omg gorgeous

looks like RIM is starting to step outside of the box a little more with some of these designs.

that certainly stands out

RIM took tips from Porche Design?
I still like it better than the P'9981. Or whatever it's called.

Wait. Why is there an "All Apps" button?
And how are we expected to use the bezel?
And why is everything white?
Why am I asking you these questions?
Why am I doing this instead of studying for my Econ exam?!

Looks interesting... not quite crazy about the silver top and bottom, but the specs sound pretty good.

Yeah, interesting comparison to the Porsche design.

OMG! NEW GENERATION

um give me those specs with the Torch 9850 form factor? I'm not a big fan of the squareness? lol

Where is a HW keyboard???

OMG I can't wait to have this BlackBerry!

Nice. I like the clean bauhaus design. If Blackberry comes out with this and it has a gorilla glass screen and all aluminum body, I'll be camping outside the AT&t store. Can you imagine this with a PlayBook resolution!

interesting

that's all i have to say! :D

I heard this is the Porsche X1

I hope they tone down the silver.

Always a fan of the standard black slab that are blackberries

wooooow!

Looks good. Looking forward to this coming out on 12 Nevuary 3012 Lmao. Fun and jokes aside they need to drop this SOON!!

I don't like the look of it at all droids are 'box' like iv never been a fan of that look. I hope they have a full QWERTY keyboard on a BBX Device and I hope even more that it looks nothing the the Porche designed BB

This looks awesome! If a BBX phone comes out looking like this with the specs as listed, I'd RUN to go get one! This looks so awesome to me! Its edgy and clean!

Hope not

I think that is a very elegant design. A bit reminiscent of Nokia's last gen phones, but it looks like a great form factor for a touch screen device. If this is the direction of the BBX phones, I'm in!

I will take 5.

Sign me up. Beautiful.

i will take 3 in WHITE please.

also, enter me in this fabulous future contest. thx!

What a beautiful device!!!! I can't wait to get one of those!!!!

that's fugly looking IMO and if it doesn't have a physical keyboard already attached without it being a slider I'm not interested no matter how improved it is.

Outside of the box. Creating a new BB, if this is a phone and its got the specs u said. I'd buy one, hopefully they work on the keyboard though. Not a fan of OS7 keyboards.

lots of wasted screen real estate. I guess you need the bezels for qnx gestures though...

I want this.

Terribly ugly/

I'll take one, thanks. Good to step out of the box and kick it over.

Not terrible, but makes me want to check out another brand after my. 9900. I don't think the next generation of blackberry will appeal to me much

Is that a front facing camera to the right & below the ear piece ?

Looks a very interesting concept at least, will watch in anticipation.....

That design is HARD and I want one! Very Masculine and Very Cool.

I'm guessing the black bezel is touch sensitive for gestures.

this has to be a porsche design that s part of a special series, i hope they ll come up with a more blackberriest look. 9900 design is close to perfection

Nice. Looks great, if they decide to put this into mass production and make it all black with the lower and upper bezel having the gestures like the PB it will be even better. I will take it as is though!

Hopefully not please RIM. Most said the same about the Porsche BB'first pics.

This is ghastly !

I would love this in black. Not a fan of the squared edges but its still sexy. now the big question is what battery did they get in it. Gotta last at least a whole day.

beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I have to say I'm not liking the look of it at the moment. But hey ho, never udge a book by it's cover

Hate It! It looks like cheap painted fake metal on the top and bottom. They really need to stick to the same styling ques as the current Bold 99xx. Keep is smooth and sleek..

that is one ugly mother. doesn't even look sexy. How do we suppose to love it when it looks a brick? can't imagine using it thing as a phone. RIM really need designers like Apple.

I love my Bold 9930 (and even more if BB traffic 3.0 comes soon). But, this would finally get my wife to want a BB. She is all for the full screens.

BlackBerry giving us choices. I'll have the Bold, she will have the Colt or London and we will both have the ability to stay connected with our Playbooks.

