Verizon has confirmed that it will begin offering the recently-announced BlackBerry Z30 smartphone soon.
The Canadian company has lost a major chunk of its handset market share to other big smartphone makers such as Apple, Samsung, LG, HTC, Nokia and others. However, BlackBerry is trying hard to regain a part of its market share with the launch of new devices.
"The new BlackBerry Z30 smartphone builds on the solid foundation and engaging user experience of the BlackBerry 10 platform with features like the powerful BlackBerry Hub, its exceptional touchscreen keyboard and industry leading browser," said Carlo Chiarello, Executive Vice President for Products at BlackBerry. "The smartphone rounds out the BlackBerry 10 portfolio and is designed for people looking for a smartphone that excels at communications, messaging and productivity. Having apps like the full Documents To Go suite that comes preinstalled, together with its 5" touch display, the BlackBerry Z30 smartphone gives you a best in class productivity experience on the go."
On Sept. 18, the company also announced that the latest BlackBerry Z30 will roll out from select carriers and retailers around the world beginning next week in the UK and Middle East and the handset will reach other regions in the holiday season. However, Verizon has now confirmed that the handset will arrive on its network soon.
"The @BlackBerry Z30 is coming soon to the Verizon Wireless #4G LTE network," tweeted Verizon.
Currently, Verizon has four BlackBerry handsets in its portfolio, which include the BlackBerry Z10, BlackBerry Q10 and the BlackBerry Bold 9930 (with and without camera). BlackBerry fans will be pleased to get their hands on another top-end all-touch device from the carrier.
The BlackBerry Z30 is the company's second all-touch device (after BlackBerry Z10) to launch in 2013 and packs in top-end features such as a 5-inch display, a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, an 8-megapixel primary camera, 2GB RAM and more.
However, many new and top-end smartphones such as the HTC One, Samsung Galaxy S4, iPhone 5S and more have launched recently, boasting even better hardware specifications. As such, it will be interesting to see if BlackBerry Z30 is successfully able to compete with its rivals.
