Research in Motion once dominated the smartphone battlefield with its BlackBerry series of products, but it has been pushed to the wayside by iOS and Android in recent years.

RIM is making a big push this year with BlackBerry 10 and now a leaked document from Waterloo is showing off all kinds of official details about the upcoming L-Series smartphone.

The official doc leaked from RIM looks like it is a presentation geared toward sales reps, educating them on the ins and outs of not only BlackBerry 10, but also the new L-Series touchscreen smartphone (which could launch as the BlackBerry Z10) itself. We’ve heard some info about this phone, but now we’re getting something more concrete. There’s a presentation slide with the BlackBerry 10 L-Series specs, for instance. It details a 4.2-inch 1280×768 HD display to go along with 2GB of RAM, 16GB internal storage and a 1800mAh battery.

Going on par with other major smartphones of the day, the BlackBerry Z10 will reportedly have two cameras: a 2MP camera on the front for 720p video calls, plus a 8MP shooter on the back with autofocus, 1080p video, 5x digital zoom, and LED flash. Connectivity brings the upcoming L-Series on par with other high end smartphones too, boasting NFC and 4G, along with the usual allotment of WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS.

So, why is it called the L-Series if it might be marketed as the BlackBerry Z10? That’s because it’s coming in four different flavors named after four different L cities. The BlackBerry London will have 21Mbps HSPA+ in lieu of 4G, while the BlackBerry Laguna, BlackBerry Lisbon and BlackBerry Liverpool will have variations on 4G LTE for different markets. We expect to see the official formal unveiling on January 30, so stay tuned.

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While RIM devices have a premium and “business-like” design to them, when it comes to modern features and operating systems, the Blackberry line has certainly fallen behind. It looks like Blackberry 10 is set to change the game, however.

We’ve already seen pictures of BB10 and even the upcoming Blackberry L-Series, which is now known as the Blackberry Z10. What we don’t fully know is what kind of specs we’ll find in upcoming hardware such as the Z10.

While much of the specs remain a mystery, we now have a screenshot indicating that the Z10 will have 2GB of RAM. For most high-end Android devices 2GB is starting to become standard, but it was originally believed that the BB10-running L-Series would have just 1GB.

Its hard to say what the processor will be with the Z10, but with 2GB of RAM onboard, here is to hoping that we get a quad-core processor to go with. Are you excited for Blackberry 10 and the next-generation RIM devices or not?

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Curious about BB10, or more specifically the fullscreen touch Blackberry L-Series? Thanks to Tinhte.vn we now have in-depth photos that show the overall design and styling found in the L-Series.

We still don’t know too much about the hardware inside the L-Series, but the photos do tell us a few things. First, we now know that the phone has a removeable 1800mAh battery and microSD card slot. In a world where expandable memory and removable batteries are starting to become somewhat scarce, this is good news.

We also know that the phone has micro-USB for charging and has a micro-HDMI port as well.

Honestly, I have to say I’m quite impressed by the overall look of this phone. Sure, it isn’t anything revolutionarily different, but it has an attractive industrial style that I personally like quite a bit.

That said, this isn’t the first time we’ve seen this phone design. This looks very similar to the Blackberry London leak that we saw around January of this year. For tons of pictures of the L-Series, hit the source link below.

So how about it, are you excited for the Blackberry L-Series, N-Series and Blackberry 10 in general?

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