BlackBerry announced the BlackBerry Z3, the company’s affordable full-touch smartphone made by Foxconn at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It went on pre-order in Indonesia last month. The company has launched the BlackBerry Z3 Jakarta Edition in Indonesia at an event today, as it announced last month.
As promised, BlackBerry will sell a limited edition model featuring the inscription Jakarta on the back of the device for a limited period, to commemorate the launch of the first BlackBerry smartphone built specifically for the Indonesian market. It would also come with BBM Stickers featuring local characters, Punakawan for free exclusively for a limited time.
BlackBerry has unboxed the Z3 officially before it goes on sale in the market.
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Commenting on the new launch, John Chen, Executive Chairman and CEO, BlackBerry, said
BlackBerry has changed the way millions of people around the world stay connected. From conception to delivery, the BlackBerry Z3, Jakarta Edition was designed specifically with our Indonesian customers in mind. Priced affordably, the BlackBerry Z3, Jakarta Edition will extend the full capabilities of the BlackBerry 10 Operating System version 10.2.1 experience for a new generation of customers in Indonesia.
BlackBerry Z3 specifications
- 5-inch qHD (960 × 540 pixels) touch screen display
- BlackBerry OS 10
- 1.2 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon (MSM8230) processor with Adreno 305 GPU
- 5MP auto focus rear camera with LED flash
- 1.1MP front-facing camera
- 3.5mm audio jack, LED Indicator
- 9.26mm thick and weighs 164 grams
- 3G HSPA+, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 LE with aptX codec and GPS
- 1.5 GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD
- 2500 mAh non-removable battery
The BlackBerry Z3, Jakarta Edition would go on sale in Indonesia for IDR 2,199,000 (Rs. 11,500 approx) starting May 15th through authorized partners.