Hanging Out At My Local Verizon Wireless Store With The BlackBerry Z10

In honor of today being the launch of Verizon’s BlackBerry Z10, I stopped by a local VZW retailer to check out how things were going.   After spending about an hour, there were three interested consumers who stopped by to the demo the Z10.   A few even walked out with one.  Enjoyed some great tech talk with the store manager and a few VZW employees.   I did manage to get some one-on-one time with the Z10 and my notes lie below.

• The 4.2inch 720p HD LCD display is pretty good.  A sharp, bright, with great color reproduction on this display.
• The Z10’s performance is on par with current flock of devices as it is armed with a dual-core S4 processor.  Snappy and responsive.  No sense of lag what so ever.
• The Z10 has a quality look and feel to it.  Not too heavy, not too light.  Just the right size & weight.  The plastic back door has a nice textured finish for a nice grip.  Also the Z10 in white sexy as hell.  Damn near equivalent to when Apple gave the iPhone a white paint coat. 
• The 8MP camera is definitely one of the fastest experiences I’ve seen to process.  The camera’s Time Shift mode is a game-changer.  So much that other companies like HTC and Samsung are using a similar method of capturing a few frames before & after the photo.  BlackBerry’s camera software offers an array of editing tools & features to make up for the lack of Instagram.
• The new BlackBerry 10 OS is easily their pride and joy.  After spending a short amount of time with it,   I can definitely appreciate it.  The gestures of BB Flow becomes natural after a bit.  Even though I want to press the BlackBerry logo.  Android has me looking for a Home button.  BB Hub is a great idea of having one central place for all of your communication needs.  
• The BB10 is easily one of the best touchscreen keyboards I have used.  From touch sensitivity to auto correct down to the predictive type is ideal for short texts or long emails.   This alone makes up for the Storm series.