Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry has replenished stocks of its Z10 touchscreen model that were sold out in India after a 60% discount on the price. 

"BlackBerry Z10 has now been restocked across BlackBerry's retail network across the country and on Flipkart.com," the company's director for distribution in India, Sameer Bhatia, said in a statement. 

The device will be available for Rs 17,990, according to the statement. 

BlackBerry launched the Z10 about a year ago for Rs 43,990. The price was dropped to Rs 29,990 in September. 

On February 25, the company offered the phone at Rs 17,990 for a limited period. The model sold out within a week, although it was available on some e-commerce sites at a 22-50% higher price. 

Blackberry lowered handset prices in the face of losses due to declining sales and build-up of inventory across the globe. In December, the company offered incentives on handset sales, especially devices built on its latest platform BlackBerry 10. 

BlackBerry posted a loss of $4.4 billion in its third quarter ended November 30, mainly due to unsold handsets. 

The company recorded a primarily non-cash, pre-tax charge against inventory and supply commitments of approximately $1.6 billion in the quarter of fiscal 2014, which was primarily attributable to BlackBerry 10 devices. 

During the quarter, BlackBerry sold about 4.3 million smartphones to customers, of which 3.2 million were BlackBerry 7 devices, including models such as the BlackBerry Curve, Bold and Torch.

The BlackBerry Z10 that was released in India last year with a lot of expectations and promises, has received some rather major price cuts and its rate has fallen from Rs 43,490 to Rs 17,990. And now if you have decided to lay your hands on the gadget, then surely you would want to know exactly what the device brings to the table.So to assist you with the task of making your decision, we have penned down a detailed report of its features and specifications. Hopefully, it will help you decide whether you want this device or not. Take a look.

Features of the Z10:

The BlackBerry Z10 was the first device to have been launched with the BlackBerry 10 OS and a couple of software updates have been released for it as well. A number of enterprise features have been loaded into the device to keep users productive at all times. These include Remember, Balance, Calendar and much more. Security attributes have been built into it to help you keep your data safe.

Coming to the specifications, this smartphone is a full touch gadget and offers a viewing real estate of 4.2 inches of 1280 x 768p resolution. It has a 15:9 aspect ratio, while the pixel density is 356ppi. The gadget brings an 8MP camera with features like a BSI sensor, flash, time shift mode, 5x digital zoom and full HD recording amongst other things. A 2MP webcam has also been tossed into the mix for web conferencing purposes.

An updated onscreen keyboard with some advanced features has been deployed in the gadget as well. The blackberry Z10 has to make do with a dual core processor that ticks at 1.5GHz and it seeks assistance from 2GB of RAM. In case you find its 16GB onboard memory insufficient, you can insert a microSD card in the dedicated slot to bump it up by up to 32GB.

And what’s more, you can expect all the common connectivity options such as NFC, Bluetooth, 3G support, Wi-Fi, a USB port and more. A 1800mAh removable battery has been integrated to keep it going for 3G talk time of about 11 hours and standby time of close to 17 days.

Conclusion:

The BlackBerry Z10 is a decent device and is definitely a steal, now that its price has been slashed to Rs 17,990, albeit for a limited time. But we are not suggesting you to go for it considering that it is a little outdated and you can easily get an advanced mid-range Android device for this price. Are you still willing to get this phone?

Key specs of the Z10:

- 4.2-inch touchscreen
- 1.5GHz dual core chip
- BlackBerry 10 OS
- 2GB RAM, 16GB onboard
- 32GB expandability
- 8MP and 2MP cameras
- 1800mAh battery
- Black or white options

BlackBerry had earlier announced exchange offer on Z10 as well under which it was offering up to Rs 11,000.

BlackBerry, in order to attract buyers, has reduced price of its Z10 smartphone. The BlackBerry Z10 is thus available from many online retailers for as low as Rs 29,990 while before this it was selling for around Rs 35,000. You can buy the phone at the reduced price till Diwali this year.

"Keeping in mind of this festive season, we have reduced the price of BlackBerry Z10 to Rs 29,990," said a BlackBerry spokesperson to The Mobile Indian.

BlackBerry had earlier announced exchange offer on Z10 as well under which it was offering up to Rs 11,000.

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BlackBerry Z10 was launched in India in February this year for Rs 43,499. features a 4.2-inch LCD touchscreen display with 1280x768 pixel resolution. nside its 9 mm chassis, rests a dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 mobile processor, 2 GB RAM and 16 GB on-board storage. It has a micro SD card slot as well.

At the rear, BlackBerry has packed an 8 megapixel camera with auto focus, LED Flash and 5X digital zoom. This camera can be used to capture high quality images and also record full 1080p HD videos. BlackBerry Z10 also features a 2 megapixel front facing camera with 3X digital zoom and 720p HD video recording ability.

Apart from that, the BlackBerry Z10 packs dual-band WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor, Gyroscope, Magnetometer, Ambient Light Sensor and Near Field Communication chip. There is also a micro HDMI out port along with micro USB port.

BlackBerry Z10 come packed with an 1800 mAh battery that promises talk time of up to 10 hours and standby time of up to 305 hours on 3G network. This smartphone promises audio playback for up to 60 hours and video playback for up to 11 hours