JAKARTA - Blackberry is still breathing, even though the TCL company decided not to make Blackberry phones anymore. The decision to stop producing the device was announced in August 2020.
Recently, it is rumored that Blackberry will rise again and will also enliven the mobile market in 2021. The company will present a Blackberry smartphone equipped with 5G support.
The decision was the result of cooperation with a startup company called Onward Mobility from the United States and FIH Mobile, a cellphone company controlled by Foxconn.
Onward Mobility CEO Peter Franklin revealed that the Blackberry 5G phone will be launched in North America and Europe in early 2022. He also added that it is possible to expand its market reach to the Asian region.
"We are in the process of talking with customers and cellular operators on a global scale to expand our distribution", said Franklin as quoted by Nikkei Asia on Sunday, February 14th.
Before founding Onward Mobility, Peter Franklin worked at Microsoft and Zynga. In 2019, he decided to establish a startup company called Onward Mobility.
He explained that the Blackberry cellphone would target professionals and companies. However, until now Onward Mobility has not announced more detailed information regarding the timing of the Blackberry 5G launch.
Franklin only gave a small leak that the smartphone would be revealed in the next few months. The presence of the legendary phone is worth the wait. Blackberry once dominated the cellphone market, but over time and the emergence of iPhone and Android phones, Blackberry began to fade.
In 2016, Blacberry decided to get out of the competition and stop producing cellphones. Blackberry also licensed its legendary brand to a company from China, TCL.
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