BlackBerry has announced its new smartphone BlackBerry Motion bade by TCL. This is the mid-range phone announced at the GITEX Technology Week in Dubai. It is priced at Dh 1,699 in UAE and 1,699 Riyal in Saudi Arabia.
BlackBerry Motion comes with 5.5-inch Full HD IPS LCD display with DragonTrail Glass protection. It runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat) with security-focused apps by BlackBerry. The phone packs a 2GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU. It has 4 GB of RAM and 32 GB of storage with an option to expand storage up to 2TB.
It has 12 megapixels rear camera with dual-tone LED Flash, Sony IMX378 sensor, 1.55μm pixel size, f/2.0 aperture, PDAF and 4K video recording. It also has 8 megapixels front camera with 1.12µm pixel size and f/2.2 aperture.
The phone has a fingerprint sensor located on the physical home button below the display. It has Water resistant body with IP67 rating. The dimensions measure 155.7 x 75.4 x 8.13 mm. The body of the phone has hardened aluminum frame and soft-grip textured back.
It supports 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4 & 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS / GLONASS, NFC, USB Type-C connectivity options. It also got a 4000mAh battery with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0. It claims to charge up to 50% in 40 minutes and promises over 32 hours of battery life with mixed use.
