Q10 will be available in Singapore on May 31

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Singapore, 16 May 2013 – BlackBerry® (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB) today announced the new BlackBerry® Q10 smartphone, the first BlackBerry® 10 smartphone to feature a classic BlackBerry QWERTY keyboard, will be available from all authorized partners  in Singapore – including: Courts Connect, M1, Singtel and StarHub – from May 31, 2013.  Customers can pre-order through Courts Connect* from May 18, 2013 and SingTel from May 25, 2013. For customers who want more information, they will be able to register with StarHub and M1 beginning May 18, 2013.

Available in two colours, Black and White, the BlackBerry Q10 smartphone combines the power of the BlackBerry 10 platform with a re-engineered physical keyboard and stunning touchscreen display – the largest ever on a BlackBerry QWERTY smartphone.

Charles Dufourcq, Country Director for Singapore at BlackBerry said,

“It is definitely an exciting time here for BlackBerry in Singapore as we celebrate ten successful years. We are excited to work with our partners in Singapore to bring the first BlackBerry 10 smartphone with QWERTY to customers in Singapore. The BlackBerry Q10 smartphone will definitely resonate well amongst BlackBerry fans.”

Meticulous attention has been paid to every detail of the BlackBerry Q10 smartphone’s design, from its beautiful and distinctive form to its elegant and ergonomic QWERTY keyboard, which features a wider layout and larger sculpted keys. With the BlackBerry Q10 smartphone’s advanced hardware, communications and multimedia features, along with long battery life, you can confidently stay ahead and take action all day long.

The re-designed, re-engineered and re-invented BlackBerry 10 platform offers you a powerful and unique new mobile computing experience that continuously adapts to your needs. Every feature, every gesture, and every detail is designed to keep you moving forward towards your goal, and includes advancements such as:

  • The ever present BlackBerry® Hub, which brings all your conversations together in one easy to manage place that you can access at any time from any app with a simple “peek”, so you’re always only one swipe away from what matters to you.
  • BlackBerry® Balance™ technology, which elegantly separates and secures work applications and data from personal content, protecting what’s important to you and the business you work for.
  • BBM™ (BlackBerry® Messenger), which lets you share things with the people that matter to you in an instant. BBM in BlackBerry 10 includes voice calling and video chat, and lets you share your screen with another BlackBerry 10 contact.
  • BlackBerry® Remember, which helps you tackle tasks quickly with a new way to collect, organize and action all the information sitting in different places across your smartphone.

For more information on the BlackBerry Q10 smartphone please visit sg.blackberry.com/blackberryq10.

 

As reported yesterday, the RRP for Q10 smartphones in Singapore, without contract, is at SG$898 (including taxes).