BlackBerry Playbook specs, comparisons, faq, opinions

BlackBerry Playbook
  • Released 2011, April 425g, 10mm thickness BlackBerry Tablet OS 16GB/32GB/64GB storage, no card slot
  • Dual-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A9 PowerVR SGX540 No About 134.4 USD
  • 7" 600x1024 pixels
  • 5MP 1080p
  • 1GB RAM TI OMAP 4430
  • 5300mAh Li-Po

BlackBerry Playbook overview

BlackBerry Playbook is a smartphone that runs on BlackBerry OS. It was released on 2011, April. BlackBerry Playbook has 7. inch, TFT, a resolution of 600 x 1024 pixels screen. BlackBerry Playbook uses TI OMAP 4430 chipset, Dual-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, PowerVR SGX540 GPU. BlackBerry Playbook supports 2G networks. It has 5MP Single main camera, 3MP Single selfie camera. It uses Non-removable Li-Po 5300 mAh battery. The price of BlackBerry Playbook is about 134.4 USD.

Score the key features of BlackBerry Playbook compared to the other phones on the market:

  • CPU Cores: 28 / 100 points
  • Camera pixels: 28 / 100 points
  • Screen resolution: 28 / 100 points
  • Battery capacity: 99 / 100 points
  • Price: 28 / 100 points

BlackBerry Playbook full specifications

NETWORK

Technology No cellular connectivity
2G bands N/A
GPRS No
EDGE No

LAUNCH

Announced 2010, September. Released 2011, April
Status Discontinued

BODY

Dimensions 194 x 130 x 10 mm (7.64 x 5.12 x 0.39 in)
Weight 425 g (14.99 oz)
SIM No

DISPLAY

Type TFT
Size 7.0 inches, 137.9 cm2 (~54.7% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 600 x 1024 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~170 ppi density)

PLATFORM

OS BlackBerry Tablet OS
Chipset TI OMAP 4430
CPU Dual-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A9
GPU PowerVR SGX540

MEMORY

Card slot No
Internal 16GB 1GB RAM, 32GB 1GB RAM, 64GB 1GB RAM

MAIN CAMERA

Single 5 MP, AF
Video 1080p@30fps

SELFIE CAMERA

Single 3 MP
Video 1080p@30fps

SOUND

Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack Yes

COMMUNICATIONS

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
Bluetooth 2.1, EDR
GPS Yes
Radio No
USB microUSB 2.0

FEATURES

Sensors Accelerometer, gyro
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash
  Micro HDMI port Document viewer Media player MP3/WMA/AAC+ Video player DivX/WMV/XviD/3gp Organizer Predictive text input

BATTERY

Type Non-removable Li-Po 5300 mAh battery
Talk time Up to 10 h (multimedia)

MISCELLANEOUS

Colors Black
SAR 1.41 W/kg (body)
SAR EU 1.69 W/kg (body)
Price About 134.4 USD

TESTS

Display Contrast ratio: 1160:1 (nominal)

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