BlackBerry CEO confirms Foxconn-made Q20 and Z3 phones

BlackBerry CEO John Chen confirmed two new phones were on their way this year.
The first, codenamed "Jakarta," but known as the BlackBerry Z3 will launch first in Indonesia in April before moving to other markets. It will retail for less than $200.
The second phone, the BlackBerry Q20 (which Chen dubbed "BlackBerry Classic" because of its keyboard) is designed for big business and government clients and will launch by the end of the year. It was also designed by Foxconn.
"We are definitely here to compete and make up some lost ground," Chen said during a press conference here on Tuesday.
Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou was also on hand, and expressed his confidence that the company will be able to deliver BlackBerry phones to the market.
While phones can take up to a year to be developed, Foxconn only spent 3 months on the products, and both Gou and Chen were able to hold up demo units of the touchscreen Z3.
BlackBerry has previously said it was working with Foxconn to produce a BlackBerry 10-powered

smartphone that could sell for less than $200. It's part of Chen's strategy of maintaining and hopefully building on its still relatively strong market share position in the emerging markets.
The Jakarta phone will be 3G, but Chen said there are plans to create an LTE version that will be sold to different markets.
Chen also teased a number of flagship-class devices in the works, but didn't provide any further details.