
Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor poses with the new Blackberry Z10 smartphone during its launch in Mumbai, India, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. The Z10 is priced at Indian rupees 43,490 (US$ 804). Photo: AP/Rafiq Maqbool
BlackBerry launched its first smartphone from its BlackBerry 10 line in India on Monday, pricing the phone at 43,490 rupees ($800).
The touch-screen BlackBerry Z10 phone, which goes on sale in India from Tuesday, will compete with Apple Inc's iPhones and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's
high-end Galaxy series phones.
The Z10 has already gone on sale in the United Kingdom and Canada, and is expected to hit the United States in mid-March.