BlackBerry Aurora Full Specifications, Features And Price

The BlackBerry Aurora is the first Blackberry smartphone developed in Indonesia and is also claimed to be the first BlackBerry smartphone with dual-SIM functionality. The smartphone has already been made available since March 3 through pre-orders and will remain available till March 12 with local retailers at $262 USD (roughly N83,000). Notably, TCL holds the right to manufacture and sell BlackBerry smartphones in most of the world barring select countries in Asia. In India for example, Optimus Infracom has the license to manufacture and sell BlackBerry smartphones. The smartphone has been made available in Black, Silver, and Gold colour variants.

The dual-SIM (Micro-SIM) based BlackBerry Aurora runs Android 7.0 Nougat out-of-the-box and sports a 5.5-inch (720×1280 pixels) display. The BlackBerry Aurora is powered by a 1.4GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 SoC coupled with 4GB of RAM. In terms of optics, the BlackBerry Aurora packs a 13-megapixel rear camera and an 8-megapixel camera at the front for taking selfies.

The BlackBerry Aurora comes with 32GB of inbuilt storage, which is expandable via microSD card (maximum capacity not specified). In terms of connectivity options, the smartphone offers 4G LTE connectivity, GPS, Bluetooth 4.0, and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/ n. The device houses 3000mAh battery. It measures 152×76.8×8.5mm and weighs 178 grams.

NETWORK
Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G bands LTE
Speed HSPA, LTE
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes

LAUNCH
Announced 2017, March
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2017, March 12th

BODY
Dimensions 152 x 76.8 x 8.5 mm (5.98 x 3.02 x 0.33 in)
Weight 178 g (6.28 oz)
SIM Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)

DISPLAY
Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches (~71.4% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (~267 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes

PLATFORM
OS Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425
CPU Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 308

MEMORY
Card slot microSD, up to 256 GB
Internal 32 GB, 4 GB RAM

CAMERA
Primary 13 MP, autofocus, dual-LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps
Secondary 8 MP

SOUND
Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

CONNCTIVIVITY
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Radio To be confirmed
USB microUSB v2.0

FEATURES
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser HTML5
Java No
MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FlAC player
MP4/H.264 player
Photo/video editor
Document viewer

BATTERY
Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery

COLOUR
Black, Silver, Gold

PRICE
$262 USD
N83,000

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