BlackBerry releases BlackBerry Q5 smartphone

The Canadian company BlackBerry, formerly known as RIM, has started sales of the BlackBerry Q5 smartphone – a budget-oriented device, targeted at young people. The device comes with a QWERTY keyboard and runs BlackBerry OS 10.1 out of the box.

The BlackBerry Q5 comes with a 3.1-inch sensor display at 720 x 720 pixel resolution, a dual-core chip at 1.2 GHz, 8 GB of internal memory, a microSD card slot, a rear 5 MP camera, a front 2 MP camera and a 2100 mAh battery. The device also supports BlackBerry StoreMaker, BBM Video, BlackBerry Hub and BlackBerry World.

The BlackBerry Q5 is now available in red, white, black and pink. As to pricing the device will retail for around USD 420.


Source: BlackBerry