BlackBerry Motion

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Design

Dimensions 6.13 x 2.97 x 0.32 inches
155.8 x 75.5 x 8.12 mm
Weight 5.89 oz (167.0 g)
Materials Frame: Aluminum
Resistance Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics Fingerprint (touch)
Features Notification light
Keys Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key

Display

Size 5.5-inch
Resolution 1920x1080px, 16:9 ratio, 401 PPI
Technology IPS LCD
Screen-to-body 71.00 %
Features Scratch-resistant glass (Dragontrail), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20 APL) Untested
Bright Min 15 (Poor)

Hardware

System chip Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 8953 (14 nm)
Processor Octa-core
2000 MHz
ARM Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 506
RAM 4GB (LPDDR3)
Internal storage 32GB
Storage expansion microSDXC up to 2000 GB
OS Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat)

Battery

Capacity 4000 mAh
Type Li - Ion
Charging Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0

Camera

Rear Single camera
Main camera 12 MP (PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.0
Pixel size: 1.55 μm
Flash Dual LED
Video recording 3840x2160 (4K UHD) (30 fps)
HDR, Continuous autofocus, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
Front 8 MP (Wide Angle), Video capture: 1920x1080 (Full HD)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth 4.2
Wi-Fi 802.11 a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
USB Type-C, USB 2.0
Location GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Sensors Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers)
Other NFC, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones 3.5mm jack
Speakers Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring Wireless screen share
Radio FM

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700 a), 13(700 c), 17(700 b), 20(800 DD), 28(700 APT), 29(700 d), 30(2300 WCS), 66(AWS-3)
4G (TDD) Bands 38(2600), 39(1900+), 40(2300), 41(2600+)
3G Bands 5(850), 8(900), 4(1700/2100), 2(1900), 1(2100)
Data Speed LTE, HSPA, HSUPA
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Availability

Officially announced Oct 09, 2017
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Alternative variants

for Sprint
Differences from the main variant:
4G (FDD) Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700 a), 13(700 c), 17(700 b), 20(800 DD), 25(1900+), 26(850+), 28(700 APT), 66(AWS-3)

News

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User Reviews

Overall User Rating
Build quality
10
Camera quality
9
Performance
9
Display
8
Battery life and charging
9
Rating breakdown (out of 10)
9
A love story
Phone owned for more than a year

After 2 year and half with this unique Phone. Maybe a expensive phone at 650$ but you have 4000 mah battery, fluid performance And unique build. Aluminium frame with navigation bottom outside of the screen . After all this time...
Only software update and battery life look tired !

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