Why does blackberry still exist

A BlackBerry flagship with physical keyboard, top-of-the-line cameras and 5G As per a report from Nikkei Asia , Texas-based startup Onward Mobility is joining hands with Foxconn to launch a flagship phone this year that will feature a physical keyboard. First coming to North America and Europe, and eventually to Asian markets Onward Mobility CEO Peter Franklin thinks that a physical keyboard will give a big boost to the productivity aspect, and that the long term goal is to eventually start making BlackBerry phones on the US soil.

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To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Existing devices will continue to be supported. BlackBerry decided in to stop making its own phones , after years of failures, and to license its brand out instead.

The biggest licensing deal was with TCL, which since December has had the near-global rights to design and sell BlackBerry-branded phones. None of the devices have been blockbuster hits, though, and recent devices have received poor reviews.

BlackBerry does have other phone manufacturing partners, but their relationships are much more limited. TCL had the rights for all other regions. The bigger move here may be from TCL.

The company has slowly built out its name over the past several years making phones under several different brand names, including BlackBerry, Alcatel, and Palm. This year, the company intends to start selling phones under its own name. The phone will be released by OnwardMobility and it will, presumably, run Android.

In , a new company took over the BlackBerry license. In , OnwardMobility will release its first BlackBerry phone. BlackBerry no longer makes phones. The company is now focussed more or less exclusively on the development and deployment of QNX-based operating systems to commercial and enterprise users. Richard Goodwin has been working as a tech journalist for over 10 years.

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