BlackBerry’s Indian licensee Optiemus Infracom has launched the Evolve and Evolve X in the country. Both phones represent several firsts for the brand, including an 18:9 display, 4000mAh battery with Quick Charge 3.0, wireless charging, and face unlock.

Technology

• 2G bands: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
• 3G bands: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
• 4G bands: LTE
• Speed: HSPA, LTE
• GPRS: Yes
• EDGE: Yes
• OS: Android 8.1 (Oreo)
• Chipset: Qualcomm SDM660 Snapdragon 660
• CPU: Octa-core (4×2.2 GHz Kryo 260 & 4×1.8 GHz Kryo 260)
• GPU: Adreno 512

Availability

• Announced: August 2018
• Status: Expected release August 2018

Body

• Dimensions: Unknown
• Weight: Unknown
• Build: Aluminum frame (7000 series)
• SIM: Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Display

• Type: IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
• Size: 5.99 inches, 92.6 cm2
• Resolution: 1080 x 2160 pixels, 18:9 ratio (~403 ppi density)
• Multitouch: Yes
• Protection: Corning Gorilla Glass 5

Memory

• Card slot: microSD, up to 512 GB
• Internal: 64 GB, 6 GB RAM

Camera

• Main
• Dual: 12 MP, f/1.8, 1/2.8″, 1.29µm, PDAF
  13 MP, f/2.6, 1/3.4″, 1.0µm, PDAF
• Features: Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
• Video: [email protected]
  Selfie
• Single: 16 MP, f/2.0
• Features: LED flash
• Video: [email protected]

Sound

• Alert types: Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
• Loudspeaker: Yes
• 3.5mm jack: Yes
  – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
  – Dolby Atmos sound

Connectivity

• WLAN: Yes
• Bluetooth: Yes
• GPS: Yes, with A-GPS
• Radio: FM radio
• USB: 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector (PowerDelivery 2.0), USB On-The-Go

Features

• Sensors: Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
• Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM, BBM
• Browser: HTML5
  – Wireless charging
  – Fast battery charging: (Quick Charge 3.0)
  – MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FlAC player
  – MP4/H.265 player
  – Photo/video editor
  – Document viewer

Battery

• Non-removable Li-Ion 4000 mAh battery

Miscellaneous

• Colors: Black

Price In Nigeria

• About N200,000