The BlackBerry Torch 9860 is RIM's all-touch multimedia phone. Powered by the new BlackBerry OS 7 and Liquid Graphics, your photos, videos, games and apps come to life in incredible detail on the large screen. With 720p HD video recording you can capture and relive life's moments or pull off amazing photos with face detection, 4X zoom and image stabilisation.

Features

• All touch, refined

  A spectacular 3.7-inch touch screen is the largest on a BlackBerry smartphone yet. It boasts millions of colours for a stunning viewing experience, and provides a smooth, accurate and fast typing experience.

  

• Next-generation software

  BlackBerry OS 7 is a smoother and faster BlackBerry OS, with breakthrough technologies and new apps and experiences. And with Liquid Graphics, you'll truly enjoy stunning multimedia and gaming.

  BlackBerry browser - The new BlackBerry browser offers incredibly fast page load times, better web-based gaming, HTML 5 video support and seamless scrolling and zooming.

  Voice-activated universal search - the most powerful on-device search has gone hands-free. With speech-to-text translation, you can now look for files, email, contacts and music - and even search the web - all without typing a thing.

  

  Augmented reality - Make life more fun with augmented reality apps like the WikiTude World Browser to learn about your surroundings in real-time.

• The power to perform

  A 1.2 GHz processor powers BlackBerry Torch 9850/9860 smartphones, seamlessly integrating with BlackBerry OS 7. So you can game, surf, socialise or watch videos with smoother multitasking and navigation.

  

To see a number of How To videos providing visual instructions on performing common tasks on the Torch 9860, visit this page - http://demos.blackberry.com/torch-9850-9860/na/us/gen/

To learn about the other applications available for the Torch, such as Facebook 2.0 and BlackBerry Messenger 6, visit the official Torch 9860 page here - http://us.blackberry.com/smartphones/blackberry-torch-9850-9860/#

Specifications

• Height - 4.72in / 120mm
• Width - 2.44in / 62mm
• Depth - 0.45in / 11.5mm
• Weight - 4.76in / 135g
• Operating System - BlackBerry OS 7
• Display
  • High-resolution 800x480 WVGA pixel colour display
  • 3.7-inch display (measured horizontally)
  • Transmissive TFT LCD
  • 253 ppi
  • 24-bit display
• Storage
  • 768MB RAM
  • 4GB eMMC
  • Expandable up to 32GB with a microSD memory card
• Camera
  • 5MP camera
  • 720p HD video recording
  • Flash
  • Continuous auto focus
  • Face detection
  • Image stabilisation
  • Geo-tagging
  • 4x digital zoom (still images only)
  • Zero shutter lag
• Processor - QC 8655 1.2GHz
• Sensors - Accelerometer, digital compass
• GPS - built-in GPS antenna, includes BlackBerry Maps
• Battery
  • 1230 mAh removable/rechargeable lithium-ion battery
  • Talk time: Up to 4.7 hours (GSM®), up to 6.8 hours (UMTS®)1
  • Standby time: Up to 13.9 days (GSM), up to 13.5 days (UMTS)
  • Music playback: Up to 44 hours
  • Video playback: Up to 6.6 hours
• Music and Video
  • Video formats: .mp4, .m4a, .3gp, .m4v, .avi, .asf, .wmv
  • Audio formats: .mp4, .m4a, .3gp, .m4v, .avi, .asf, .wma, .mp3, .flac, .ogg, .aac, .amr, .wav, .mid, .qcp
  • Picture formats: .bmp, .jpg, .gif, .png, .tif, .wbmp
• WiFi
  • 802.11 b/g/n enabled
  • Wi-Fi® access to BlackBerry® Enterprise Server
  • Wi-Fi access to BlackBerry® Internet Bundle
  • Direct IP web browsing over Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth
  • Bluetooth 2.1
  • Headset Profile (HSP) Mono Headset
  • Hands-Free Profile (HFP)
  • Address Book Integration using OBEX
  • Phone Book Access Profile (PBAP)
  • Dial-Up Networking (DUN)
  • Bluetooth Stereo (A2DP/AVRCP)
  • Serial Port Profile (SPP) AT Commands
  • Secure Simple Pairing (SSP)
• Cellular
  • Tri-band 3G HSDPA UMTS networks: 2100/1900/850/800 MHz or 2100/1700/900 MHz
  • Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks: 850/900/1800/1900MHz

The Specification sheet for the 9860 is available to download in PDF format here

For more information on the BlackBerry OS 7 operating system, including the premium version of the Documents To Go software which is included as standard enabling creating and editing Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents, view this article - http://blog.brightpointuk.co.uk/sneak-peak-blackberry-os-7

Contact Brightpoint today on 0870 849 0225 for more information or to reserve yours.