In the "we told you so" department, the BlackBerry Q10 will be available from AT&T on Friday, June 21.
AT&T started taking preorders for the BlackBerry Q10 on June 5 $199.99 with a contract. It is one of the few smartphones around that come with a full QWERTY Keyboard. As an added incentive there is $100 off the purchase with a trade-in smartphone for a limited time.
This follows, an increase BlackBerry in stock prices on Friday, after another positive report. There are also reports that some people have been able to buy BlackBerry Q10 smartphones at Costco and other retails stores.
New BlackBerry 10 software features include BlackBerry Hub, BBM Video with Screen Share, BlackBerry Balance, BlackBerry Remember, Calendar, Camera with Time Shift, Browsing, security, voice control, BlackBerry maps and Documents to Go. Verizon Wireless began shipping preorders on sales on June 6.
The BlackBerry Q10 has a 3.1' touchscreen, 8MP camera, 16GB of internal storage, 2GB of RAM, 2MP front camera and microSD card slot. It has the same specs under the hood as the BlackBerry Z10 (see how it compares) with a super enhanced QWERTY keyboard. Watch video of BlackBerry 10 features.
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