New BlackBerry Q10 - Feature Revealed through New Images 2013

Just when you thought you knew everything there is to know about the BlackBerry Q10, new photos of the physical keyboard-sporting handset have made it on several tech websites.  These leaked images, posted on both Genk.vn andN4BB, show a feature that most of us never knew existed – a rubberized, textured back plate not unlike the one found on the BlackBerry Z10 flagship.  When the Q10 was launched on January 30, the device displayed at the press event had a smooth plastic backside which mirrored that of the older BlackBerry Bold 9900.

As it seems, BlackBerry may have changed the backside’s surface to make the Q10 easier and more comfortable to hold, but as the Q10 won’t be out in stores until late spring, the company may still be trying to iron out the kinks before releasing the final version.  There are pros and cons to the use of plastic and rubber as the primary material for the backside – while plastic backings may look and feel cheap, they are basically less expensive on the manufacturer’s side of things.  If it does stick with plastic, BlackBerry might want to opt for a matte finish for an added touch of class.  Rubber, on the other hand, could make the device much more comfortable to handle, not to mention more functional.

It’s also possible that BlackBerry may offer two separate versions of the Q10, one with the plastic backside, the other one with the rubberized plate.  Still, that’s probably the only key feature that remains undecided at the present.  The BlackBerry Q10’s specifications, as confirmed at the January 30 launch, include a 3.1-inch display with 720 x 720 resolution on a square aspect ratio, a physical hardware-based keyboard, a dual-core processor, 2 GB RAM, BlackBerry 10 as stock operating system and an 8-megapixel rear camera.