Today, BlackBerry and Porsche Design unveiled the latest smartphone from their partnership, the Porsche Design P'9983 smartphone from BlackBerry, at an exclusive event in Dubai. The smartphone offers the security of BlackBerry 10.3 and features
a revolution of the classic BlackBerry QWERTY Keyboard with personalized auto-correction and next word suggestion help.

BlackBerry also brings security through encrypted BBM instant messaging for your business and personal needs.

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

And with the optimization of power consumption in BlackBerry 10, the P'9983 smartphone delivers great battery performance.

The device integrates premium quality materials such as sapphire glass for the camera lens, forged stainless steel for the Porsche Design floating logo and chassis, and a special glass-weave technology for the back door. Furthermore, Porsche Design has collaborated with BlackBerry for the first QWERTY version with BlackBerry 10 with specially crafted glass-like keys, and a special 3D effect with silver font characters.

The smartphone offers the security of BlackBerry 10.3 and features a revolution of the classic BlackBerry QWERTY Keyboard with personalized auto-correction and next word suggestion help.

BlackBerry also brings security through encrypted BBM instant messaging for your business and personal needs.

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

Last with a removable 2100 mAh battery and optimization of power consumption, the P'9983 smartphone delivers great battery performance.

In the box, you will find a premium stereo headset, an international charging kit, a polishing cloth and a USB cable for high-speed data transfer. The P'9983 smartphone also offers exclusive aftermarket accessories including handcrafted leather backdoors made from fine Italian leather that are available in the colors: Yellow, Blue Green, Dark Brown, Pomegranate, Paloma Grey, Salsa, Blue and Orange.

The new smartphone from BlackBerry will be available from Porsche Design stores, select carriers and retailers around the world by the beginning of October 2014.

Specs

• Size
  • Height 119 mm / 4.69 in
  • Width 67.1 mm / 2.64 in
  • Depth 10.6 mm / 0.42 in
• Weight: 140g / 4.94 oz
• Navigation: All-touch screen, with intuitive gesture based navigation
• Keyboard: Physical BlackBerryKeyboard, featuring contextual auto-correction, next-word prediction, Instant Action typing shortcuts and a personalized learning engine that gets to know the way you type
• Dedicated keys: Volume Up/Down, Mute, Lock (for Power On/Off)
• Screen Resolution:
  • 720 x 720 resolution
  • 24-bit colour depth
• Screen size:
  • 3.1? diagonal
  • 1:1 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 Qualcomm MSM8960
• Memory:
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 64 GB Flash
• Expandable memory: Removable microSD memory card-slot located under battery door (Up to 128 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: 2100 mAH removable battery
• Battery life:
  • Up to 14 hours talk time (3G)
  • Up to 9 hours talk time (2G)
  • Standby time: Up to 12 days standby time (2G/3G)Audio Playback: Up to 45 hoursVideo playback: Up to 8.1 hours
• Rear camera:
  • 8 megapixel auto-focus camera
  • Flash, continuous and touch to focus
  • Proprietary Enhanced Super Resolution Digital Zoom (5x)
  • 5 element F2.2 lens
  • Milbeaut Fujitsu M-9MO image signal processor with dedicated 64MB frame buffer
  • 4DOF video stabilisation
  • Hybrid absorptive IR filter
  • 1080p HD video recording
• 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, TGAAudio & 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, FLACAudio & 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), AMR-WB, QCELP, FLAC, VORBIS
  Pre-loaded apps
• Multimedia: Music, Videos, Pictures, Camera, Picture Editor, Story Maker
• Productivity: BlackBerry Hub (Email and Social Messaging), Universal Search, Calendar, Contacts, Browser, Text Messaging, Clock, Calculator, Documents To Go, File Manager, Adobe Reader, BlackBerry Remember (memos /tasks), Box?, Dropbox?, Evernote
• Other: Amazon Appstore, Phone, BBM, BlackBerry World, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, foursquare, Games, YouTube, Weather, Maps/Navigation, Smart Tags (NFC), Setup, Voice Control, Help, Tutorials, BBM Video³
• Security
  • Password protection, screen lock, and sleep mode
  • BlackBerry Balance technology offering dedicated profiles to keep work and personal data separate and secure
• Voice input/output:
  • Integrated hands-free speakerphone
  • Hands-free headset capable
  • Bluetooth headset capable
• Network bands
  • North America
    • Quad band LTE 2, 4, 5, 17 (1900, 1700, 850, 700 MHz)
    • Tri Band HSPA+ 1, 2, 5/6 (2100, 1900, 850 MHz)
    • Quad band EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
  • All other regions
    • Quad band LTE 3, 7, 8, 20 (1800, 2600, 900, 800 MHz)
    • Quad Band HSPA+ 1, 2, 5/6, 8 (2100, 1900, 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
• FM Radio: FM Radio receive (headset as antenna)
• Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy (LE)GPS
• Assisted, Autonomous and Simultaneous GPS Preloaded with BlackBerry Maps Maps application
• Support for User Plane and Control Plane GPS GLONASS Support
• NFC: BlackBerry Tag with NFC technology enables communication between BlackBerry smartphones and other NFC-enabled devices with a tap
• 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
  • Closed Captioning Support