Etisalat announces pre-orders for new BlackBerry Q10

The device will be available at Etisalat business centers.

Customers can pre-order their Q10 from the website (etisalat.ae/blackberry) from 17 April, 2013.

As an introductory offer on the purchase of the new Q10 device Etisalat will offer 50% discount on complete, unlimited and global BlackBerry packages for 6 months.

The BlackBerry Q10 powered by BlackBerry 10 is built with precision offering premium performance in a timeless design with BlackBerry's best physical keyboard and a touch screen to help communicate, collaborate faster and more efficiently.

Khaled ElKhouly, Chief Marketing Officer, Etisalat said, "Our customers are looking forward to the new BlackBerry Q10 and are proud to be one of the first operators globally to announce the pre-orders for this device exclusively in UAE. We believe Q10 will meet the expectations of business and personal users providing a perfect balance between work and personal life. The tools available on the device are revolutionary and have unquestionably set a new benchmark in the evolution of the smartphone."

The re-designed, re-engineered and re-invented BlackBerry 10 platform offers a powerful and unique new mobile computing experience. It gives you a faster and smarter 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 and lets you instantly switch between your personal and professional profile for easy access to work apps and data.

•BBM (BlackBerry Messenger), which lets you harness the power of collaboration and exchange ideas in an instant.

•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.