BlackBerry has been undergoing a few changes of late, announcing the
closure of its hardware division last month and releasing two new
Android phones this year that were basically rebranded Alcatel handsets.
But it seems the former smartphone giant has another Android device to
come in the near future, if leaked benchmarking results are anything to
go by.
The phone in question is thought to be codenamed Mercury, and is already
expected to come with a physical keyboard and run Android 7.0 Nougat.
Now Geekbench results have revealed the phone could also include a
Qualcomm octa-core chipset (which could very well be the Snapdragon 625
SoC) running at 2GHz and 3GB of RAM.
The only other piece of information revealed by the leak is a model
number, BBB100-1, which doesn't tell us too much else about BlackBerry's
plans.
blackberry dtek50 17The DTEK50 was basically a rebranded Alcatel Idol 4
Rumours suggest Mercury could launch as early as Q1 2017, with a
4.5-inch Full HD display, 32GB internal storage, 18-megapixel and
8-megapixel cameras and a 3,400mAh battery.
The closure of BlackBerry's hardware division will allow the company to
focus more on its software offerings, with future BlackBerry-branded
handsets set to be manufactured by the company's partners.
Just what Mercury will look like when it arrives remains a mystery, but
stay tuned for more in the near future.
Taken from:
http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/looks-like-blackberry-has-one-last-android-phone-up-its-sleeve
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