[Ron Dennis]

It could also be that Apple is just dumping surplus stock since the iPhone 5 isn't selling as well as expected. Same thing happened, on a more extensive level, with the PlayBook.

Posted via CB10

Fair enough, but isn't the timing questionable? ..and please read my post: they have priced it strategically just Rs.500 ($10) below the Z10!

I really hope that Blackberry doesn't drag itself in a price war with Apple. Cause I think that's what Apple wants.
I don't think Blackberry needs to. A retailer in my locality informed me that he has ordered 950 units of Z10s for his customers whereas he has been delivered only 20! Blackberry has assured him that his balance order will be fulfilled by 20th Mar.

This retailer also adds that with the advent of the Z10 in India, the sales of Samsung GS3 and Note2 have dropped to an all-time low! He claims that majority of the people ordering the Z10s from him are current iOS and Android users. Now only if Blackberry could expedite the shipments.

Other Indians here on Crackberry have also posted in threads about their retailers ordering 400 to 500 units of Z10s but being delivered only 5% of that.
Now there are thousands of retailers like this in Bombay! So just imagine the quantities Blackberry is selling in just one of the cities of India!

If anything they should be increasing the prices. The same retailer informed me that Blackberry is indeed gonna increase the prices to Rs.52,000. (The cheapsters will reappear on CB and start ranting again) The primary reason behind this is the increase in taxes on mobile phones priced below Rs.2,000/- announced by the Finance Minister - Mr. Chidambaram while announcing the Budget. The other reason for increasing the prices is that the Z10 has far more premium parts than all other phones in the market and with the current Demand - Supply scenario in India they don't feel the need to subsidize the Z10.

That's great news for us Blackberry fans in India. Blackberry will be back to being the most expensive, premium and aspirational phone in India!!

The cheapsters who can't afford a Z10 can now go and buy the cheap iPhone5. So what if the iPhone5 looks cheap, is under-powered, has very low battery life, has inferior parts, with bug- ridden OS and has the worst camera, ..you'd still have saved a few hundred dollars!

[Tinomane]

I agree if anything the price drop is because of the s4 announcement or even rumored 5s. I think z10 is not really on their radar to be price drop concerned

Then how come the price hasn't been lowered in the U.S?

[AidenSurvival]

Then how come the price hasn't been lowered in the U.S?

It hasn't officially launched per se. Give it time.


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[BlackistheBerry]

Then how come the price hasn't been lowered in the U.S?

It has already been lowered in Canada.

[Ron Dennis]

Another note is that it's the carrier's who determine the pricing...

No, in India they don't. Carriers don't have any say whatsoever in pricing.

[silveredge]

I dont know how true is this but Z10 is expected to reduce its price by a bit less than 5% after six months (ie in August) and reduce it a further 10% when the Q10 is launched.

[Dapper37]

The iPhone5 dropped in price in a lot of places, this just happened in Canada as well. This isn't India specific. Most electronics drop in price when a new model is close to coming out, this really shouldn't shock anyone. When the next generation of Os10 devices come out, the z10 will drop in price as well.

Posted via CB10

August is close? Not!

[anon(4044683)]

So Q10 will be launched only after August?

Posted via CB10

[joshua_sx1]

iPhone 5 was released, I believe, last Sept. 2012 (someone correct me on this one if I guess it wrong)... @ 6 months old, it is normal for an electronic devices such as mobile phones to devaluate its value and therefore reduce its price i.e. lower price than launched price... we can expect the same trend with our Z10 by August this year... and by that time, the Apple boys will come out with the same conclusion that Z10 price was reduced because it was being threatened by incoming iPhone 5S or 6...

It is easy to relate conclusion based on objective or by just being subjective...

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[Ron Dennis]

Update: My Local Retailer received 490 units of the Z10 on 18th March and he is all sold out today! That's just under two weeks! He has ordered for 1200 units more.
Even Flipkart.com - the most premium online retailer in India - is all sold out!

..Go Z10 Go!

[Ron Dennis]

Here is a screen shot of flipkart.com showing that they too are out of stock! Majority of the flipkart.com users have rated the device as 5 stars.

[toujours_frais]

Any update on how much the Galaxy S4 will be priced over there?

[Ron Dennis]

Any update on how much the Galaxy S4 will be priced over there?

The S3 retails at approx Rs 28,000. They launched the S3 @ approx Rs 43,000. But the Z10 was not around then.
I would assume they would price the S4 at around Rs 38,000 to 40,000. The Z10 retails at Rs 43,500 out here. I don't think Samsung would take the risk of pricing the S4 at Z10 levels, cause it would have tough time selling it then. Unlike USA, Blackberry has a huge fan following in India. Moreover the Z10 is light years ahead of the S4 in all aspects.

FYI: 1 US$ = Indian Rs 55

[Ron Dennis]

Blackberry has lowered the price by 1,000 Bucks! What's wrong with Blackberry India? It's hardly been a month since the device became available here and already a price drop! I hope Blackberry India doesn't continue this trend or else I will look like the same jackass who bought the Playbook at Rs 28,000 which was within 2 months selling at Rs18,000!