In terms of hardware, Blackberry has put its focus on business users and enterprise, and there is no idea of investing in the price range segment of Rs 10,000. Every phone launched by the company is for a specific customer group. Blackberry Passport is for the top quality and customers expecting to look different in the crowd. Blackberry Classic Classic is for the capids of the keypad, and now Blackberry Leap is for touchscreen users who think that perhaps these devices are better than the current product. It is clear from the company’s strategy that Blackberry Leap is not for conscious customers about the price. Read the review of the phone.
Look and design
Blackberry Leap is an elegant phone, whose black front face is very sleek. You will not be able to see anything other than the company logo in the silver color in the lower part on the screen. The side and back of the phone have been given rubber finish, which works to give it a premium look. You cannot remove the backcover of the phone, so you cannot access the battery. We saw the same deficiency in the look, the label of 8 MP Auto Focus was very strange next to the rear camera. By the way, it is a very professional looking device.
The Blackberry Z3 and Leap models launched last year have many similarities. If you do not know much about both phones, then you will not be able to differentiate. The Leap model is a few millimeters more wide than the Z3 model and also a little weighty. However, there are some differences between the two phones, such as the power button in it is upwards. The slot of SIM and MicroSD card is on the left and the button of the volume control is on the right side. The 3.5mm audio is at the top of the jack phone and the micro USB port at the bottom.
Leap is available in dark gray and white color. The phone looks solid and reliable. However, it is very large to use by placing it in one hand. It seems that the company has used the same look again in some Asian markets, taking the positive feedback of Z3’s build quality and style seriously. The surprising thing is that Leap is not made by FoxConn, the company that makes the Z3.
Specifications and software
The Z3 was a budget segment phone, due to which there was a slight decrease in the specifications of this product which is not with Leap. The display of the phone has been tremendous improvement, the 5 -inch screen resolution is 720×1280. However, this is not a unique feature, but is far better than a screen with 540×960 resolution of Z3. Text seems quite crisp, colors do not put pressure on the eyes, the phone gives a fun experience. There are some shortcomings about the phone display in the sun. It is a matter of regret that Leap has only tried so much in terms of improvement from the old model.
It is a very shocking thing that where the technology has reached where he reached, but Blackberry still has a dual core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus processor. The company started the use of MSM8960 processor in the Z10 model 2 years ago. This strategy is wrong if the blackberry is to be composed to this price range in terms of performance.
The rest of the phone’s specifications are slightly modern, but not high-end at all. The phone has 2 GB of RAM. The handset has features like 16 GB internal storage, Sport for MicroSD cards up to 128 GB, Wi-Fi B/G/N and Bluetooth 4.0. Sadly, the Indian band of 2300MHz does not have support for LTE. Its battery capacity is 2800mAh. You get proximity sensor and a basic accelerometer. The features given by Blackberry do not impress you.
The company claims that its platform is in value software and services. After Apple, Blackberry is the second company that has its own hardware and operating system. The company hopes that people will trust Leap to complete their work. Blackberry OS 10.3.1 has many good tricks, you can use most Android apps and it has a central communication hub through which you can easily see many services messages. However, we are not at all satisfied that different gestures are the most natural way to use OS. On the other hand, the phone’s touch keyboard is the best ever.
Since the launch of the Z3 in terms of features, nothing has changed so far. However, a difference is that there is now a limit of 8 menu tiles in place of 4 app tiles on the first menu page. This has been possible by increasing this RAM.
Performance
Blackberry Leap saw some shortcomings during use for several days. Many times while launching the apps or switching the phone, the phone used to go into positive mode for a while. Some OS animations were taking too much time. However, there was no problem during the use of interfaces, hubs and other simple apps.
Based on Android benchmarks, everything cannot be told about the capacity of this phone. The phone scored 1284.8ms and 26889.7ms respectively in the cross-platform browser based Sunspider and Mozilla Kraken Tests. Alatra-Budget Android phones also see some similar figures. In the video loop test, the battery lasted for 7 hours and 19 minutes, which is a respector, but not a great at all. The performance of the phone’s battery was good. Call quality was also excellent.
The performance of the camera is sufficient, not very good. But it is effective for casual shots. Taxches come with beauty. Noys and compression are also less in the image. However, frames get messed up in extracting photos of the moving object. The photo was good with the camera at night. A 720p default video is shot through the camera, which is sharp but also a little shake.
Our decision
Talking about the price, Blackberry Leap is competing with a great Android device like OnePlus One. In case of half or less, many in the case of Android phone experience in the case of half or less. Composed by Blackberry platform can be a reason to buy this phone. The biggest difficult people of the company have to explain to the use of blackberry platforms.
The good thing for the company is that many people are committed and can be more in the coming days. The target audience of the phone is young, or professionals who are ready to invest for a hardcore business tool, but this smartphone is great for working. There is also a possibility that many corporations should buy this phone in large quantities for their employees in view of Secure Communications.
If Leap is considered as a rice phone and is used only in the workplace, then the blackberry will win. This is enough to sell the product of the company, thus Blackberry will remain relevant. By the way, we would like the company to be aggressive and invest on the mainstream pricing segment.