Following the images of the first BB Merah Putih built BlackBerry-branded device appearing, it seems as though Indonesian retailer Elevenia has outed the go to market name of the device as well. According to a small pre-order listing on their site, the device when released will be called the BlackBerry Aurora and is expected to arrive on March 3, though, we've heard a date slightly later than that but only by a few days.
Unfortunately, aside from the image appearing, the link to the pre-order page itself does not seem to active as of yet and digging through the site yielded no further results but the page has to go live at some point, so we'll be checking for when it does and let you know if it offers up any further interesting details.
Thanks, Uzi and AnggaKaneshiro!
More images now available as the Aurora has gone live for pre-orders on Lazada as well. Available in Gold, Silver and Black
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BB Merah Putih built BlackBerry-branded device now has a name - BB Aurora
Blackberry should offer a "Blackberry your phone" service. I would love to make a Moto g4 plus dtek'ed.
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it is already released
At least the name Aurora sounds much better than KEYone... they should have kept the Mercury name.
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Tough sell. Nokia 6 is cheaper by quite a bit. Similar spec. Brand image of toughness vs security. I think Indonesian user will choose toughness.
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I will try...
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I like the fact it says it a BlackBerry phone on the front! I hope I can get it through Amazon and use it in the US! I would just like to try it out.
It's just a phone. It's not really interesting in any point except the BlackBerry logo in the front side (finally back!)... Hopefully, they'll come with more interesting devices soon. And, hopefully, it's not a flop.
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Like that the Aurora does have BlackBerry name on it and Bullets!
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It reminds me "Blackberry Farm" at 100 S Barnes Rd, Aurora, IL 60506, USA........LOL
And who said BlackBerry was out of handset business! In one month 2 devices announced and more coming. BlackBerry is back and on the rise!
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What a beautiful name. This is the type of names I wish Priv, DTEKs, KEYone have...
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I think it's overpriced in indonesian market, as u can get full HD and a fingerprint sensor at that range of price
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Nice device indeed :)... but if the name is in the front or back, makes no difference to me. Both don't give me a hard on...
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Nice name, which has nothing to do with key or lock.
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This actually looks okay. .not bad.. specs is also good but it will all depend on the price.. but I love that they still had the blackberry branding in front.. tcl made blackberry phone don't have it anymore..
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Really unbelievable.But I love the design of the fatty and merchants' style.
Maybe BB10 fits it best.
And the beautiful name -Aurora!
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IDR 3.499.000? I think it is overprize for Indonesian market..
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Worry not, I'd say. It'll get lower in 6 months.
Oh wow that's bad..
Meh!!
Well at least we know now that BlackBerry has or is slowly abandoning it's platform in favour of Android. Is it only me or is anyone feeling the cold? This is yet another mistake that BlackBerry would be making if (God forbid) I am right. Huge mistake. That Mercury oh, sorry, KEYone sure is a **** fine device, now wonder it is getting such rave reviews. Looks unique, among a sea of rectangular glass slabs that are so ubiquitous in this day and age, and then comes the Aurora...
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Is there a way to purchase the Aurora here in the US and use it on AT&T?
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The name is nice
The RAM is right
A great price and this could take flight
Now that is a decent name. Not the greatest but I like it.
Interesting, can't wait to buy bb aurora
It looks good!
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The day after tomorrow? Man that's a first!
I guess I don't see why there is so much negativity around this. Looks very generic, sure, but if this came out here with those specs for $350 it would not be that bad...especially provided it has the BlackBerry goodies installed.
I don't expect it would come to NA but I wonder is a smaller carrier (like Freedom mobile) might pick it up? They sometimes have some oddball devices.
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TCL has exclusive rights to sell phones with the BlackBerry name in North America.
Will this be unlocked so we can use it in US?
it's called Aurora, because now Google and Google Analytics suck up all your Aurora!
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@Bla1ze & CBK, can TCL still get the BlackBerry name onto the KEY1??? Is that still possible? A BlackBerry phone ain't complete wivout it. Just saying!!!
Can the BlackBerry name still go somewhere right beneath the space bar???
Looks decent for a low end.
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This device will also going outside Indonesia to some other countries, for example India it will be launched in May 7th.
Aurora. Ok, now what's the Indonesian name? :p
TCL must put BlackBerry ON THE FRONT OF THE DEVICE!
Wow. What a difference it makes.
Artists sign the FRONT 😎
Hobbyists sign the BACK 😳
That device is gorgeous front and back! How is it Indonesia got it so right! To me it has to say BlackBerry on the front to be a blackberry
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Yes, I would still like to know the full specs. :)
I checked in to lazada, nowbit says out of stock. Pricing wise is at IDR 3,5 mln, os it's about USD 265. Reasonable one.
