BlackBerry ‘Leap’ Go to Market Name for Rio?

by Lucas Atkins • Tue, 24 Feb 2015 12:24 am EDT Tue, 24 Feb 2015 12:11 am EDT in

BlackBerry Rio was exclusively unveiled as a mid-range all-touch smartphone coming later this year.

The “Rio” moniker was purely the device’s codename. Now, OS files are pointing to the device getting branded as the “BlackBerry Leap.”

As a recap, the Rio/Leap specs will be the following:

9.5 mm profile
5” 1280 x 720 display
2MP front facing, 8MP rear facing cameras
2800 mAh non-removable battery
MSM 8960 Dual Core 1.5 GHz processor
2 GB RAM, 16GB Flash + Micro SD
Penta Band LTE + 4G Hotspot
Wi-Fi 2.4GHz 802.11 b/g/n
BT 4.0 / DLNA / Miracast
Dual Microphone
Speaker phone

New images of the Rio/Leap have emerged too, which apparently shows the device now has a stainless steel band on the sides the device like the Passport.

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Slash82

I don’t know if this is the right way…
Blackberry is back on it’s way that people say: “Outdated specs.”
Don’t get me wrong, the Classic is an awesome device, but the media already “hated” about it’s specs. and now there is an another device with the “old” chipset.
How should people get thrilled when they hear about a new Blackberry?
The Passport was the right call.
And what about the people who want to upgrade their Z30?
- ATInsider.
  
  This phone is not a Z30 replacement. That replacement is hopefully going to be shown off at 2015 Mobile Congress this 1st week of March 2015.
  I don’t know what this phone is replacing at the moment, but it’s not the Z10 nor the Z30. It seems as a new Low End line.
ATInsider.

It’s unfortunate that the specs are quite weak. This device should be no more than $200. At the very least it could of had a 1920x1080p screen and a faster Dual Core.
The Z30 once considered a Flagship was already 2 years old via specs. Let’s hope this device is priced right, or its going to be a hard sell.