BlackBerry Q10 is more expensive than the iPhone 5?

Following the BlackBerry Z10 first launched at the end of last January, the BlackBerry QWERTY keyboard fed Q10 will soon be released.

In the United Kingdom, ordering (pre-order) for this device has been opened by the retailer Carphone Warehouses.

It Cost Me? Reach range 580 pounsterling or approximately USD 5.4 million for LICENSE-free version or unlocked. For your information, the same retailers sell BlackBerry Z10 for 480 pounds or about $ 7.2 million.

Bid price pre-order BlackBerry Q10 was higher than the 16 GB version of the iPhone 5 by the same store "only" valued 500 pounds or about $ 7.6 million.

According to information from the BlackBerry blog, Q10 are scheduled to arrive in the United Kingdom at the end of April. This device is available in a package with a number of United Kingdom operators bundling, namely O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Three, EE, and Talkmobile.

After the end of April, BlackBerry Q10 will also be available in retail stores owned by Carphone Warehouse.

Carphone Warehouse COO Graham Stapleton expressed optimism could sell BlackBerry Q10 although the price is relatively expensive. "BlackBerry Z10 has previously been proved popular, we believe our customers will be enthusiastic about BlackBerry Q10," he said as quoted by The Inquirer.

Unlike his brother, BlackBerry Q10 comes with physical keyboard that became the hallmark of the BlackBerry device. Screen touch-screen smartphone is smaller, measuring 3.1 inches and a resolution of 720x720.