BlackBerry Z10 not available yet to UAE customers on launch day

BlackBerry fans in the UAE who were expecting to receive their pre-booked handsets today are a disappointed lot.

President and CEO Thorsten Heins himself had announced that the handsets will be made available in stores from February 10.

But Axiom staff, official distributors for all BlackBerry devices, are telling customers that the handsets they had pre-booked have not arrived yet and will take two to three more days.

“We have been receiving so many calls since morning from customers who had pre-booked the device by paying Dh200. But we have not received any stocks yet. We are still not sure when we would get supplies. We are only promising the customers to call back in a couple of days,” said one customer care executive.

'Emirates24|7' is awaiting official comment from BlackBerry officials in the UAE. The team is currently travelling to Kuwait for the launch of the BB10.