BlackBerry India announces price cut for the Q5 device

Q5BlackBerry has announced their price cut for the already affordable BlackBerry Q5 smartphone device in India, Managing Director Sunil Lalwani did state the scheduled price reduction for this month a couple of days ago. New price for the Q5 will be coming in at Rs.19,990 ($321 USD), BlackBerry will continue to make devices more affordable in all emerging markets and this is their first stop.

See full announcement below:

Keeping up with the festive spirit, BlackBerry today announced a New Year Bonanza offer for its popular BlackBerry Q5 smartphone. Under this offering, customers can now purchase BlackBerry Q5 smartphone at just Rs. 19,990. The BlackBerry Q5 is available in three colors, red, white and black.

The attractive offering on BlackBerry Q5 is in line with BlackBerry’s commitment towards the Indian market and will help the brand to reach out to more potential customers.

Sameer Bhatia, Director – Distribution for BlackBerry India said, “The New Year Bonanza aims at providing a powerful mobile device, with cutting edge BlackBerry 10 OS at an affordable price point to the consumers.”

What do you all think of the 20% price cut on the BlackBerry Q5? Will it help sales boost up quite a bit? It sure is a nice way to start off the new year with an offer like this.

Be sure to check out our BlackBerry Q5 review if you are thinking about picking up one of these.