Barcelona

BLACKBERRY Ltd introduced a five-inch touch-screen device for the lower end of the market in the erstwhile smartphone leader's latest attempt to regain customers.

The Leap, which comes in white and gray, will cost US$275, less than half of what the latest smartphones from Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co go for. It'll be sold via European carriers in April, Waterloo, Ontario-based BlackBerry said at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Tuesday. The company said that it's planning three more devices this year, including one with a sliding keyboard.