BlackBerry and TCL’s latest Android phone-with-a-physical-keyboard goes up for pre-order in the United States next week, and it’ll be available in-stores two weeks after that. The BlackBerry Key2 is a $649 smartphone with a 4.5 inch display, a QWERTY keyboard, and dual rear cameras. It looks a lot like last year’s BlackBerry KeyOne, but the […]
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BlackBerry Key2 smartphone launches for $649
Touchscreens and virtual keyboards have taken over the smartphone world in the decade since Apple launched the first iPhone. But there’s still a small but loyal group of physical keyboard fans… they just don’t have a lot of choices if they want to buy a smartphone with modern specs. Now they have one more though: […]
BlackBerry Key2 leaked (again)
BlackBerry and TCL are set to unveil their next phone on Thursday, June 7th. But Evan Blass didn’t want you to have to wait until then to get a good look at the BlackBerry Key2. In a series of tweets, Blass shared some renderings that give us our best look at the upcoming smartphone to […]
BlackBerry Key2 is coming in June
The next BlackBerry phone is coming soon, and in case you had any doubt that the next new phone would be a follow-up to last year’s BlackBerry KeyOne, this tweet from BlackBerry should make things pretty clear: 🔑2⃣ 👀 pic.twitter.com/t4ZF9yGfhH — BlackBerry Mobile (@BBMobile) May 11, 2018 Yup, it’s the Key2 (or 🔑2⃣ , I guess). Either […]
This could be BlackBerry’s next phone with a keyboard (leaks)
Most modern smartphones have touchscreens and virtual keyboards. But BlackBerry (and its hardware partners including TCL) are keeping the physical keyboard dream alive. Last year the companies launched the BlackBerry KeyOne with a QWERTY keyboard below the screen and a design reminiscent of a classic BlackBerry device (but with modern Android software). Now it looks […]
BlackBerry World app store won’t offer paid apps after April 1, 2018
BlackBerry doesn’t make phones that run BlackBerry OS anymore, and the company has announced that it’ll stop supporting the operating system and its associated app store at the end of 2019. But it looks like BlackBerry is going to cripple the BlackBerry experience a little sooner than that. BlackBerry is notifying app developers that it […]
BlackBerry to phase out support for BB10 and BBOS by end of 2019
There hasn’t been a new smartphone running BlackBerry OS since 2015, but BlackBerry hasn’t gone all-in on Android software just yet. The company continues to support devices running BB10 and Blackberry OS… for now. But the clock is ticking. BlackBerry has announced it’ll pull the plug on the BlackBerry World app store on December 31st, […]
TCL launches BlackBerry Motion touchscreen smartphone
As expected, the latest BlackBerry phone is the first to feature a waterproof design. The BlackBerry Motion also has the biggest battery of any Blackberry-branded smartphone to date, thanks to the 4,000 mAh battery. Like most recent BlackBerry-branded devices, the Motion is actually built by Chinese device maker TCL. But the Android smartphone ships with […]
BlackBerry Motion leaked, with no keyboard in sight
The next BlackBerry-branded phone from TCL is expected to be a touchscreen model with no physical keyboard. It hit the FCC recently, giving us a rough idea of the phone’s outline. Now we know its name and what the rest of the phone looks like, thanks to Evan Blass. The phone formerly known by its […]
BlackBerry smartwatches? Timex and BlackBerry announce patent license deal
BlackBerry doesn’t make its own smartphones anymore. Instead the company licenses its intellectual property to companies including TCL and Optiemus who build and sell phones like the BlackBerry KeyOne and DTEK60. Now it looks like BlackBerry may be planning a similar move for smartwatches. Maybe. Timex and BlackBerry announced a patent license agreement this week, […]