Blackberry has released the Official Blackberry Leap Unboxing Video which takes users through the all touch 5-inch smartphone. Even though fans are clamouring for a flagship smartphone, BlackBerry did what it needed to also keep an eye on the lower midrange market which seems to be booming.
The BlackBerry Leap sports a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD diagonal LCD display (294ppi), powered by a dual-core Qualcomm 8960 processor clocked at 1.5GHz with 2GB of RAM and 16GB space of expandable storage.
On the rear, there is a 8MP auto-focus camera with LED flash and a front facing 2MP camera; the rear camera records 1080p videos and the front camera records 720p videos. Other key specs details includes – WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, 4G LTE, microUSB 2.0 and is backed by a non-removable 2800mAh battery.
Asides from being affordable the Leap’s selling point has to be the Battery Life which offers around 25 hours of mixed usage and 17 hours of talk-time on 3G. The BlackBerry 10.3.1 OS it runs also compliments the battery life as the device comes with the Battery Saving mode, Improved BlackBerry Hub, BlackBerry Blend and BlackBerry Assistant. And let’s not forget the touch BlackBerry QWERTY Keyboard which supports multiple language and provides instant error correction.
You can checkout the official BlackBerry Leap Unboxing Video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bhP99RMb5k
Pricing and Availability
The BlackBerry Leap is currently available in the US, UK, Germany and France. In the US, it sells for around $275 but will not work on Verizon, Sprint and US Cellular; in France, UK and Germany for €298.
Canada, India, United Arab Emirate (UAE), Saudi Arabia and other regions including Africa would get the device at a later date. You can pre-order the BlackBerry Leap in Nigeria from Konga.
