Blackberry release Leap smartphone in India for 20000 INR

Blackberry has announced the launch of Leap smartphone in India. Leap is the successor to the popular Blackberry Z3 smartphone.  BB Leap runs Blackberry OS 10.3.1, has a 5” touchscreen display and is 4G ready. The phone will be priced just a bit above Rs.20,000/-.

“The device will be an entry phone for these professionals who can then further subscribe to BlackBerry’s other services,” said Sunil Lalvani, BlackBerry India MD. “It’s not a low-cost device and is positioned in the mid-tier segment. We expect a good uptake of this device in the Indian market.”

Leap is powered by Qualcomm MSM8960 chip with a dual core 1.5 GHz CPU and Adreno 225 GPU. The display has 720p resolution. There is 2GB of RAM onboard and 16GB of storage can be expanded using micorSD card. The battery is a 2800mAh battery that can provide up to 25 hours of life with mixed use.

Key Specification

• Height 144 mm / 5.67 in
• Width 72.8 mm / 2.87 in
• Depth 9.5 mm / 0.37 in
• 170 g / 6.0 oz
• 5″ diagonal display
  • 294 PPI
  • 1280 x 720 resolution
  • 24-bit colour depth
•  BlackBerry 10 OS
• Qualcomm MSM 8960 1.5 GHz
• 2 GB RAM,  16 GB Flash
• Expandable memory via hot swappable microSD memory card (Up to 128 GB)
• Micro USB 2.0 high speed port
• 2800 mAH battery
  • Up to 25 hours mixed use¹
  • Up to 12 hours GSM talk time
  • Up to 15 days GSM standby time
  • Up to 17 hours UMTS talk time
  • Up to 16.5 days UMTS standby time
  • Up to 80 hours audio playback
  • Up to 9.5 hours video playback
• 8 megapixel auto-focus camera
  • Flash, continuous and touch to focus
  • Video image stabilization
• 2 megapixel fixed-focus camera
• 802.11 b/g/n 2.4 GHz
• Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy (LE) and EDR