Blackberry logo is on the front, moving to India just to buy
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*.indonedia
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I'm From indonesia.. I'm not sure about the spec, it still not mention on the lazada website. But the price almost the same with galaxy j7 prime, oppo f1s,and xiaomi Mi5.
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We just can't avoid some déjà vu lumia 530 or lumia 625 killing look.
The aurora... sond maybe like prelude...
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What a nice name for "not so beautiful" device. Could we change this to KEYone and the beautiful one with PKB to Aurora?
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Would it be available in Canada?
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Not likely. Indonesian device.
@Bla1ze & CBK, can TCL still get the BlackBerry name onto the KEY1??? Is that still possible? A BlackBerry phone ain't complete wivout it. Just saying!!!
This new product and name is instant death for the "Blackberry" image
Could you imagine Apple allowing any and all vendors to sell "Apple branded" products under their vendor's product name.
The good image for "Apple" as a unique product will be lost.
There will be no return to credibility for Blackberry.
The new BlackBerry does not concern itself with branding. It focuses on software. (Sarcasm.)
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Looks like any other android device, atleast on the front
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Why stop at Android? Unless it has a keyboard, 99.99% of all smartphones are rectangular slabs, regardless of the OS.
if I could suggest a name I would the "soviet"
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Anyone in Indonesia can comment on the price in regards to the rest of the market? Good or bad?
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Hi! BlackBerry Aurora is available in Lazada as a Pre-Order from US$262 (IDR3.499.000). Looking for the spec sheets, not too bad, and yes this phone is designed and manufactured in Indonesia by BB Merah Putih.
As I mentioned before, 75usd to 150usd is where it should be priced. Good luck
75 usd for a new BlackBerry? Wtf are you smoking lol you can hardly get a cheap off brand Chinese phone for 75 bucks used.
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GOLD :)
Wow! A inspiring name to a visually uninspiring device! Such the contrary of the KY oups sorry the Keyone name!
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You mean Jelly... ouch! ;-)
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Now why couldn't the KeyOne have a good name and the BlackBerry name on the front like this lame slab?
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Ha ha! So much for "keeping down costs by omitting the front logo" argument.
Roughly 254 USD not a bad price
Yep
Might consider bringing one of these in if it supports NA bands. As my career enters into its twilight years I'm not so hard or demanding on my devices and the Aurora pushes more positive buttons than the KEYone does for me. I'd love to give it a go.
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Not a bad looking phone. Curious as to why that one image is a dtek60 with a BB logo slapped on the front of it.
Because it's just placeholder images.
I like the name! Very nice, evocative of a new dawn for BlackBerry.
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It looks good enough for the GF. ( i'll stick with my PRIV for now )
But why do they get the cool name "Aurora" and we "KEYone"???
TR3B would be an alias ; )
I like the name! the logo on the front does look nice :p
Yes... refreshing name selection.
At least this BlackBerry phone has the logo on the front
Yeah, why does TCL devices don't have the logo in front? This looks very nice!
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Two BlackBerry phones released closely together! CrackBerry Kevin back! Did we travel back in time?
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Lol
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Dr. Who fixed the timeline, at last! *lol*
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Finally a good name for a phone lol
My thought exactly.
Although KEYone is not that bad I'll keep calling it Mercury as soon as I get mine. :)
KEYone is a superb device . All feedback have been positive I am waiting for the launch in Dubai soonest.
Good luck. Hope you'll get one soon... :-D
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I like the KEYone name. It's grown on me. :-)
This device actually looks like a pretty nice device for my wife. Too bad not available in USA...
Beat me to it!
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This phone reminds me of a Lumia 640 or 635. I hope it sells well.
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My first impression as well. They may release multiple back covers to go along with the gold one in the leaked pic. The 640 had many colors to choose from.
Nice hope they price it right for indonesian market
I'm sure they know the market there better than anyone outside the region. And gee that was fast . We only recently seen the device for the first time and we already have a name. We called the KEYone the mercury for close to a year lol
They put it up for Rp 3,499,999 = U$ 261
I'd say it's reasonable...
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Aurora. Rising.
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BlackBerry falling.
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Wow, the negativity starts early...
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Thank BlackBerry for that
Why did android had to infect blackberry
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BlackBerry succeeding in software.
TCL succeeding in hardware.
Android yes.
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I didn't think this was a TCL device.
CrackBerry should start banning idiots like you right away.
Let's hope they get the pricing correct.
What a strange and inappropriate thing to say. Are you on medication or just approaching puberty?
4 GB of RAM? If TCL were to price it, no less than 350$ for sure hahahaha.
Whatever happened to making the CPU the only thing in the world that matters? I thought that was the theme behind all of the crying...
RAM seems to matter more than CPU lately. Same with PCs... :-D
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It's not a TCL device.
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At least they can name phones. TCL's naming is absolutely horrendous.
Personally I love the KEYone name.