Usually when a manufacturer launches its flagship smartphone it's looking to show off its latest technological advances with eyes set on raking in cash - with the BlackBerry Z10, however, the stakes are quite different.
The BlackBerry Z10 is the first handset from the company formerly known as RIM, now renamed blackberrt, to run its new operating system Blackberry 10, and there's much more on the line here than simply making a few pennies – arguably the company's survival rests on the success of this device, and the Blackberry Q10.