BlackBerry Z3 review, news: Specs of the BB10 running BlackBerry Z3 include a 5-inch display, 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-core processor, 5MP rear camera capable of doing Full HD videos and 1.1MP front-facing camera. In a press release by BlackBerry, it announced that the Z3 is now available in Singapore through StarHub. It would be available on service contract or as an unlocked unit for an estimated $179.

Other features of the unit include an 8GB storage with microSD support, 1080HP video and a 2,500 mAh battery.

Reuters reported that the lower-end Z3 smartphone is being built under partnership with FIH Mobile, the Hong Kong-licensed unit of Taiwanese electronics company Foxconn Technology Ltd.

The success of the new handset could well be the deciding factor of Blackberry’s tie-up with the contract manufacturing giant and its own future in smartphones. The Z3 Jakarta Edition has been available in store shelves in the Indonesian city since May 15.

The Blackberry Z3 is the first phone to be launched by Blackberry since it’s new CEO John Chen took office late last year. Aside from Indonesia and India, the Z3 will soon be available in six other countries including the Philippines, Vietnam, and Malaysia.

The Canadian handset maker said that it hopes the device will help it gain some of the collapse in its market share, which has eaten by Apple’s iPhone, Samsung’s Galaxy, Google’s Android operating system, and Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 platform.

“If the market doesn’t receive this product well, then we definitely have some negative issues to deal with,” says the company’s CEO Mr. Chen at the launch of the Z3 at Jakarta’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Blackberry declared that it does not have an official sales target for the device, but Chen noted that he expects to sell millions of Z3 handsets around the world.