Blackberry Introduces The Porsche Design P'9982 Smartphone

Porsche Design and BlackBerry today announced the all-touch Porsche Design P'9982 Smartphone from BlackBerry and a second Crocodile model limited to just 500 devices worldwide. The P?9982 features a satin finished frame forged from stainless steel, complemented by a hand-wrapped Italian leather back door. The back door of the limited edition model is hand-wrapped in Crocodile leather.

The new P?9982 smartphone comes with a customized version of the BlackBerry 10.2 OS, with key features such as:

- BlackBerry Priority Hub - BlackBerry Hub is the one place to manage all your conversations and notifications. The BlackBerry Priority Hub filters messages to give you access to the conversations and content most essential to you.

- BlackBerry Keyboard - The BlackBerry Keyboard learns how you type, what words you use, and can correct your mistakes on-the-fly. It can also give you next-word suggestions that you can simply flick into your message.

- BBM Video with Screen Share - BBM Video with Screen Share letts you swipe to share what's on your display. BlackBerry Natural Sound also enhances your video calls.

- Camera Time Shift mode and BlackBerry Story Maker - The camera's Time Shift mode starts capturing your picture before you even take it, giving you the power to pick the perfect moment. BlackBerry Storymaker lets you take a collection of photos and videos, and add music and effects, to create an HD movie that you can instantly share.

- BBM Now in any app - If a BBM message arrives, you can instantly reply to the message without even leaving the app you're in.

- Apps for the Porsche Design customer - The BlackBerry World storefront showcases apps for the P'9982 smartphone owner, including productivity apps, games, videos and music based on what apps you've downloaded.

If you still can afford it, exclusive Porsche Design accessories are available to complement your new P'9982 smartphone. Inbox, you?ll a stereo headset, a polishing cloth, USB cable for high-speed data transfer and an international charging kit. After market accessories include handcrafted backdoors made from fine Italian leather that are available in three colors.

The Porsche Design P?9982 smartphone from BlackBerry will be available from Porsche Design stores, select carriers and retailers around the world beginning on November 21 with the exclusive retail launch at Harrods, Knightsbridge, London, priced at £1,500 ($2,400). The limited Crocodile edition will be available beginning early December, and will be exclusive to the Porsche Design shop-in-shop at Harrods.

Specifications

Size

Height 131 mm / 5.16 in
Width 65.6 mm / 2.58 in
Depth 9.5 mm / 0.37 in

Weight: 140g / 4.94 ozNavigation

Keyboard: On screen BlackBerryKeyboard (portrait/landscape), featuring contextual auto-correction, next-word prediction and a personalised learning engine that gets to know the way you type

Dedicated keys: Volume Up/Down, Mute, Lock (for Power On/Off)

Resolution

1280 x 768 resolution, at 356 PPI
24-bit colour

Screen size

4.2? diagonal
15:9 aspect ratio

Operating system: BlackBerry 10 OS

Desktop software: BlackBerry Link software for your computer to enable synchronisation of data and media

Processor: Dual Core 1.5 GHz

Memory

2GB RAM
64GB Flash

Expandable memory: Removable microSD memory card?slot under battery door (Up to 64 GB)

USB Ports: USB 2.0 high speed port?allows charging and data synchronisation of the device with a USB cable

HDMI Port: Micro HDMI for connection to your HDTV or projector

Battery: 1800mAh removable battery

Talk time

GSM Talk Time: 8 hours
UMTS Talk Time: 9 hours

Rear camera

8 megapixel auto-focus camera
Back Side Illumination for better low-light performance
5-element F2.2 lens
Milbeaut Fujitsu M-9MO image signal processor with dedicated 64MB frame buffer
Flash, continuous and touch to focus, image stabilisation
Enhanced Super Resolution Digital Zoom (5x)
1080p HD video recording
4 DOF (Degrees of freedom) video stabilisation
Time Shift mode for pinpointing and adjusting individual elements of your picture

Front camera

2 megapixel fixed-focus camera
Image and video stabilisation
3x digital zoom
720p HD video recording

Image formats: BMP, WBMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, SGI, TGA

Audio & video formats: 3GP, 3GP2, M4A, M4V, MOV, MP4, MKV, MPEG-4, AVI, ASF, WMV, WMA, MP3, MKA, AAC, AMR, F4V, WAV, MP2PS, MP2TS, AWB, OGG, FLAC

Audio & video encoding/decoding: H.264, MPEG-4, H.263, AAC-LC, AAC+, eAAC, MP3, PCM, Xvid, AMR-NB, WMA 9/10, WMA10 professional, WMA-LL, VC-1, VP6, SPARK, PCM, MPEG-2, MJPEG (mov), AC-3, AMR-WB, QCELP, FLAC, VORBIS

Pre-loaded apps: Music, Videos, Pictures, Camera, Picture Editor, Story Maker, BBM, BBM Video, BlackBerry Hub, Contacts, Browser, Calendar, Text Messages, BlackBerry World, BlackBerry Remember, Docs To Go, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Foursquare, BlackBerry Maps, Games, BlackBerry Evernote, Voice Control, Weather, Clock, Calculator, Compass, File Manager, Box, BlackBerry Connect for Dropbox, Print To Go, Smart Tags (NFC), Adobe Reader, Phone, Help, SIM Toolkit, Search

Security

Password protection, screen lock, and sleep mode
BlackBerry Balance? technology offering dedicated profiles to keep work and personal data separate and secure

Alerts & notifications