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
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
- Tone
- Vibrate
- On-screen or LED indicator
- (Notification alerts are user configurable)
Voice input/output
- Integrated speaker and microphone
- Integrated hands-free speakerphone
- Hands-free headset capable
- Bluetooth headset capable
Network & connectivityNetwork bands
- Quad band LTE 3, 7, 8, 20 (1800/2600/900/800 MHz)
- Tri band HSPA+ 1, 5/6, 8 (2100/850/900 MHz)
- Quad band EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
Wi-Fi
- 802.11 a/b/g/n
- 2.4 GHz / 5 GHz
- 4G Mobile Hotspot
Bluetooth
- Bluetooth support
- Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy (LE) with aptX enabled
GPS
- Assisted, Autonomous and Simultaneous GPS
- Preloaded with BlackBerry Maps application and for e911 capabilities
NFC: BlackBerry Tag with NFC technology enables communication between BlackBerry smartphones and other NFC-enabled devices with a tapSensors
Advanced Sensors
- Accelerometer
- Magnetometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Ambient light sensor
Accessibility
- BlackBerry Screen Reader, for customers with vision loss
- BlackBerry Magnify, for customers with partial vision -
- Face-to-face video chat with BBM Video
- Voice Control for sending messages, placing calls, search and more
- Adjustable screen brightness, scalable fonts
- Teletypewriter (TTY) Support
- Rated for Hearing Aids: M4,T4