BlackBerry makes high-end phone bid

Suden Bangah, an analyst with research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) in Indonesia, said he did not expect that the BlackBerry Z10 would be a game changer in the local market.

The Z10 is the flagship smartphone of BlackBerry — formerly known as Research in Motion (RIM) — and includes the highly anticipated BlackBerry 10 operating system.

BlackBerry CEO Thornsten Heins introduced the full touchscreen BlackBerry Z10 and a QWERTY model, the BlackBerry Q10, on Jan. 30 in New York.

The BlackBerry Z10 will hit markets first. The phone is currently available in Britain and reports suggest that the Z10 will be released in the U.S. as early as February.

Bangah estimated that the Z10's price would be around that of higher-end Samsung and iPhone devices.

The Samsung Galaxy SIII is currently priced above 6 million rupiah (US$620.15) locally, while Apple's iPhone 5 carries a price tag as high as 8 million rupiah.

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