BlackBerry has officially announced the BlackBerry Leap, their latest touchscreen phone with a 5-inch display. What is notable about this BlackBerry touchscreen smartphone is that BlackBerry claim that it has a 25-hour battery life with continuous usage. Partly due to the large 2800 mAh battery, it could also be so thanks to a rather undemanding Snapdragon S4 Plus processor with 2GB of RAM and 16GB storage. The Leap measures in at 9.5mm thick and weighs 170g with an 8MP rear camera and a front camera. while it runs a BlackBerry Hub, it can use the Amazon Appstore and will let you install Android apps. No Malaysia release dates or pricing yet, but hopefully it does better than the previous BlackBerry touchscreen smartphones like the Z10 and Z3. Check out the official hands-on video in this article.

BlackBerry has announced two new smartphones under their deal with Foxconn at the MWC 2014. These include the BlackBerry Z3 which is a touchscreen smartphone and the BlackBerry Q20 which offers a more traditional BlackBerry QWERTY keyboard. Tech specs for the BlackBerry Z3 include a 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon 400 processor, 1.5GB of RAM, 8GB of storage, a 5MP rear camera, a 1.1MP front camera, FM Radio and a 5-inch touchscreen with 960 x 540 pixel resolution. The Z3 is expected to be priced at $200 with an initial release in Indonesia for April 2014. The BlackBerry Q20 on the other hand will have a 3.5-inch touchscreen, Menu, Back, Send and End buttons and a trackpad along with the aforementioned full QWERTY keyboard.

The BlackBerry Jakarta is rumoured to be the next touchscreen smartphone from BlackBerry after the BlackBerry Z30 and Z10. So far, the Jakarta is just the codename with it possibly being called the BlackBerry Z3 when it gets announced. So far, the design looks very similar to that of the LG Vu but tech specs include a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1.5GB RAM, 8GB of storage, a 5MP rear camer, 1.1MP front camera, 2650 mAh battery and a 5-inch display with 960 x 540 pixel resolution. As usual, the tech specs aren't very impressive, prompting many to consider that the Jakarta or Z3 could be an entry-level device around RM500. This seems unlikely though as BlackBerry devices have not dipped past RM1K even for the supposedly affordable BlackBerry Q5. The BlackBerry Z3 is expected to come with the BlackBerry 10.2.1 update which will allow users to install Android apps through APK files.