Ailing smartphone maker BlackBerry will on Tuesday make a new bid to turn its fortunes around with the launch of a cut-price handset in Indonesia, one of its last bastions.
The Z3, which is expected to be introduced in other emerging markets in the future, is the first new BlackBerry phone since chief executive John Chen took the helm of the crisis-hit company last year.
The handset is also the first to be produced from the Canadian firm's partnership with Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn, which makes gadgets for Apple, and is a key test of whether the new strategy will work.
BlackBerry has suffered huge losses and slashed thousands of jobs in recent years in the face of intense competition from rivals, particularly titans Apple and Samsung.
Even in Indonesia, where its phones maintain a loyal following, the company's market share has fallen in the past year, analysts say.
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