BlackBerry Z30: ideal for 'workaholics' ... and a few others - The Confidential

last November, announced he was leaving his Blackberry sales plan and receive 1,000 million from its largest shareholder, Fairfax Financial. Currently, doubts still loom over Canadian, but they are determined to show calm. Is your paper.

Among other terminals, this year presented a number of phones such as the Q5 or Q10, both with physical keyboard, in addition to the 4.2-inch Z10, which is undoubtedly his big gamble to conquer niches that never took . Not content with this, took to the pool with an even larger model: the Z30

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Teknautas have tried the last device in the company and compared it with other competition. Although design not stand out very well (it’s too big and heavy for the panel you have), it is surprising for helpful tools and other work-oriented services such as BBM Now or Natural Sound , which will discuss later.

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Just hold the Z30 we realize that this is a superheavy, but its screen is not that great. We’re talking about a 5 inch Super Amoled 1280×720 pixels (resulting in a density of 300 PPP) with polycarbonate casing (the same as the Q10), exaggerated dimensions and weighs 170 grams.

to understand us, one of his rivals, the LG Optimus G2, has a larger screen of 5.2 inches with a thinner, smaller and lighter body (weighs just over 130 grams). Their margins are due in part to South Korea has narrowed the space from the panel to the physical edge of the phone to the point that almost touch,. Both the sides and at the top and bottom

Not so with the Z30. The BlackBerry has enough space around the sides and especially in the top and bottom. An error that usually fall other manufacturers such as Nokia or Sony in their Lumia with Xperia.

LG has just gotten bigger and lighter than the Z30 terminals. The Nexus 5 has a display of 4.95 inches and weighs only 130 grams. Nor is it the only one that has worked to minimize the size of the terminal and fit the screen. Samsung has done the same with his S4 and, above all, in Note 3, which also had the opportunity to try Teknautas . In this section, as in many others, the deficit within BlackBerry smartphones large shows.

All mentioned are companies that have invested heavily in the section of the design and make their devices are easily handled before. BlackBerry has made it at work and security.

Image quality, processor and camera

As for the image quality offered by your display should be noted that it is not full HD, so that is a step below most high-end phones. Still offers a yield close to the top. The colors are quite real (reminiscent of the Lumia 920), especially in the contrast of black and white, and not resort to artificial selective chromatic brightness or saturation as do other manufacturers.

Its screen is not full HD, so that is a step below most high-end phones. Still offers a performance close to the best The processor includes a Qualcomm 1.7 GHz quad-core and the battery is 2,800 mAh. In practice handles well when surfing the internet. But sometimes a moment is frozen, for example, during some complex tasks or when image zoom or decrease too fast.

The camera has 8 megapixels (the same as the iPhone 5 and Z30) and flash LED. Teknautas we have tested under normal conditions without flash , which has performed well, although the level of detail leaves something to be desired. It is also a bit confusing his treatment of color.

Compared

again with rival LG Optimus G2, loses. In this case you can see that the level of detail of the LG is much better, as is the contrast.

night and low light camera Z30 collapses. In this case, the pictures tend to come out too noisy and blurry if you do not have a tripod.

An excellent tool working … complex to handle

As we noted above, the Z30 has a multitude of applications-oriented work, but first of all we must advise that your operating system is really complex and requires time to adapt. Perform tasks such as, for example, share a single photo from the gallery via email requires several steps, while in other OS is infinitely easier.

Once this adaptation process can perform a multitude of tasks, for example, select a document from Documents To Go and send it to all the guests at a scheduled meeting on the calendar.

But what is most striking everything around your BBM messaging tool . Besides offering instant chat service and really sure (actually, it’s the only safe), allows voice calls to be heard surprisingly well even in the Speaker mode . Very useful because BBM also allows you to perform screen presentations receiving the call of what is being done on the phone itself.

Recall that the terminal has the famous BlackBerry Hub, a service that centralizes all conversations and notifications so that users can manage them in one place.

Moreover, the BlackBerry Priority Hub conversations and learn what people are most important in order to facilitate and speed up the search of messages and information. This application collects messages priority mail boxes, and other social networks to provide instant access to the most important conversations and allow users to be more organized and focus on critical tasks.

Finally, BlackBerry Remember groups, photos, lists, messages and relevant web links and synchronize tasks with the calendar.

In conclusion, the Z30 is a phone with a good performance which provides the user with useful tools. It also offers good image quality and performance (although not the best), and failure of other aspects such as the camera or the complexity of its operating system, which makes it not suitable for all audiences but for the world of work .