The BlackBerry Torch 9810 is powered by a powerful 1.2 GHz processor with a touch screen and a slide out QWERTY keypad. BlackBerry Torch 9810 with an all in one design brings the touch and type feature that works best when composing a message or being active on social networking sites.

With a powerful processor on the BB Torch 9810 you will experience blazing speed which is noticeable when browsing and playing games. Even when the iPhone 4 and the Android phones have eaten into most of the mobile market share there are still many who still believe in the BlackBerry.

BlackBerry Torch 9810 features

The BlackBerry 9810 features the latest BlackBerry 7 OS and 1.2 GHz processor.  This smartphone comes with 768 MB of RAM and 8 GB storage memory (onboard) which is more than sufficient for normal usage. You can however increase the storage space by using external microSD card supported up to 32 GB. The handset weighs 161 grams and is of dimension 62 x 111 x 14.6 mm when closed (without slide out keypad).

BlackBerry Torch 9810 price in India
BlackBerry Torch 9810 price in India

Display

The BlackBerry Torch 9810 comes with a 3.2 inch Transmissive TFT LCD screen with 253 ppi and supporting 16 million colours. High resolution of 640 x 480 pixels is supported. The 9180 screen also comes with proximity detection and light sensing features. The Torch 9810 gives you a really fast and fluid touch response experience thanks to the liquid graphics technology. If you have used the BlackBerry Torch 9800, the 9810 is a huge improvement. Applications open really fast, browsing speed has been improved and overall the smartphone is 40% faster than its predecessors.

Input

You can input data using the QWERTY keypad (portrait) or simply tap the touch screen. Tilt the phone into landscape style and you will be able see the landscape QWERTY on the touch screen.  The slide out keyboard comes with backlighting so it is easily visible in the dark. There are two keys the ESC and the Menu key placed at the right and left sides. Th BlackBerry Torch 9810 also features an optical trackpad for faster navigation in case you still prefer the old method.

BlackBerry Torch 9810 features
BlackBerry Torch 9810 features

Blackberry Torch 9810 Camera

The Blackberry Torch 9810 houses a single 5 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom and LED flash. The camera is placed at the back and comes with many features such as continuous auto focus mode, HD video recording, zero shutter lag, image geo tagging, face detection, image stabilisation and multi picture taking mode.

Connectivity

The Blackberry Torch 9810 is a 3G phone with 2G (EDGE / GPRS) supported. Other connectivity options are Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, USB (micro USB 2) and GPS (A-GPS) with BlackBerry Maps included.

Multimedia

Sound and video quality is impressive and many media file formats are supported.  This BlackBerry Torch 9810 comes with built in speaker phone and a 3.5mm audio jack (Stereo) to connect external headsets.

Social Networking on 9810

Important social networking software that come included are Facebook, Foursquare  and Twitter. Apart from this the BlackBerry Messenger also called BBM comes preloaded.  BBM is an IM app for BlackBerry Smartphones. But this does not end here this smartphone also comes with Near Field communication (NFC) which will help link with other NFC devices with a single tap and Augmented Reality which again is an impressive technology.

With Augmented Reality (Wikitude World Browser) you can find BBM friends that are nearby. You can use the live camera  or map you can see where your friends are, that’s amazing. Check out the Wikitude World Browser video.

Battery

The BlackBerry Torch 9810 houses a 1270 mAh Li-ion rechargeable battery with a standby time of 12.3 days and talktime of 5.9 hours. You can watch videos for up to 7 hours and play music for up to 54 hours.

Blackberry Torch 9810 Price in India

Rs. 29,900 with 6 months warranty for accessories and 1.5 years for the handset.

Blackberry Torch 9810 review

This BlackBerry Torch 9810 is really fast, moving between apps or scrolling through a website or viewing email is really faster and smoother without any lag. The 5 MP Camera is good enough and with flash it gets even better.

If you have used BlackBerry phones before the new technology that has been incorporated will really amaze you. Though the price is on a bit higher side,  If I have the money, I would have ditched the Android for the BB Torch 9801.

By Rajeev Rana

Founder and Chief Editor - gogi.in