems fair enough, although many see it as the same Q10 hardware with the additional toolbelt feature only.

IIRC the time Q10 launched, it was priced more than 2k. Isn't it?

Yup. Q10 starting price is around 2200++ I think. So the Classic which is a definite upgrade of Q10, selling just below 1600 is a good deal.preloaded with 10.3 some more..

RM 1,588.00 RRP is just nice... hehe... reasonable priced. Gonna get one to replaced my aging Bold 9790...

Anyone knows where to test this BB Classic?

By next month we should be able to test it at Celcom BlueCube.

Ohh. I see. Can't wait to test it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVUVvH-aIc4...E3hvIofvdGunjZQ

Blackberry Q20 Unboxing from youtube

This post has been edited by b101: Jan 13 2015, 02:15 PM


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It's coming next week!!


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My 3 days old sexy classic

Wow... You got it already ? What's your view on it ? comparing to your previous ____ ?

it looked so sleek and stylish

Love the trackpad and keypad.
Previously using Q10...performance wise slightly better.
Key point is trackpad

Thumbs up for classic.

So how is it man? What's your early review of the Classic?

when is it coming to msia?

ya... hope it will be available in malaysia very soon...

Please refer to post#86

directd is selling at 1599 now.

Very sexy! how did you get it so soon?

Didn't see their post

Celcom launch already.

Celcom just launch the Blackberry Classic !

https://www.celcom.com.my/personal/devices/...ckberry-classic

Anyone getting this instead of the Passport? Downside is they only offer a 24 months contract, kinda long time.

This post has been edited by nic329: Jan 14 2015, 02:36 PM

no celcom exclusive methinks. Local retailers are already selling with original warranty. Good for BlackBerry users, bad for Celcom (lewl, as if I care with their[Celcom] blood-sucking prices)

More retailers having it = ease of purchase.