Nonetheless, I decided to take a shot at what I hope the Z30 (or in fact my dream BB10 phone) could look like. If you noticed the title, I used “Dream”. Reason being, I don’t think this will be an easy design to accomplish engineering wise.
Here goes.
Front:
The overall shape of the device is the same as the Z30, main exception being I removed the bottom chin. I went for an all glass front with a 5” display. Much like the Moto X, I tried to use as little bezel as possible without being too impossible. The glass around the sides are curved into the sides. Since there is little bezel at both sides of the screen, the curved edge will help to make bezel gestures easier to use with less bezel (theoretically at least).
Back:
For the back, it will be using the glass-weave material found on the Q10. I moved the camera to the middle of the device for better balance if anything. The back is slightly sculpted as well to make it more comfortable to hold and use. Thicker at both ends and thinner in the middle. Thicker areas obviously will serve as a mean to fit in internal components. One of the concerns for me was how the device will sit when on flat surfaces. I didn’t want the device to wobble at all since that is something that is extremely annoying to me.
The back is more like a waved shape so the thicker side on both ends will be touching the surface. The con-caved part in the middle will not be touch the surface. Maybe that’ll mean better airflow so heat don’t build up? lol.
Also, the thicker part at the top will be slightly thicker than the one at the bottom, so that the phone will be ever so slightly slanted towards you.
Here’s a side profile.
Size:
Here’s the exciting part about having smaller bezels and no bottom chin. Size.
With the exact same 5” screen size, the device is only a few mm taller and wider than the Z10, which has a 4.2” display. (In case you were wondering, I got them to scale for accurate size comparison by measuring the screen size using a ruler on my desktop screen, then measuring the height and width of the Z10 to ensure it correspond with specs sheet.)
Reason for the obsession with smaller size? I personally am not a fan of huge phones, and these concepts are really what I want from it.
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I’m not sure if having such small bezels is doable at this point in time, but I certainly hope so. Moto X was a huge step in the right direction in my opinion, a smaller physical dimension with a larger screen.
I’m not really concerned about the specs of the device, but I just want it to have a huge ass battery. I want a full day of heavy use out of the device, something my Q10 barely manages to do. I don’t mind the device being thicker at all, if anything I find slightly thicker devices nicer to hold on to. I don’t mind the processor not being top of the line, or the screen not being 1080p. I just want great battery life.
The way I see it, do you want a specs that are obscenely overpowered, and a unnecessarily high resolution display, but is dead before the end of the day. Leaving you with a paperweight.
OR,
Do you want a device that has sufficient power to do everything you want to, a display with lower pixel density, but is still high resolution enough that you can’t make out individual pixel on the screen, but is able to last you a full day (from waking up to sleeping) and maybe more. Never letting you be caught short without a phone.
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What do you guys think about this? Love it or hate it? Is this your dream BB10 device too?
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