A W E S O M E !

all the people who like this device are kidding, right?
this must be another porche design. I seriously hope so! Uggggly!

No physical keyboard? I hate typing with virtual keyboard

I love this from the article at Verge

"We're told that RIM is also showing off two lower-end devices, as well as the next version of the Torch, which is said be "very thin" with a 3.7-inch display and slide-out keyboard."

I love my Torch and if they made a thinner version with a larger screen and BBX sign me up right now.

No physical QWERTY? Not for me.

Very, very, very ugly. If this is what BBX looks like, we just have to see what happens.

Please say it aint so!

Looks good for now. Wonder what the keyboard version will look like.

Slightly boxy design but BBX looks good. No rush, lads - my upgrade is due May 2012, so anytime Q2 is fine :)

I didn't like the Porsche design but this, I like it.

That is what i call a "device" looks amazing classy and tough! i love it.

Interesting design; I look forward to see it in the year 2525.

The old boys in the office upstairs start listening to the young engineers in the basement finally some rockin specs to go along with a good looking phone

A New juicy OS, a new look, a new RIM

That's all good in my books (shares)

If the silver bits end up stainless steel or similar, back is kevlar, realeasing now then its very Motorola. RAZA? The specs they talk about will be out dated by june though...

Meh...

"it is said to be running a a TI OMAP dual-core CPU clocked to 1.5GHz, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage with an 8MP rear camera and a 2MP front facing camera"

So, in other words, it's spec'ed about on-par with the iPhone 4S and Samsung Galaxy S2, both of which you can buy today.

That's good, relatively speaking. There's a problem, though...

Assuming this is legit, how far away is this from production? If it's six months or more, then this is another RIM device that'll be well behind the hardware curve when it finally surfaces. And yes, OS makes a different (watch Android 3.0 tablets versus the iPad or the PlayBook for that matter, with similar or the same hardware; the latter two are much, much more responsive) but RIM really needs to start releasing class-leading devices, not ones that are as good as it's competitions outgoing models.

I really hope RIM's management has realized that it's not enough to offer incremental upgrades over their own products. They aren't the only game in town.

Most impressed with how nice the OS looks, wasn't sure whether it would look like a scrunched up version of the playbook but it looks really nice to me

Very nice design. (albeit striking resemblance to the Zune HD) :)

Nicely done in dropping the "BlackBerry" from the BBM icon. repetitive words need not be included...not just drop the word from the bottom of the device...everyone will know its a blackberry by the logo (or at least brand it as BBX to get rid of the bad baggage)

Designers - Kudos all around - but note to whoever is on the project: Don't bugger it up. This is way too important. (Software / hardware teams, this means you)

For those that think its ugly / fugly because of lack of keyboard - it will probably come after, you know that RIM won't abandon you...just be patient (and in the meantime appreciate that this design is light years ahead of what most would have expected)

I'm currently working with a 9900 received as a gift and am waiting for the new BBX phones to upgrade. If this what they're going to look like.......count me in!

I doubt this will be the official look - or even close to it.... probably just a Porsche design only.

The squared edges Im not a fan of.

However I do hope they get rid of the curves and use a more sexy square design. Something like how the Zune HD looks.

There's also way too much wasted space on this thing. Big black bezel and then grey on the top and bottom.

Goo goo gaa gaa. I love the look !!! Can't wait for it to come out !!!

Judging by these comments this is already a controversial design! I am however loving how BBX as an OS is looking on this, I wonder whether the music player can be controlled from the tile rather than having to go into it - certainly looks that way.

Either way if this design is from RIM - they need it, this is a design that stands up in the ranks of Apple, Samsung, HTC et al without blending in. This is what RIM needs to show investors and tech sites. I realise it won't be a favourite with die-hard BlackBerry fans, but I don't think this design or indeed the first BBX phone is one to cater for the QWERTY loving amoung us.

I will say this, I'd ditch my Bold 9900 for that beauty!

