BlackBerry's recently launched low-cost touchscreen smartphone, the Z3,
seems all set to be launch in India on June 25. The company has started
sending invites for the event scheduled next week with a tagline that
said, "Join us to witness the unveiling of the next generation
BlackBerry 10 device."
The BlackBerry Z3 was initially announced in Indonesia and is one of the first devices being made with FIH Mobile Ltd, a unit of the Taiwanese Foxconn Technology Group
best known for building devices such as the Apple iPad and iPhone.
The
Z3 was made available for the Indonesian market starting mid-May and
has been
priced less than $200 (roughly Rs. 12,000). Considering the
Indonesian market pricing of the BlackBerry Z3, we can expect the
smartphone to be priced in the budget segment and will likely intensify
competition in the smartphone space in India.
(Also see:
BlackBerry Z3 Smartphone Receives a Lukewarm Reception in Indonesia)
Notably, the BlackBerry Z3 is also the first phone to be
launched by BlackBerry since new CEO John Chen took the helm
late last year.
The Z3 runs BlackBerry 10 OS (version 10.2.1)
and features a 5-inch qHD (540x960 pixels) display offering an aspect
ratio of 16:9. It is powered by a dual-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon
400 (MSM8230) processor with 1.5GB RAM.
BlackBerry's Z3 sports a
5-megapixel autofocus rear camera and also houses a 1.1-megapixel
fixed-focus front-facing camera. The smartphone includes 8GB of inbuilt
storage, which can be expanded up to 32GB via microSD card. It packs a
2500mAh battery, which is rated to deliver up to 15.5 hours talk time
and up to 384 hours of standby time. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi,
Bluetooth, 3G, GPS, NFC and Micro-USB.
The BlackBerry Z3
smartphone also comes preloaded with some BlackBerry services such as
BlackBerry Hub, BBM, Time Shift, Story Maker camera features, and BB10
browser.
It's worth mentioning that BlackBerry
had announced the Z3 touchscreen smartphone, alongside a Classic model with a
keyboard, the Q20, at the sidelines of MWC.
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