RIM has finally launched its first full touch screen smartphone and this is the BlackBerry Torch 9860. So after taking the big step and finally breaking down the barriers, is this phone enough to break the BlackBerry niche?

For all you BlackBerry users out there, I know you feel the same way about this full touch phone. It may not fit the traditional design of BlackBerry phones, but you will definitely fall in love with this phone.

This phone has a pretty big screen, with its 3.7″ 800 x 480 screens, you’ll immediately notice RIM’s effort to bring you the best full touch screen that is capable of competing with other famous full touch smartphones. It also deviated from what normal The square and corporate design of other BlackBerry phones. This phone adopts the curved styles of other famous phones. With its serious curves, you will be able to hold or grip it properly. It comes with only 5 buttons which are located under the screen. Its camera, volume and 3.5mm jack port are located on the right side of the phone. You can easily unlock this phone with the unlock button on the top of the unit. You can easily charge it with its micro-USB slot on the left side The phone comes with a 5 MP camera on the back and a front camera on top of the unit’s LCD screen. The design is quite simple and everything is strategically placed.

This phone is powered by a 1.2 GHz single core processor. This is also the same processor that powers other top-of-the-line BlackBerry phones. As for the operating system, this phone uses BlackBerry OS 7. It also comes with 768 MB of RAM, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS, 2.5 GB of storage, long battery life, etc.

Above all, this mobile phone is easy to use, powerful, elegantly designed and packed with amazing features. It also comes with Facebook, BlackBerry Messenger, Twitter, and other apps that I’m sure you’ll love. But if that’s not enough for you, you can always add more through BlackBerry Apps World.

Now that you know a thing or two about this phone, I’m sure you’ll agree with me when I say that this phone was able to break out of the so-called BlackBerry niche. It is also something that can compete with other famous full touch smartphones that are on the market today.