P.S. Does anyone else suspect that the metal top/bottom will be contoured away to make it ergonomically comfortable for gaming...? After all that research into the 9850/9860 it'd be a safe bet ;-)

I want a BBX phone that is identical in look to the PlayBook. I want the same rubber back, but maybe a slightly slimmer bezel (in comparison to the overall size).

Just think about how nice it would be to have that soft comfy rubber backing on a phone as sexy as the PlayBook.

Full touch screen isn't for me personally but I like it and it definitely stands out. Might be something BB needs to attract some people back. Bold 9900 is probably favorite looking form factor too date, that phone looks awesome. Looks a lot better then the full touch screen torches now in my opinion.

that is absolutely terrible. without a qwerty keyboard, i will definitely not stick w/ RIM. with something this ugly, i might have to buy one just to toss it in a lake somewhere and save the world from at least one unit.

stereo speakers please, and a slide out qwerty landscape and i'm sold.. maybe a anodised black instead of that silver too..

No QWERTY? Clutch the pearls. I love my 9810. I need buttons to push. I need a physical keyboard. I love the design but I'll wait.

hmm . blackberry with no QWERTY? why bother.. ?

All I can say is GIVE IT TO ME NOW!!

I just White Wee'd.

I will give my Pre 2, two Pre Pluses, a Pixi Plus, an HTC Trophy with Mango, an iPod Touch, and any other thing I can find in my house for this. I love WebOS and WP7 but WP7 gets a little boring sometimes and WebOS is dead for the time being. BBX is my precious baby.

Super exciting to see this, looks great. I was hoping it would look like a little playbook. I think the phone and pb should be very similar. The black border is for swiping?

Looks like a Zune HD:

http://zapp5.staticworld.net/news/graphics/163153-Zune_hd_image_original...

Fake

Like it, definitely.

not getting my hopes up for this one...but i will give it a run if it releases for at&t

I thought I could never used to an all touchscreen. After using my Galaxy S 2 I fell in love with all touch screens. I have two phones and my Bold being the other. I would love this new BB. HELL YEA!!! I don't need a keyboard anymore. Pushing buttons gets my fingers tired lol.

Well, looks fantastic.

so have we heard if the BBX phones WITH the keyboard will have the front facing camera too.?

and we're not losing our beloved LED indicator are we.? I don't see one in this pic.?

I don't like the angled design. But it does stand out. Of course the actual release device might not look at all like this.

Keep it in Canada, fugly!!!

i see a front camera !!! :)

I hope they have good cameras on them. The Front Facing 2MP Camera has me a bit worried.....BUT that is just a rumoured prototype. I'm not going to get too to exited just yet, for all we know the final vs could be completely different

Looks alright, I'm not sure how I feel about how silver it is though, the P'9981 returns! Also, as much as I LOVE RIM and Blackberry, I can't stand that giant logo at the bottom.

Can't wait to see the devices with physical QWERTYs!

I just threw up in my mouth a little...

Need more pics! Not sure about the design until I see more pics! Love the specs though.... Considering how fast the PlayBook is on a dual core 1ghz, this thing must scream.

How about a detachable NFC 9900 Keyboard!!! I bet you guys would like that. I like it just the way it is tho. I don't need the keyboard (Storm 1 and 2, soon to be 9850). I'd like to see you guys get some joy outta this Sexy Beast too! GO RIM!!!!

looks good .. cant wait till they release them and go LIVE with it all

One word from me "Yuck"....

I could see this maybe being the device that the carriers said looked a little to industrial. I would bet that the final version is a little more sleek.

Honestly hate it. Looks like crap. And I absolutely hated the Porsche one too. Take away the silver crap and it looks nice. But with that on it no way I would ever get something like this.

RIM needs to look at what is selling right now. And crap like this is not selling. Slim sleek and all one color with a large screen and a fast interface. This looks like an 80's version of what might be a future phone.

