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As the leaves turn to gold and flutter from the trees, the Engadget team digs out their scarves and mittens to get ready for the mad rush of phone launches that take place ahead of the holiday season. We’ve seen big devices (both large and high-profile ones) enter the world over the last few months, including new heavyweights from Apple and Google. Then there’s Samsung, Nokia and HTC, which are all following the philosophy that bigger is better.

But it’s not just on the hardware side that things are getting exciting. T-Mobile’s eliminated roaming charges and Verizon is doubling its LTE speeds to a whopping 80 Mbps. AT&T is offering customers a $5 daily pass for internet and is making mobile share plans the standard rather than the exception. Of course, if you’d prefer unlimited data, Sprint is promising that its Spark LTE will beat the field — but it’s currently only available in NYC, LA, Chicago, Tampa and Miami. Whether you’re looking for a smartphone right now, or if you’re contract is about to expire, this is your guide to the best ones on the market.

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Another day and another bit about how BlackBerry is suffering. This latest deals with BlackBerry 10 and T-Mobile and assuming this all plays out as the rumors are suggesting — it looks like the carrier may soon begin pushing the Z10 and Q10 smartphones to the side. Coming by way of the CrackBerry user forums, […]

It was rumored last month that Sprint will finally launch the QWERTY keyboard touting BlackBerry Q10 on August 30th. Sprint had decided not to carry the BlackBerry Z10, which was the first device to come with BB10 OS. Instead, the carrier was rumored to carry the Q10. The rumor about its release date has turned out to be true. Sprint announced today that it releases the Q10 on August 30th. The smartphone will be available for $199.99 coupled with a two year contract from Sprint.

In the first week of August we spotted a BlackBerry Q10 touting Sprint branding. The image suggested that this device was likely to be launched soon. Back then it was rumored that Sprint was putting the Q10 through its paces, and that it would go through with the release once all tests had been run. This is the first BlackBerry 10 device to be released on Sprint, the carrier isn’t carrying the Z10. There’s no confirmation as yet if Sprint will end up carrying the Z30, BlackBerry’s first ever phablet which is expected to be released in the near future. If you’re skeptical about buying this smartphone, do stop by our BlackBerry Q10 review to get a solid idea of what this smartphone is capable of.

Sprint BlackBerry Q10 Releases August 30th For $199 On Contract original content from Ubergizmo.

Earlier this year Sprint announced that they would be carrying the BlackBerry Q10, but not the Z10, although they did not provide any specific dates but rumors of a 30th August launch did surface. Well thanks to a newly leaked photo, the BlackBerry Q10 has been sighted with Sprint’s branding on the phone, suggesting that the phone could be primed and ready for an announcement in the near future.

The rumors also suggest that the phone is currently undergoing testing and it shouldn’t be too long until we get the official word. Given that it is not the end of the month yet, it seems as though the 30th of August rumored launch could very well pan out, although since nothing official has been announced, we suggest you not get your hopes up just yet. In any case other carriers have long offered the Q10 and since Sprint is lacking the BlackBerry Z10 that they would try and get out the Q10 as soon as possible. Either way better late than never, right? So, anyone planning on picking up the BlackBerry Q10 from Sprint upon its launch?

BlackBerry Q10 With Sprint Branding Spotted original content from Ubergizmo.

It’s back to basics for BlackBerry in a set of devices revealed – or re-revealed, depending on how versed in the dark art of leaks you are – to be headed for a bit of a reboot of both the Q10 and the Z10 for 2013. The devices at hand are the BlackBerry A10 and 9720, both of which are being detailed this week.

What you’ve got with the A10 is a new larger version of what was delivered with the Z10 earlier this year. The A10 goes by code-name Aristo and is made to be a touchscreen machine with focus on power and gaming. It’s been suggested to BGR, along with details of the other handset at hand, that the A10 will have a “much more refined fit and finish” than the Z10.

This device is suggested to be taking on a bit more unique angle than the previous releases with BlackBerry, going with a separate GPU and CPU instead of the current integrated chip solution they employ at the moment. What this means for Qualcomm and NVIDIA should be clear, if said suggestion is true: BlackBerry is out.

That said, it’s tipped that the A10 will be working with 2GB of RAM and a dual-core processor while, at the moment, BlackBerry 10 is not prepared for a quad-core structure. Or at least they’d not be able to make full use of any more than a couple cores at this stage.

Meanwhile the BlackBerry 9720 is a reboot of the Q10, but better yet, it looks essentially nothing like this first-wave entry into the BlackBerry 10 environment. Instead the 9720 is more of a reboot of the BlackBerry 9700 in style, made much more a 2013 look to match up with the rest of the BlackBerry 10 family. The following images are provided by the same tipster speaking to BGR above, here showing the 9720 in all its glory.

Look like a good full set of devices for the company through the rest of the year? How does this make you feel as a legacy user of BlackBerry devices?

BlackBerry A10 and 9720 lead for 2013: reboots the both of them is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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