The BlackBerry Z10 smartphone is now officially available on AT&T.
The struggling manufacturer -- which is hopeful its new flagship device will ignite a company resurgence -- announced on Friday the Z10 can finally be activated on AT&T. It costs $199 with a two-year contract.
BlackBerry, formerly known as Research In Motion (RIM), also sent a tweet at midnight ET announcing Best Buy will start selling the device on Friday for $199 with a two-year contract.
3, 2, 1…#BlackBerry10! US: purchase your new #BlackBerryZ10 RIGHT NOW at @bestbuy_deals: blck.by/WWV28L— BlackBerry (@BlackBerry) March 22, 2013
"3, 2, 1…#BlackBerry10! US: purchase your new #BlackBerryZ10 RIGHT NOW at @BestBuy_Deals: http://blck.by/WWV28L," the company tweeted.
BlackBerry initially said the device will debut in late March. It's rumored to also come to T-Mobile in the following weeks and then to Verizon Wireless in April. Sprint will not carry the Z10, but it will offer BlackBerry's Q10 (a BlackBerry 10 device with a QWERTY keyboard) sometime this year.
The BlackBerry Z10 features a 4.2-inch display (1280 x 768 resolution), an 8-megapixel camera and a dual-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 processor.
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