I think it looks pretty slick. I just hope its not TOO big like some of the android phones.

Sofa-king Hawt and no keyboard!!!

Win-Win!!!

I think I'd have those ends dipped black though.

Looks great for beta design. Hopefully the full design will be more polished with a decreased bezel and a cleaner looking Os. Rim should really try to get the new BBX line of devices out properly with good management and marketing before or at least in Q1 of 2012. Even though they are great looking and have great specs if they cannot execute properly will just be another fail on the part of those two old men.....

I'm more interested in the guts, this new phone has to be powerful and a multi-tasking device, looks are nice but what is inside will matter most. If BBX is gonna be a scaled down Playbook, with Apps, then they have a winner.

It's not exactly like the phone I have right now! This is it! No physical keyboard like I want? I'm quitting RIM forevah!

Relax folks. You know, I had a knee-jerk reaction when I saw it. Not what I expected with the square look and the metal finish. But looking at it a little more, it's classy and simple. If it's thin and not too boxy, it could be a good phone, particularly if this is aimed at their higher-end price bracket. Not sure it's the phone for me, but I don't hate it. It's nice to see RIM trying something different. It's got some charm, you just need to give it a chance!

Now a thinner Torch with a bigger screen, that's something I could certainly go for!

Full qwerty please and we on

I really like this. I can see myself buying it. i think it makes sense for RIM to release an all-touch phone first. This way all PB apps run on the phone without any tweaking. I'm sure a BBX phone with a keyboard will come out shortly after the touch model.

I WANT HIM BLACK! I am sick about all this polished aluminium!

Will I buy it? Of course.
Will I be happy? No.
I fear from the size of the bezel and the silvery bits, the heft and dimensions are going to be formidable. The silver is cool but prey cut it back a bit by about a third. Is it hard/expensive to make the silver touch sensitive for the gestures? That way the hideous black bit can be but a nice strip round the screen and TADA! We have a design master piece!
I must say I love the Blackberry branding style and the rumoured boxy looks sound damn quirky.
The internals are hardly groundbreaking so this better be out real SOON else it will be (D.O.A) dead on arrival.
But why are we kidding ourselves? This could just be a Porsche-designed 9850/9860.

if this is seriously what RIM are coming up with they need to go back to the drawing board! its as ugly as that 'thing' porche came up with!

This device looks very interesting...even tho I prefer the traditional BlackBerry form, I'm interested in seeing this device in it's final form...

looks good

Amazing, looks phenomenal..

for some reason to me it has some resemblance of Acer Iconia

N.A.S.T.Y. This looks like what Knight RIder would use to talk to KIT. Uckkkkkk.

seriously?.... i think i will pass

awful design. One thing RIM had going for them was the design that was unmistakable. With this design, it may as well be a Droid. And where's the keyboard?

Why are people so fixated with not having a QWERTY keyboard on this purported prototype device? The article specifically says that a Torch variant with a QWERTY keyboard is also being developed....There is NO WAY RIM's ditching the QWERTY keyboard (RIM just offers varieties)

I simply dislike it. As much as I did not like the first Porsche-designed one. Just a question of taste based on the way it looks. And if it does not have a QWERTY Keyboard I will not be convinced to jump on that train.

looks nice but unless they come up with something like swype for blackberry, i need a physical keyboard.

also, NO BLINKY BLINKY LED LIGHT??? that's totally wack, now i have to actually turn on the screen to see if i got a message and what kind?

i don't get why everybody is bashing on the angled edges. i am so glad this is not another fugly brick square like all the 1000000 androids out there.

Damn this is one ugly ass phone
If RIM hopes that this phone would revive them then am sorry

I have a touch and the best thing on it is the track pad. It saves so much time and curse words. Suggest they keep the pad

That is a thing of beauty!!

Bring it please RIM.

I like it. Very nokia in design (hard edges tho I think the n9 would still win the beauty pageant :p). Porsche phone colour inspired but let's hope it could comes in different colours.

