Happy news for all of Blackberry fans out there! Just recently RIM has officially announced the Blackberry Torch 9800 slider style 2G, 3G smart phone, saying that it could be this year’s best Blackberry smartphone by RIM. Along with the launch of the Blackberry Torch 9800, we also grab some BB Torch specs and features
Blackberry Torch Specifications and Features:
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900MHz)
- Quad-band UMTS (2100 / 1900 / 850 / 800MHz)
- Size (LxWxD) Closed: 4.4″ x 2.4″ x 0.57″ / 111mm x 62mm x 14.6mm
- Open: 5.8″ x 2.4″ x 0.57″ / 148mm x 62mm x 14.6mm
- Weight: 161.59 g / 5.7 oz (includes battery)
- Operating System: BlackBerry 6
- Memory: 512 MB internal flash memory/4GB built-in storage memory
- Expandable Memory: 4GB microSD card included/Supports up to 32GB microSD card
- Battery Life: GSM Talk Time: 5.5 hours; GSM Standby Time: 17 days/MTS Talk Time: 5.8 hours; UMTS Standby Time: 13 days
- Physical keyboard: 35 key backlit QWERTY
- Touchscreen keyboards: portrait/landscape full qwerty, condensed portrait
- Display: High resolution touch screen – Half-VGA+ display (360 x 480 at 188ppi)/3.2″ (diagonally measured)
- Navigation – Capacitive traditional touch screen (no SurePress)/Optical trackpad
- Camera: 5.0 MP camera, flash, auto focus, face detection, image stabilization, scene modes, 2X zoom, video recording
- Video Camera: Normal Mode: 640 x 480 pixels
- WiFi: 802.11b/g/n, support for UMA (carrier-dependent)
- Bluetooth v2.1; Mono/Stereo Headset, Hands-free, Serial Port Profile, Bluetooth Stereo Audio (A2DP/AVCRP) and Bluetooth SIM Access Profile supported
- GPS
- Full HTML tabbed browser (based on WebKit) with pinch-to-zoom capability
The AT&T Blackberry Torch Price is $199 with a two-year agreement. Now regarding the data plan price, AT&T is offering $15 for 200 MB or $25 for 2GB data. You can start to get your own Blackberry Torch 9800 on August 12, since it is the Torch 9800 official release date.
Via AT&T