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I picked up a Z10 a few days ago and have been using it as my primary (only) phone. I'll say that it has a ton of promise. It's perfectly snappy, the screen's r
by tsuraan 14y ago
I picked up a Z10 a few days ago and have been using it as my primary (only) phone. I'll say that it has a ton of promise. It's perfectly snappy, the screen's resolution is stunning (although the colors aren't as good as what you'd get from an AMOLED phone), the automatic screen brightness always works perfectly, and the OS is great at just getting out of the way. That said, I feel like it's still a beta product.
From my own experience and from reading various forums, enabling encryption has a decent chance of putting your phone in a state where it will randomly and frequently reboot. At least, that's the theory; I'm in the process of disabling encryption now, so soon I should know whether that makes the reboots go away. Other than that, some of the setup is a bit weird, and other things just take some getting used to.
The app store (BlackBerry World) is a bit empty. I've found most of the apps that I need, but if you're looking for a specific app (especially anything from Google), prepare to be disappointed. I haven't started doing any development, but the docs generally look good, and I'm really excited to get my feet wet with Qt Quick on a phone. I think they made the right choice there, although I haven't actually gotten into it yet.
So, overall, I do think the Z10 has great potential. Something about the entire UI just feels respectful of the user; it stays out of the way and it almost always does exactly what I want it to do (unique in my personal experience with touch-based devices).
- anoncow 14y ago>the screen's resolution is stunning The Z10 has a 1280x768 resolution on a 4.2 inch screen. That is a 355ppi pixel density. That is better than the iphone 5(326ppi) and Galaxy S3(306ppi). Samsung's S4 although is a different story.
- tsuraan 14y agoI've been excited about high DPI for a long time; finally seeing it happen really does make me happy. There's just something unreal about seeing a thumbnail of Orbital's Blue Album cover (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/60/Orbital_-_Blue_Album.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/60/Orbital_-_Blue...) rendered in a 1" square on my phone's display, and being able to see all the details in the rings on an image that size. Looking at the specs of the S4 screen (441 dpi, plus being AMOLED), I'm betting it blows away the Z10 by a fair margin. Progress is a wonderful thing.