China’s TCL Communication has officially announced ‘Mercury’ as the Blackberry KEYone. Priced at $549/£499, the KEYone holds the title for the last smartphone designed by Blackberry and as expected preaches both mobile security and productivity. It arrives with Blackberry’s endearing physical QWERTY keyboard and boots Android 7.1 Nougat OS with Blackberry security suite including the […]
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TCL Unveils Blackberry KEYone Android OS Smartphone with Physical Keyboard
At the ongoing MWC 2017 Trade Show in Barcelona Spain, TCL has unveiled the Blackberry KEYone – it’s first ever Android OS based Blackberry smartphone with a full physical keyboard. It is priced at $549/€599/£499 depending on the market and will arrive sometime in April. As expected under the agreement signed, Blackberry KEYone is designed […]
CES 2017: Blackberry Mercury Hands On Video
TCL, the makers of Alcatel and newer Blackberry phones, put up the upcoming Blackberry-branded smartphone simply known as Mercury, on display at the CES 2017. This device has surfaced in a number of leaks and TCL North America president Steve Cistulli has confirmed the existence of this device. While the final launch name is still […]
Live Images of Blackberry Mercury with QWERTY Keyboard Surfaces
Blackberry’s journey into the Android world continues with live images of its new mid-range device – the Blackberry Mercury, surfacing on Chinese microblogging network – Sina Weibo. The smartphone boots Android 7.0 Nougat OS and feature the much loved physical Blackberry QWERTY keyboard. According to reports, the Blackberry Mercury will be the last smartphone designed […]
Blackberry and Alcatel working on three new Android smartphones
Blackberry and Alcatel (TCL) are reportedly working on three new Blackberry smartphones but only two of them will launch this year. The partnership between the two companies will see Alcatel build new devices which are all confirmed to run Google’s Android mobile OS and Blackberry focus less on hardware manufacturing. The first device is […]