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Last month BlackBerry announced a huge change in its hardware strategy by implementing a joint venture with FoxConn, the Chinese giant of the electronics manufacturing industry. John Chen disclosed that the two companies plan to build their first phone together for the Indonesian market, and it will be built in a new Indonesian factory.* Obviously there is no reason such a phone news to be sold only in Indonesia, so I�d expect it to hit multiple markets going forward.
One year ago, cheap smartphones (off contract) were hard to come by in the developed world.* And in emerging markets there were plenty of cheap Android phones, but they were mostly coming from brands most of us are unfamiliar with.* We tend to know names like BlackBerry, Samsung, Apple, HTC, LG, Motorola, and Nokia.* We�re usually a bit more hesitant to buy a phone from an unknown brand.

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Interesting how CrackBerry is starting their own posts in the forums before members do.

Anyhoo, this new device will not be a success if it is traditionally overpriced. Period.