Blackberry’s debut in the smartphones market has been eagerly awaited by many consumers across the globe. This is mainly due to the reason that Blackberry manufactures products for its business class consumers. This has resulted in a huge gap for Blackberry to be developing its QWERTY keyboard phones in comparison to touch screen iPhones. In order to bridge this gap Blackberry has introduced the Torch that has a slide cover, offering a touch screen and a QWERTY keypad.

Blackberry Torch is available for a price of $199 for a two year contract on AT@T networks.

Size (LxWxD):

  • Closed: 4.4″ x 2.4″ x 0.57″
  • Open: 5.8″ x 2.4″ x 0.57″

Weight: 161.59 g / 5.7 oz (includes battery)

  • Operating System: BlackBerry 6
  • CPU Speed: 624 MHz

Memory:

  • 512 MB internal flash memory, 4GB built-in storage memory
  • Expandable Memory
  • 4GB microSD card included
  • Supports up to 32GB microSD card

Battery:

  • 1270 mAhr removable/rechargeable cryptographic lithium cell
  • Battery Life
  • GSM Talk Time: 5.5 hours; GSM Standby Time: 17 days
  • UMTS Talk Time: 5.8 hours; UMTS Standby Time: 13 days
  • Audio Playback: 29.8 hrs
  • Video Playback: 6 hrs

Keyboard:

  • Physical keyboard: 35 key backlit QWERTY
  • Touchscreen keyboards: portrait/landscape full qwerty, condensed portrait

Display:

  • High resolution touch scree
  • Half-VGA+ display (360 x 480 at 188ppi)
  • 3.2″ (diagonally measured)

Navigation:

  • Capacitive traditional touch screen (no SurePress)
  • Optical trackpad

Camera:

  • 5.0 MP camera, flash, auto focus, face detection, image stabilization, scene modes, 2X zoom, video recording
  • Video Camera
  • Normal Mode: 640 x 480 pixels
  • MMS Mode: 176 x 144 pixels

Voice Input/Output:

  • Integrated speaker and microphone, hands-free headset
  • capable, Bluetooth headset capable, integrated hands-free speakerphone

GPS:

  • Integrated GPS with A-GPS (assisted GPS) ready

Media Player:

  • Video format support: MPEG4, H.263, MPEG4 Part 2 Simple Profile H.264, WMV
  • Audio format support: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, FLAC, OGG
  • Ringtone format support: 32 polyphonic – MIDI, SP-MDI, MP3, WAV

WiFi:

  • Wi-Fi Band: 802.11b/g/n, support for UMA (carrier-dependent)

Bluetooth:

  • Bluetooth v2.1; Mono/Stereo Headset, Hands-free, Serial Port Profile, Bluetooth Stereo Audio (A2DP/AVCRP) and Bluetooth SIM Access Profile supported

Headset:

  • 3.5mm stereo headset capable

Network:

  • SKU1 UMTS: 2100/1900/850/800 MHz (Bands 1,2,5/6)
  • SKU2 UMTS: 2100/1900/900 MHz (Bands 1,2,8)
  • GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900MHz GSM/GPRS networks