In order to celebrate its 10th anniversary in India, BlackBerry has
launched a limited period offer for its BlackBerry Z30 smartphone,
pricing it at Rs. 34,990. The Canadian smartphone manufacturer had
launched the Z30 for the Indian market at Rs. 39,990 in October 2013.
Additionally,
BlackBerry announced the Z30's White-colour variant will also be up on
Flipkart online retail website
at the same price. BlackBerry's limited period discount offer for its
Z30 smartphone will be valid for the next 60 days.
"India is
amongst the key emerging smartphone markets. The Indian consumers want
access to cutting edge experience of a smart device combined with a
revolutionary operating system - all at an attractive price point,"
stated Hitesh Shah - Director, Channel Sales, BlackBerry India in the
press release. "We have seen a phenomenal response to our initial
promotional offer on BlackBerry Z10 and are confident we will see
similar off take for the 5 inch screen BlackBerry Z30 that combines
technology and style quotient in one device. This anniversary price of
Rs. 34,990/- will therefore ensure that consumers are able to experience
the latest and best technology at an attractive cost."
The
BlackBerry Z30 comes with a 5-inch Super AMOLED display with a 720x1280
pixel resolution, translating to a pixel density of 294ppi. It is
powered by a 1.7GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor with
Adreno 320 GPU.
BlackBerry has included 2GB of RAM
onboard the Z30, apart from 16GB of inbuilt storage, which can be
further expanded via microSD card (up to 64GB). The BlackBerry Z30
sports an 8-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.
The
new phablet runs BlackBerry 10 OS version 10.2, which includes
refinements and new features when compared to the BlackBerry Z10 that was launched earlier
this year. The Z30 includes a 2880mAh battery, which the company claims
can deliver up to 25 hours of talktime - there is no word on standby
time.
The BlackBerry Z30 features four stereo speakers to
provide 'BlackBerry Natural Sound' and also comes with BlackBerry
Paratek Antennae that is claimed to deliver faster data transfers.
The
BlackBerry Z30 was unveiled globally in September,
when BlackBerry also announced a price cut for company's former
flagship,
the Z10.