{"id":840158,"date":"2026-08-01T10:15:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T10:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/840158\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T10:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T10:15:14","slug":"zinwa-q27-smartphone-with-blackberry-style-design-now-available-for-pre-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/840158\/","title":{"rendered":"Zinwa Q27 smartphone with BlackBerry-style design now available for pre-order"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Zinwa Q27<\/a> is a smartphone that combines modern features with classic BlackBerry design. In fact, it looks a lot like the BlackBerry Classic<\/a> that was released in 2014. But the Zinwa Q27 is an Android phone with a MediaTek Dimensity 7300 processor, 12GB of RAM, and support for 5G networks, among other things.<\/p>\n

But it stands out from most modern smartphones thanks to a relatively small 4 inch, 1080 x 1240 pixel AMOLED display positioned above a thumb keyboard. First announced nearly a year ago<\/a>, the Zinwa Q27 is now available for pre-order for $420 and up<\/a>. Note that a ship date hasn\u2019t been announced yet though.<\/p>\n

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Zinwa has been selling BlackBerry-like phones with modern features and Android software for a few years\u2026 but up until recently the small Chinese outfit has been doing that by actually scooping out the guts of older BlackBerry phones and replacing them with new mainboards.<\/p>\n

The Zinwa Q27 isn\u2019t using repurposed hardware. It\u2019s a brand new device with a new mainboard, case, and other key components. It\u2019s available with 256GB or 512GB of storage and has a 4,000 mAh non-removable battery that supports 15W wireless charging and 33W fast charging with a USB 2.0 Type-C port.<\/p>\n

Other features include NFC support, a 50MP rear camera and 16MP front-facing camera, a microSD card reader, and a notification LED light. There\u2019s dual-SIM support thanks to a SIM card slot and eSIM support. And the phone ships with Android 16 featuring support for Google Mobile Services.<\/p>\n

The Zinwa Q27 measures 140 x 74 x 11mm (5.5\u2033 x 2.9\u2033 x 0.4\u2033) and weighs 192 grams (6.8 ounces) and comes in black or white color options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The\u00a0Zinwa Q27 is a smartphone that combines modern features with classic BlackBerry design. In fact, it looks a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":840159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[45268,49,48,216232,190,292596,1574,61,292597,292598],"class_list":["post-840158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-blackberry","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-keyboard-phone","tag-mobile","tag-qwerty-keyboard","tag-smartphone","tag-technology","tag-zinwa","tag-zinwa-q27"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}