BlackBerry Q5 review: an awful phone

Q5

Q5

BlackBerry’s Q5 touch and type smartphone feels like a joke without the punchline. It’s cheap and plasticky, wildly overpriced (R5 000/US$420), has random bugs that cause it to stop and restart (I even got the bleeding blue screen of death) and is entering the market too late to make a dent. So here’s BlackBerry’s Q5, a smartphone with a great screen, but the last phone anyone needs to own.

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I’m going to begin with the most positive aspect of the Q5, because it all goes downhill after this. The 720×720 is a delightful square of vibrant colours.

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