The design is the first from BlackBerry without a section between screen and keyboard offering shortcut buttons and some sort of screen navigation device.

This also allows more space for the screen, although it does mean that all navigation has to be based around the touchscreen or the keyboard. It's relatively easy to place a voice call, as there's a call button on the bottom of the handset's app drawer and on running app screens. Tapping it takes you into the phone app, where you can access contacts. Despite BlackBerry's best efforts, the Q10's screen is small, measuring 3.

It's a Super AMOLED display with a resolution of by pixels ppi that delivers a bright and sharp -- but just too small -- image. Web browsing is an uncomfortable experience requiring either lots of horizontal and vertical scrolling or a diversion into Reader mode, which strips out all everything except text, allowing you to read content with vertical scrolling only. This works, but we felt we missed out on important and useful elements of designed web pages when using Reader mode.

We weren't happy with video viewing either -- bigger screens really are better for this kind of thing. The Q10 is a solid feeling handset with a nice sturdy build.

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It may be a little too substantial for some people, at The rocker button for volume control is well placed on the right edge, with a central mute button that doubles up to pause video and initiate voice control. The upper and lower parts of the volume rocker can be used to take photos when the camera software is running. We prefer the charge port to be in the more ergonomic location on the bottom of a handset.

The rounded edges of the chassis and curved top and bottom are pleasing to the eye, as is the patterned backplate -- which also provides a slightly rubbery grip. Features With a dual-core processor running at 1. Our review sample, from Vodafone, always felt speedy when connected to the mobile network, or when the dual-band The backplate provides protection for a MicroSD card, which thankfully you can access without removing the battery.

This can be used to augment the 16GB of internal flash storage, some of which is taken up by the OS and preinstalled apps: fresh out of the box, our review sample reported The 2,mAh battery, incidentally, is rated for up to Probably more interesting for corporate users, though, is BlackBerry Balance , which keeps business apps, services and data separate from the user's personal information.

Companies can essentially designate an area of a BlackBerry 10 OS device as a 'walled garden', leaving the rest of the device free for users to populate with their own apps and data. Anyone interested in speedy text-based communication will appreciate the feature called 'Type and Go'. This builds on the universal search concept that lets you find apps, map locations, do web searches and more simply by typing on the keyboard then tapping the app or URL icon that appears. As long as you're on a main screen and not in an app, you can type to make something real happen.

It's fast, simple and efficient. The main 8-megapixel camera at the back shoots p HD video, while the front facing 2-megapixel camera can handle p. Both shoot in square , or aspect ratios, which are easily switchable via tappable on-screen icons. You can also switch into Time Shift mode, where the camera shoots multiple images -- including before you depress the shutter -- so you can assemble a final photo with all your subjects looking their best.

BlackBerry 10 OS is built around a brand-new user interface, which we discussed when we reviewed the Z You can 'peek' at this when you're in other apps by dragging the screen to the right, and go into it fully only if you need to. Once you're viewing content a right-hand sidebar lets you do things like mark as read, delete, call an SMS sender and so on.

Options are context dependent. You can 'peek' at this when you're in other apps by dragging the screen to the right, and go into it fully only if you need to. Once you're viewing content a right-hand sidebar lets you do things like mark as read, delete, call an SMS sender and so on. Options are context dependent. It's a really nice idea, and it works smoothly -- although not everyone will want this kind of unified approach, and it could be more flexible.

It only copes with one Twitter and Facebook account, for example, so power users are going to have to look elsewhere. Although it has developed significantly since launch, there are still notable absences -- and just because an app works on the Z10 doesn't mean it will work on the smaller, square-screen Q The ability of BlackBerry 10 OS to run Android apps helps, but there's nothing like a well-made native app and there's work to do here.

If apps are particularly important to you, make sure the ones you need are available before you buy. Conclusion Those who held out for the BlackBerry Q10 following the launch of the Z10 won't be disappointed. The excellent keyboard and clever ideas like Type and Go should make 'classic' BlackBerry fans happy. Doogee S80 hands-on: A waterproof, rugged walkie-talkie phone.

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Editors' rating. The Q10 has a 3. It measures The excellent Q10 keyboard combines with BlackBerry 10 OS features such as contextual autocorrection, next-word prediction and a personalised learning engine to deliver a superb typing experience. Apple iPhone 7 Plus 9. Amazon Echo 9. Google Pixel XL 8. Honor 8X 8. Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme 8. Doogee S80 8. My Profile Log Out. Join Discussion.

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