BlackBerry Q5 smartphone has finally been launched in India at Rs 24,990. The Canadian handset giant earlier launched Z10 and Q10 smartphones running on BB10 platform. The phone is a lower spec version of its newly launched Q10.

The new BlackBerry Q5 smartphone is expected to be available from authorized retailers in India starting 20 July.  It will be available in Black, Pure White and Pure Red color models.

The multi-touch smartphone with QWERTY Keyboard will have 3.1 inches (~328 ppi pixel density) with 720 x 720 pixels resolution.
 
It runs on BlackBerry 10 OS, upgradable to v10.1 and powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset with Dual-core 1.2 GHz CPU.
 
It sports 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, auto-focus, LED flash primary camera and has  2 GB RAM.

Sunil Lalvani, Managing Director for India at BlackBerry said, “The BlackBerry Q5 smartphone has a stunning youthful design that comes in exciting colors, and offers the full cutting-edge BlackBerry 10 functionality as well as access to the growing catalog of BlackBerry 10 apps. With its physical QWERTY keyboard and touchscreen, it gives customers the best of both worlds.”

Features:

GENERAL - 2G Network, GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network- HSDPA
4G Network- LTE
Keyboard- QWERTY
DISPLAY Type- IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size- 720 x 720 pixels, 3.1 inches (~328 ppi pixel density)
MEMORY- Card slot  micro SD, up to 32 GB
Internal 8 GB, 2 GB RAM
WLAN- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth- Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
NFC- Yes (market dependent)
USB- Yes, microUSB v2.0
CAMERA- Primary 5 MP, 2592?1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
 Video- Yes, 1080p@30fps
Secondary- Yes, 2 MP, 720p
OS- BlackBerry 10 OS, upgradable to v10.1
Chipset- Qualcomm Snapdragon
CPU- Dual-core 1.2 GHz
Sensors- Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Messaging- SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM, BBM 6

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