The apps (with the 3 open) looks fine on a phone but the space is wasted on the playbook when compared to OS2 I wonder if there's an option to hide the open apps so u can see the background and use the old style bb multi tasking if u chose to.

Either way the ui looks different enough not to be a bb7 device especially since there's no trackpad (I'm not a fa of losing that!). Also I like the looks of the ui but how does one make a quick call since there's no hardware buttons (its not capacitive is it *yuck*) so I'm assuming in software. That's not a front facing camera but the led yeah?

I didn't catch how big the screen or over all device is............

Even if this proves to be a fake, I hope it generates excitement for RIM. They need it.

Release tomorrow plase... =)

Style + Playbook 64gb

I for one completely dismissed the porsche designed bb. Said numerous times its fake, and then bam its real. I do wanna say fake again, but who knows.

Not sure I like how the silver and black contrast, but I think overall it's nice. RIM probably wants their phones to stand out a bit more in order to re-establish their brand. I've had numerous people mistake my 9850 for an iPhone or Android device.

doesn't it look like the zune hd?

I think for Blackberry to be successful they need:
- A less squared off device
- A BBX model similar to the Bold Touch, Torch all-touch and the Torch Slider. Creates more variety.
- Keep the Black and Stainless outer half similar to the Bold 9900.
- Specs such as the ones listed or greater to keep up with competitors.
- Models that DO NOT resemble the Porsche series but the 9000 series.

Looks great. I hope though that RIM will come out with version with actual keyboard. I am not sold on virtual keyboard at all.

I thought microsoft killed the Zune already...

The design I think targets some Droid fans. I had the Storm but wanted more and this should fill that want. If RIM focuses on more out of the box designs like this, they can draw in some Windows or Nokia users.

Now that's what I'm talkin bout....Get some young blood in the drawing room. The specs on this kill....Why can't the corporate guy pack a rocket launcher (figure of speech!!) to get his email, txt the wife, bbm the kids & play an online game with his co-worker while he is waiting for a meeting....all while he, and they, are in other parts of the world. Then skyp the wife in his hotel room (in another country) just before bed *wink wink*. Then show his power point pres to a foreign BOD....all with his Berry....I like It. AND....with a 4" or 4.5" touch screen keypad, it would be like typing on a playbook. Put me down for one...hell, 4.....one for the whole famn dam !!!

Yuck, do not like.

It appears they are trying to build off the sucess of Nokia (N8, N9, Lumia). I personaly like it, very modern and industrial.

1.5 processor is powerful. Can this OS put it all together with a fast browser, no hour-glassing, and a less than a minute reboot? If it can, BB is back in the game. This bad boy CANNOT arrive in the summer, though.

That does not have the distinctive classy look of a BlackBerry - it looks like a cross between an Android, Iphone and a display case.

looks like my old samsung yp-p2 w/out the sliver lining

I remember kevin stars a little while ago that rim showed carriers there protype and they said it looked to industrial so this might be that protype

I remember kevin stars a little while ago that rim showed carriers there protype and they said it looked to industrial so this might be that protype

That is the most butt-ugly device I've seen in EVER.

quarter 3 of 2012 really means Summer of 2013.

I love this design it's very cool.

I thought it would be kinda cool for KB lovers if you pulled the bottom silver piece off and out slid a KB

BGR is reporting that; this is, indeed the next BB!

172nd

Nomore sd cards?

I Remember when the Blackberry P' 9981 pictures leaked at the beginning of this year and people thought it was a fake because it was before the Bold 9900 got announced but now we know that it was a legit Blackberry.

news.softpedia.com/news/BlackBerry-Porsche-Design-P-9981-Confirmed-for-UK-234498.shtml

Could this be the Porsche version of the first BBX Superphone? If so then I can't wait for the regular RIM design and I hope the bezel is gesture sensative and moved landscape

ok, since this does borrow so much from the first porsche designed bold, i'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that this is also a porsche designed dummy phone with bbx screen shot on it, but not a bbx phone, it would seem to me that we have all forgotten about the full touch screen blackberry that was launched at the same time as the bold. ladies and gents, i present to you the bb curve touch (porsche edition) just my opinion.

