BlackBerry releases new Porsche Design P'9983 Graphite

BlackBerry has released a new colour version of its luxury Porsche Designkeyboard phone, the P'9983 Graphite.

The phone includes blackened glass, a graphite-coloured stainless steel frame, and hand-wrapped leather on the back door cover.

It's available with anEnglishQWERTY keyboard or an Arabic keyboardand retails on the Porsche Design Group's website for1650, or about $2,234. The phone is also available in black with a lighter steel frame.

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People who buy the phone will get a special PIN for their phonestarting with 2AAXXXXX, whichdesignates them aPorsche Design user.

The Porsche Design Group is a subsidiary of the German automakerPorsche AG.