On the BlackBerry z10, BlackBerry introduced to us TouchOn Lens in its specification. What is that? Let’s find out.

No this is nothing to do with the camera. This is actually the hardened display glass uses a new technology called Touch on Lens, where the touch technology is applied on the back side of the cover glass to eliminate the need for a separate touch panel. This helped to achieve the thinnest BlackBerry Smartphone to date.

This is produced by Taiwan-based companies Wintek and Cando. Well, most touch screen modules use two glass sheets but Touch on Lens only requires one glass sheet. The ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) film is directly attached on the protective glass layer. This of course makes the new touch module lighter and it also saves cost.

Funny thing is, dropping this device in the same circumstance as the Galaxy s3, this suffered some scratches only but the S3 landed up with a cracked screen.

So what do you think of this?