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Jan 5, 2022 · Now that January 4, 2022 has come and gone, many users are happily finding that their phones continue to work. But one plausible explanation is that wireless carriers also have to decommission...
Aug 19, 2020 · Just when you thought BlackBerry phones were gone for good, a new model with 5G support and a physical keyboard will arrive in the first half of 2021.
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Feb 22, 2022 · New BlackBerry 2022 release date, price and specs news. A 5G BlackBerry was promised in 2021 but delays, the loss of a license and the subsequent closure of OnwardMobility finally halts its chances. A new BlackBerry handset was supposed to launch in 2021, with the brand seemingly back from the dead… yet again.
Jan 7, 2022 · A new BlackBerry phone is still in the cards for 2022, according to hardware partner OnwardMobility. Following a breakup with TCL in 2020, BlackBerry partnered with the little-known Texas...
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published 27 July 2021
Maybe later this year?
The BlackBerry Key2 LE is the last phone from the brand (Image credit: Future)
A new BlackBerry smartphone is still in development with a post on the brand's parent company's website suggesting we'll be hearing more about from it soon about the release of its first 5G smartphone.
At one stage, BlackBerry was one of the most popular phone brands on the planet. Now, we haven't seen a new smartphone with the BlackBerry branding since the Key2 LE that was introduced near the end of 2018.
Since then, TCL has stopped producing smartphones under the branding and in August 2020 OnwardMobility took on that mantel. We've yet to learn what it will do for BlackBerry phones.
It's unclear how a new BlackBerry smartphone will be able to compete with the best smartphones of 2021. For example, we'd expect phones like the iPhone 12, Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra and Oppo Find X3 Pro to have higher specs than this upcoming smartphone.
That's based on the way BlackBerry phones have changed in recent years, with a focus on more niche elements such as a physical keyboard, rather than offering the absolute best specs.
OnwardMobility has confirmed it will be including a QWERTY physical keyboard on this smartphone though, and for some that may be enough for this phone to stand out from the rest of the crowd.
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Jan 4, 2022 · BlackBerry, the company that once dominated smart mobile devices, recently announced it is finally discontinuing key services that support its phones. As of today, the phones will no longer be ...
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Jan 10, 2022 · This smartphone branding partnership was announced back in 2020, near the end of BlackBerry's previous contract with TCL. As a result, OnwardMobility has said it will release a new 5G "enterprise" BlackBerry Android smartphone in 2022, complete with the iconic physical keyboard.