I'm not in love with it but I don't hate it neither. I love that RIM is turning the corner on their design model again. New original OS needs new original hardware. I love the aluminum body. I just need to see more picture of it and the QWERTY version of that phone. Their maybe hope for RIM after all. I'm glad, just don't rush it and ruined it like they did with the Storm.

RIM can NOT compete on the glass slab phone market. Not sure why we keep seeing these "almost as good as an android" slabs.

As nice as the phone looks the aspect ratio is wrong. It's suppose to be the same as the Playbook.

I originally didn't like the idea of blackberry's dropping the keyboard, but, THIS LOOKS AMAZING!!! If this is legit, I know what phone i'm getting! Never seen a phone that looked so good!

wow man, I like this design. But what happens to my QWERTY keyboard?

I can soooooo see myself with one of these devices. Love a hw kb, but I would go for one of these in a heartbeat. BB is shaking up the place. I hope they keep it up... 2012... Year of the berry.

I SIMPLY ! LOOOVVEEEEE IT

please, please, PLEASE, if anyone at RIM is reading this....PLEASE get rid of the grey top and bottom. If your gonna have the phone designed like this, at least make it ALL black. That silver/grey is sooo hideous. PLEASE don't release the phone like this, NOBODY will buy it.

It is a BLACKberry after all, just please make it ALL black.

Good looking phone, excited for it. Just wished it came out this year. Those "supposed" specs will be outdated by the time this phone is released. Those specs are what we're seeing out now. However, good to see RIM is finally getting the picture and stepping up their game.

I'll wait for other designs. Not a fan of all touch.

Hopefully they continue to make keyboard ones as well that don't look like the porche one.

This has got the trace of Porsche design. I guess it is a porsche design bbx, a variation of blackberry bbx..I like it. That said, RIM's inability to keep its new phone under the carpet continued. This is not a good thing to RIM - having its new design leaked 6 - 12 months before launch?

I thought it was supposed to have the same pixel resolution as the playbook? The dimensions of that don't seem to be of the same scale as the playbook screen.... Just saying..

This thing looks so BSG awesome! So say we all!

What an ugly piece of crap.

There's a thing some whiners are forgetting about. Those specs, (dual-core 1.5GHz, 1GB and stuff) are pretty much sufficient for a phone. Companies could make a Quad-core 2.5GHz and 6GB RAM phone for those airheads but y'all WILL have to carry a battery charger plugged into your...

Stop making stupid requests and whines, and begin thinking with your head, people...

WOW!

Minimizing active apps?

Anyone else noticed that on the labels for the "cards" there is an icon that looks like "Minimize" on the right?

I was really hoping for a swipe-down to minimize feature, so I can have that Music card out of the way when I'm browsing the web (and I'm sure I would use it just to keep the desktop clean). How exciting!

If the edges were shorter and the silver strips were black this would be so cool

I don't give a crap what it looks like. Just deliver a finished phone running a finished BBX on some quality hardware. Deliver on the promise of what we know a Blackberry should be in 2012 and all will be forgiven. Shrink the Playbook to phone size; stick a radio in it and finish darn OS. All this is in reach; please RIM don't blow it.

If what the article purportedly suggests in terms of a June release date is true, then this phone will be quite behind in terms of specs, especially since Kal-El+ should be out around that timeframe, so you will most likely have Android phones sporting 2Ghz Quad Cores on 28nm with 1.5GB RAM or more possibly. The design is bold and it could be a hit, but RIM better step up their game and get this out to the market considerably earlier in the first quarter of next year.

This phone is so money and you don't even know it. I really liked the focus article. How many phones does apple support? oneish. If rimm would just hit this one out of the park it would be great for the cb nation.

