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There are certainly those who won't buy a phone without a keyboard, and the Q10 is unquestionably the best phone with a keyboard on the market. However, ... we're not sure cornering that market will move the needle very far in BlackBerry's favor.

This is a business phone, and an unabashed one, and in a world where we often want our devices to do everything for us, a little focus is actually a very refreshing thing. ... evaluate your priorities if you’re thinking about getting a Q10: the app situation is still dismal for BlackBerry 10.

The BlackBerry Q10 is a great phone for QWERTY diehards and e-mail addicts, but anyone who doesn't need a physical keyboard should skip it.

For plenty of users who gave up on BlackBerry years ago, the Q10 probably won’t change their minds. But for those of us who love physical keyboards and want a keyboard paired with the full functionality of a serious smartphone, the Q10 delivers.

If the screen-space trade-off is worth it to you, and if you don’t mind betting on an underdog, you’ll find no better keyboarded phone than the BlackBerry Q10.

The Q10 is a very solid and well-built little phone, and it's one of the few options available from any smartphone ecosystem for the physical keyboard holdouts. For most buyers, though, it's going to feel like a throwback, and we don't mean that in a good way.

The BlackBerry Q10 is the phone BlackBerry fanatics have been clamoring for -- with a killer keyboard and welcome OS improvements -- but you'll have to live with a small touch screen.

For you power-hungry, data-consuming users who have stuck with BlackBerry ... the Q10 is the phone you’ve been waiting for. ... if you’re not the typing type, and especially if you live for your apps and your photos, you’re better off sticking to the black rectangles with the bigger screens.

So the Q10 scores a victory, but it's a pyrrhic one. As good as many of the features of the Q10 are, it's not a phone I could recommend to anyone but the diehard few who were already lining up for it.

The Q10 is likely to be attractive to the BlackBerry faithful. It deserves to lure some people over from Androids and iPhones as well. The keyboard makes the Q10 a good complement to a tablet. Use the bigger screen for entertainment, surfing and gaming, and the BlackBerry for messaging.

Many who have been waiting for a new Blackberry with a keyboard and a real browser will find the Q10 to be the phone they have been waiting on for so long. As for me, I'd replace my Bold with the Q10 in a heartbeat, but ultimately it's not enough to become the only phone I carry.

We like the design and the keyboard experience, but beyond that communication experience, there's little that's unique and BB10 is still some way behind rival offerings.

The BlackBerry Q10 is the best physical keyboard phone out there, but tepid app support and a frustrating interface hamper its potential.

If a great keyboard is your main requirement, as it is for many users of all ages, the Q10 is the device you should buy. It’s the best of its kind on the market – BlackBerry remains king of the keyboard. Let's hope apps will come later.

If you love your physical keyboard BlackBerry then the Q10 is for you - no question. If you're a BlackBerry fan but want to step things up, you may opt for the BlackBerry Z10 or even hold out to see what new devices come down the road. Overall we couldn't be more pleased with the BlackBerry Q10.

Four years ago, the Q10 may have been a contender for the best smartphone in the world; today, BlackBerry has to work four times as hard to prove there’s still a reason to go QWERTY.

Do you absolutely need a physical keyboard? If the answer is yes, then the Q10 is the best phone you can buy. In fact, it's pretty much you're only option unless you want to buy one of the older, outdated BlackBerrys.

The BlackBerry 10 is a great phone for those looking for a smartphone with a physical keyboard, especially corporate users trading up from older BlackBerry devices. However, the BlackBerry 10 platform still has only a limited range of applications available.

All in all, the BlackBerry Q10 is a phone for a very limited group of people. It’s for hardcore BlackBerry fanatics who have to have a physical keyboard, but to be honest, I don’t see much point in a phone like the Q10

It's a hybrid touch / physical QWERTY model and one that diehard BlackBerry fans won't only be more familiar with, but potentially more willing to embrace with open palms.

That comes out to a typing experience that feels totally like a BlackBerry keyboard, while also feeling slightly less staid. This, somehow, feels like a modern phone, just with a physical keyboard.

While the 3.1-inch display may be incredibly small on paper, it really works on this device, and we can’t say that many people will have a problem with it.

The keyboard is instantly recongnisable and the size and feel of the device scream Bold at you as soon as you pick it up.

The BlackBerry Q10 is a palm-friendly phone with an intuitive interface that smartly keeps all of the people, places, and other things you care about where they belong: under your thumb. Overall, I liked the keyboard, but ... it screams for a separate row of buttons devoted to numbers

The keyboard is great. It is a classic keyboard, with scalloped keys offering excellent travel and feedback. I had no trouble pecking out messages on the Q10 in the (really) short time I spent with it.

Tapping out a few sentences the keys felt larger than any previous BlackBerry we can recall and the action is even lighter, but the end result is that we could type at a pretty decent pace.

We had a quick go with the keyboard and it's certainly comfy and responsive to use so we can't see QWERTY keyboard fans being disappointed.

For those who simply can't live without a full keyboard on their smartphone the Q10 is an enticing proposition with a decent size keyboard and larger touchscreen coupled with the new BlackBerry 10 OS making it a far more powerful and diverse handset.