BalckBerry has announced that it has opened pre-orders for the BlackBerry Z3 in the UAE and will ship in the devices by July.
The phone is the latest in the Z series after BlackBerry launched the Z10 and Z30 and was originally unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The Z3 is an new entry level smartphone, and the first made by Foxconn and features a 5 inch screen, 8GB internal storage and a 5MP camera.
The device comes with BlackBerry 10 OS 10.2.1 and is Android app compatible.
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The company has priced the phone at Dh850 and is offering Dh200 worth of premium apps free for those who opt for the device in July.
The Z3 will face increasing competition from Nokia which has launched a series of Lumia devices apart from the Nokia X series all aimed at entry level users and with a starting price of Dh500 and more.
Moreover with the Z10 priced at around Dh1200 to Dh1300, it would be an interesting competition between the two BlackBerry models.
The Z3 will first be made available in UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar and later rolled out to other GCC markets.
