BlackBerry introduced the new BlackBerry Leap, which is the new full-touch experience for BlackBerry 10 OS with the company’s touch of elegance. If you are fed up with most Android’s useless features that cost performance and you are refusing overpriced devices preferring something more useful and handful in terms of usability and a buy that makes a sane sense in terms of what you get for the money you pay then you are right considering the BlackBerry Leap. It is definitely one of the most practical and helpful devices for organizing emails, messages and call-logs. It is also supported by a very friendly and efficient OS with the advantage of supporting some Android applications. There are spotted some facts though that made us think twice about this device.

1. Unable to really support Android applications

The good news here are that BlackBerry made the move to be compatible with Android applications. That is fantastic and increases the attractiveness and usability of the phone because it has a much more responsive and light software than most of the Android’s rivals. However, it is not really capable yet to run those applications efficiently and is not able to perform as well as its Android rivals. Mainly because of the “outdated” Processor Unit.

2. It is a bit heavy

At 170g is clearly heavier than most of the mid-range phones that are in the Leap’s category. That makes it not so good at handling and makes it a bit uncomfortable in the pocket. That is an unfortunate fact because the BlackBerry Leap is mainly for people who need a very practical device that will help them organize, work fast and will be presentable and classy. A lighter device is usually much more useful and easy to use.

3. Non-removable battery

When you use that phone you are forced not to swap batteries. So if you plan to use the phone extensively, for about a long period of time, all you have to do is changing plans. And in long term, if something happens with the battery, we don’t know what is all you have to do but is definitely not just replacing the battery.

4. Lack of AMOLED or IPS screens

The BlackBerry Leap comes with a 5.0″ LCD screen of 720p resolution (720 x 1280 pixels). For a lot of people that is enough and there is no need for a more expensive but with higher quality technology. However when it comes to look at the phone from the side, in an angle or outdoors you will realize the very big difference of quality. It was a big sacrifice from BlackBerry in order to make the costs lower and keep it in low budget.

5. It doesn’t perform well

In general is a fantastic try from BlackBerry and it gives a taste from a very promising future for the company’s next launches. It cannot though compete its rivals at performance metrics. It has a very descent software and Operating System that has nothing to envy from the mainstream used Operating Systems as Android and iOS. However the hardware specifications betrays it. It is not very powerful or capable. It is maybe a bit outdated.

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