BlackBerry is planning to launch its new BlackBerry Q10 smartphone, which is the second model running the new BlackBerry 10, in the Indian market.

The company confirmed on the micro blogging site Twitter that the device will soon be launched in the Indian market. The update has cleared a lot of speculation about the launch of the device in India after online retail firm Snapdeal began taking order for the device at a token amount of Rs. 1000.

BlackBerry Q10 feature a hardware qwerty keyboard, as traditionally preferred by Balckberry customers and a 3.1in Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 720-x-720-pixels. The BlackBerry Z10, which is the first device to run BB 10 OS, featured a larger 4.2in display.

The new BlackBerry Q10 is powered by dual-core 1.5GHz processors and 2GB of RAM. The smartphone comes with 16GB of internal storage that can be expanded to 32GB using a microSD slot provided under the rear cover of the device. As for photography, the smartphone has a 8-megapixel rear camera as well as a 2-megapixel front-facing camera for video conferencing.

The new smartphone also has NFC chips allowing users to access new way of file exchanges and support for mobile payments. The company claims that the 2100mAh removable battery of the device up to 9 hours for video playback and up to 61 hours for audio playback, with up to 13.5 hours talk time on 3G.

The smartphone has curving top and bottom edge and there is a black steel edge around the entire device and a glass front above the keyboard. The back of the device features an impressive gray tweed-over-black pattern for a distinct look for the smartphone.