[3] The gross profit reported by RIM's income statement, as of March 2006 (about four months after the release of the Electron), was US$1.3 billion.
[4] Most of the materials that make up the BlackBerry Electron and other BlackBerry devices, such as flexible circuit boards, were manufactured in China.
[5] [2] Dimensions: 110 x 69.5 x 19.5mm (4.33 x 2.74 x 0.77 in) Weight: 134 g (4.73 oz) Keyboard: QWERTY Technology: LCD Display Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels Color Depth: 16-bit (65K colors) Alert types: Vibration; Polyphonic, MP3 ringtones Loudspeaker: Yes 3.5 mm jack: No Card slot: No Internal: 64 MB storage, 16 MB RAM Battery type: Lithium-Ion 1100 mAh battery.
Stand-by time: up to 450 hours Talk time: Up to 4 hours The BlackBerry Electron features a graphical interface and uses menus and icons for navigation.
The 8707 (AKA "UMTS Electron") added 2100 MHz UMTS 3G and the 8703 model was designed for US CDMA operators and supported both 850 MHz and 1900 MHz CDMA2K (EvDO/1xRTT) – the 8703 also has A-GPS support, which was not present on the GSM/UMTS variants.