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- In 2016, it signed a deal to produce BlackBerry-branded Android phones, after BlackBerry decided to stop making its own devices. It released several contemporary Android phones featuring the classic BlackBerry keyboard. However, in a statement it confirmed that the arrangement would come to an end in August 2020.
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