Here's the Cheapest BlackBerry 10, Q5

The start of the BlackBerry Live 2013 annual conference today in Orlando, USA, saw the announcement of the BlackBerry Q5 - a QWERTY device for emerging markets.

The Blackberry Q5 revolves around a 3.1-inch touchscreen and one of BlackBerry's classic physical QWERTY keyboards, which they are so proud of. The screen has an unusual resolution of 720 x 720px - the same as on the Q10, but this time it's an LCD unit. Inside the BlackBerry Q5 there's a dual-core 1.2Ghz CPU and 8 gigs worth of storage. There's a microSD slot to expand that, but the battery is not removable.

The new BlackBerry Q5 will be available in selected markets in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia (including the Asia Pacific region), and Latin America, with availability beginning in July. The smartphone will be offered in black, white, red and pink.

Another announcement that came from the today's keynote is that the BlackBerry 10.1 update is now ready to seed to the BlackBerry Z10 (later this month in the US). Not only that, but starting today, Skype will be available to all users who update their Z10s to v10.1.

BlackBerry Q5 Specs:

• GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G Network HSDPA
• SIM Yes
• Announced 2013, May
• Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2013, July
• BODY Dimensions -
• Weight -
• Keyboard QWERTY
• DISPLAY Type TFT capacitive touchscreen
• Size 720 x 720 pixels, 3.1 inches (~328 ppi pixel density)
• Multitouch Yes
• SOUND Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones
• Loudspeaker Yes
• 3.5mm jack Yes
• MEMORY Card slot microSD
• Internal 8 GB
• DATA GPRS Yes
• EDGE Yes
• Speed HSDPA, HSUPA
• WLAN Yes
• Bluetooth Yes
• NFC Yes
• USB Yes, microUSB v2.0
• CAMERA Primary 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
• Features Yes
• Video Yes
• Secondary Yes, 2 MP
• FEATURES OS BlackBerry 10 OS
• Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon
• CPU Dual-core 1.2 GHz
• Sensors Accelerometer, proximity
• Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM, BBM 6
• Browser HTML5
• Radio TBD
• GPS TBD
• Java Yes, MIDP 2.1
• Colors Black, White, Red
• - SNS integration
• - BlackBerry maps
• - Organizer
• - Document viewer
• - Photo viewer
• - MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player
• - MP4/WMV/H.263/H.264 player
• - Voice memo/dial
• - Predictive text input
• BATTERY Non-removable Li-Ion 2100 mAh battery

via GSMArena