Unlocked BlackBerry Z30 now on sale for $224.00

The BlackBerry Z30 remains as the company's mutl-touch flagship device and Shop BlackBerry is selling both the black and white variants for CAD $224.00 as unlocked versions. Some outstanding features about this device include amazing battery life, great audio and voice quality for calls with three microphones as well as quad-core graphics that help speed the interface along.

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Rogers, Bell and TELUS to sell the BlackBerry Z30 smartphone for $0 on 2 year plans

Anyone interested in the (current) flagship BlackBerry Z30 from the any of the 'Big Three' network providers will now have the option to do so for a more affordable price. Rogers, Bell and TELUS are all promoting the BlackBerry Z30 smartphone for $0 with a 2 year contract for a limited time offer. The BlackBerry Z30 smartphone comes with BlackBerry 10 OS version 10.2.1.

Launched last October, we found the Z30 at the time to be "Possibly the best smartphone BlackBerry has ever produced, the Z30 and its accompanying OS 10.2 (now available for older BB10 phones) shows great promise for users who have been waiting for a true flagship large screen BlackBerry device." BlackBerry is expected to launch new devices soon, most notably the BlackBerry Passport as well as the BlackBerry Classic.

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BlackBerry Z30 earns gold winner accolades at Best in Biz Awards 2014

BlackBerry's Z30 flagship smartphone recently got awarded as the gold winner in the Best in Biz Awards 2014. Z30 was selected as the Consumer Product of the Year category, Best in Biz Awards 2014 International is the only independent business awards program judged by members of the press and industry analysts.

Winners of Best in Biz Awards 2014 International were determined based on scoring from a panel of 27 judges drawn from top-tier news, business, finance, and technology publications and media outlets from 17 countries, with all continents represented. 

“The BlackBerry Z30 is an outstanding device for users who demand to stay hyper connected, productive and always in control,” said Ron Louks, President of Devices and Emerging Solutions, BlackBerry. “Being honored with a gold Best in Biz Award is a testament to our strategy to develop and deliver innovative technologies that empower professionals.”

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Review: BlackBerry Z30

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Feeling very much like the product the Z10 should have been, BlackBerry's new flagship Z30 isn't just the largest BlackBerry device we've seen and used but also the most refined in terms of software enhancements and user experience with BlackBerry OS 10.2.

The BlackBerry Z30, which sells outright for $700 but will be sold through various carrier plans, has a 5-inch AMOLED screen, it is a farily large smartphone verging on the popular supersized-smartphone category which some have decided to call 'phablets.' It is an elegant device, one that seems to be an amalgam of the Z10's monolithic look and feel plus the Q10's woven glass composite backplate. It feels like a polished stone in the hand with the various lines elegantly tapering at the edges.

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