Rimm should make an on screen keyboard that is curved like the smile curve of the physical key boards an all of their phones rather than the block on screen keyboards of apple and android. That can't be too difficult and it is in keeping with their branding.

SaaaaWeeeeet! I want it now!!!!

It looks like a great phone. However, I just got the Torch 9850 and all I want right now is developers to make apps for my phone.

UGLY!

Just... looks... bad.

Seriously! That's bad.

CRACKBERRY KEEEVIN!! Is this seriously going to be released in 2012 Q3?!? Or are we still aiming at a Q1 release date?? It would be a disaster if released that late.

Omgomgomg. Omg omg omg omg... omg omg omg! !!

I like my 9810. i'll pass on this

God I hope this photo is fake. Terrible looking phone.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus here I come!

The fact that RIM is trying to juggle multiple phone prototypes, an OS update for Playbook, and probably a new Playbook shows the lack of focus at the firm. You know you're behind the 8ball and instead of just pushing forward behind a single great product, they try to do what they always do and create a half dozen phones with one good one in the mix.

They really should put ALL and I mean ALL their resources behind one phone and then fast track the hardware development for several other phones that get released three months after the first one. They needed to focus through this transition but instead they are juggling around trying to figure out what works. Q3 2012 is simply unacceptable. Jim B needs to RESIGN or GET FIRED.

It is a Porsche design phone 100%. Ugly as any other Porsche design phone.

i think the design is somewhat rigid and not dynamic.
if it is, RIM should have clear explanation about this design . .

I like such design... it's truly amazing... :)

nice...but too bad it's slated for Q3 of next year...late Q3. Meaning it's actually gonna be Q1 of 2013 =\.
http://www.bgr.com/2011/11/14/leaked-blackberry-london-is-real-launching...

I thought it was supposed to be a "BLACK"berry,,??? Now this is coming out Quarter 1 2022 right?

Well!! Really!! Going by this solitary image it's definitely not popping! It doesn't have that game-changing look! Those angles just look off! I like the specs but surely not the design going by this image!! I really hope this is not the final design of the 1st BBX phone! I think the two trapeziums at the top and bottom makes it look weird! What about a more rounded design at the 4 vertices! I don't expect that egregious porsche design to resurface surely! I'm backin RIM to get the design right though! They know how to design phones. The specs are encouraging...good actually! I'm holding my breath for the battery though...the 9900's sorely disappointing! This device needs at least a 1750mAh battery!! And I hope it's not just megapixels without AF! FFC WELCOME! Gosh how we've waited for that!! I think BBXites will get good reception, but specs aside APP W has to deliver or that deficiency I fear may be it's nemesis!!

Rim need to get this phone out in two moth time or they're dead. Skipping breakfast, saving every penny I could for this phone. Love it

I've been counting the days until my firm goes away from BB to android or iOS. I have to say if BBX is as good as it sounds and this is the phone that will show case it I will gladly stay with BB. Hope is as good as it sounds!

when stuff gets released from RIM like this.its gonna fail. i hate it when stuff gets leaked because other companies like samsung,motorola etc will see this and design something that screws RIM into the ground. im happy to see this stuff, but i bet you apple wont release their pictures! its top secret...this is RIM's last chance to make a come back into the smartphone game...and this device should of been released since august of 2011 not next year. Im an avid supporter of RIM and really want them to succeed and this is clearly a bad approach.

Congrats to the source who leaked it out. Im going to buy one, however the specs at actual release date will be atleast 6-9months outdated.

Show them how real video chat is done BBM style

I personally don't like full touchscreen phones but this looks great,partly because the only way that they can really get at least on the level of competitors,is to have that full touch functionality. Apps now are being built to be touch enabled,so I believe this is definitly a step in the right direction. Hopefully we'll get some more news/pictures soon to see what there is going to go. Love BBX too. Reminds me a bit of android but with Blackberry OS touch to it. Anyway,can't wait for it!

seems ok
but need one with keypad