The BlackBerry Q5 smartphone, will arrive in Canada on August 13, 2013 from Bell, Fido, Koodo, Sasktel, TELUS, and Virgin Mobile Canada, as well as retail stores Best Buy Canada, Future Shop, Target, TBooth Wireless, The Mobile Shop, The Source, Walmart, and WIRELESSWAVE, across the country. The BlackBerry Q5 smartphone features a QWERTY keyboard in a youthful design. It is popwered by a dual core 1.2GHz processor, has a 3.1" touchscreen and 4G/LTE network support, along with messaging and social networking features.

The BlackBerry Q5 smartphone comes with BlackBerry 10 version 10.1. As part of the BlackBerry 10 experience, a peek into the BlackBerry Hub lets you stay close to what?s important to you without stopping what you're doing. Create the perfect shot every time with the camera Time Shift mode, tell your story using BlackBerry Story Maker, and share updates with friends on Facebook and Twitter. Use BBM Video with Screen Share to connect with contacts, and visit the BlackBerry World storefront to discover the more than 120,000 available apps.