UPDATE - A previous version of the article noted the device codename being 'Keian'. That was incorrect. That device, as noted by BlackBerry will be a high-end luxury phone, designed in partnership with Porsche Design codenamed 'Keian' in honour of Keian Blundell.
Calling all BlackBerry Torch fans. BlackBerry has just shown off an all new BlackBerry 10 slider at their Mobile World Congress event. Although the device has no name at this point and the device details are slim, we know from the comments the device will feature a dual curve display and of course that glorious BlackBerry 10 keyboard.
From the sounds of it, these may be a joint effort by BlackBerry and Samsung but there was no definitive clarification of that. Anyone remember the BlackBerry Blade? Kind of looks like that if you ask me, but there's a certain Samsung Galaxy S6 edge-ness about it.
Additional photo via CNET
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Yes, I'd like to see the tool belt. It's super handy.
They could have sent a better looking dude out there to show off the phone.
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Had a Torch after a Storm, actually I had Torches. 1 9800 and 2 9810s after one of the latter was stolen. For me. It was when becoming a BlackBerry user got good. Still, it doesn't necessarily follow that I would want another slider. Does it?
Posted via the inimitable Z10 handheld system.
Want it today!!!! Do not want to wait!!! Release it! Torch is still my fav phone even after being happy with Z10, Torch is still my favorite!
I have adapted to my BlackBerry Z10, but my Torch 9810 is still my favorite phone. The only change I wanted in my Torch was a larger screen. Bring on the slider with a larger screen!! I want it TODAY! IMMEDIATELY. It WILL be my next phone.
Hi, i'm from my PC, usually is from my Z10. easy guys!!
Not feeling the slider love. I'm looking at the size of it with the keyboard extended and i'm thinking that's gonna feel top heavy when you start typing :-/
It's like saying "Do you like tea? Do you like coffee? Then you're gonna love cofftea; the new beverage that combines both flavours in one". Hmmm
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Is that a dual camera on the back?? *drool*
Yes, I know I'm totally blind..but will it have a trackpad? I can't tell!! If it will, then this will definitely be my next phone!
i loved my 9810. can't wait for this to be available.
I would love a slider if it were to have the capacitive gesture keyboard & if it were hardy. Enough to to not fall apart with heavy use... I would also love a MINI pocket friendly format for the pocket crowd...
Seems very promising
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Need passport slider...
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My new torch yaaaaay
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Hopefully this Slider comes out soon. Notice the muffled BB10 full touch screen? It's as if they put something over the screen to prevent people from seeing onscreen details.
Drooling drooling can't swim who cares me want it
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a couple of million die hard BlackBerry fans have no meaning at all
BlackBerry should be focusing on creating value for shareholders, these phones do nothing towards that end... waste of effort and focus
Toolbelt or touch sensitive keyboard with all the functionality of a trackpad would be great, either one. Would make sense to have one or the other due to the size of the screen, distance to top icons when slid open.
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I wonder if it will be called the "BlackBerry Slide " hmmm sounds better than leap! Lol also the back kinda looks like a Samsung Galaxy S5
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Although I've grown to love the passport keyboard I do like the idea of going back to the four rows is it possible to have the gestures still that the passport keyboard has? Best of both worlds then
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We can only hope.
Naw, I don't fancy much to sliders.
Still waiting for BlackBerry to produce that Razor concept a year or so back. Damn, that was a sweet looking device!
why not just put a 4 or 4.5 inch screen on the classic...no slider required.
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Because those of us who are really excited about a slider would not be excited about that. That would be just plain lame.
Please, no sliders. Relatively too bulky and too easily breakable. And, for anything BB, don't lose BlackBerry quality.
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So long phone
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Oh my :D
That thing gave me a nerdgazm!!
I sure hope it has the toolbelt, otherwise it would not be perfect!!
Please BB, make it with the tool belt! And I will buy at least two of them :D
So there is Leap AND the slider? I am confused. Two new phones again?
Pasaporte Pilipino.
Yeah it will definitely be an interesting move for blackberry can't wait, right now, loving the PASSPORT though
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Jeeze circumstantial bitching wont help your problems. Make a plan and attack them instead! Like Sell your broken Z10 and buy another if you are so in love with it. Do what everyone else did, buy a Z30. Spend some money, stay in paradise : )
This is complete BS! I waited in front of my local Fido store for it to open so I could get a Z10 on the day it was released. The girl in the store laughed at me. A few months later they screw me once by slashing the price and releasing the Z30. Now 2 years later my only options to upgrade are the ugly passport and classic or third world Z3.
Now they slap me again by releasing some lame leap phone and a slider???
BB!0 is the best OS on a phone ever. I do not have to root the device. It gives me (a power user) everything I need. But with such a powerful device they only want the customers that will send texts and emails all day.
I plug my phone into my TV regularly. I watch movies and play a lot games. I love my Hub. With BB Lync I have a 10 TB device. I sideloaded Android apps before Amazon and Snap were available.
But you idiots that think this crap is a god send have not really used the phone! In 2 years I can't push it to it's limit.
I upgraded to 10.3 and now because my accelerometer is shot and the rotation lock bug I can't use the device.
I gave z10's as gifts!!!
Apple, Samsung and other device makers release phones every year but it's been over 2 years and Blackberry has left me with nothing but a broken device and a search for the right Android device or give in and become an iSheep.
Thanks Chen you D-head
Are you off your meds? ;-)
Try in a calmer tone to explain exactly why you're so angry.
Let's pretend BlackBerry was any other device maker. When they release a new phone model, the price of the old one goes down.
As quirky as it is, the Passport is a huge step up over the Q phones. Both the Passport and the Classic were specifically released in order to keep the business users who were still hanging on to their legacy phones. I promise, their release wasn't intended to insult you.
The slider phone is something that many users have been specifically been begging for, even while all the other models were being released. In the view of those who want one, it's the best of all worlds.
The Leap, *could* be a replacement for your Z10, but it's largely an acknowledgement that there are a variety of users who want a slab phone at a lower price. Again, not intended as an insult. Rather a business decision to try to grow their struggling market share.
I'm sure a higher end slab phone is in the works as well, but you can't release too many models in a short period of time or they eat into one another's sales.
loving this Slider phone!! .. hope it has high end specs like the Passport!!
@BlackBerry #TeamBlackBerry #BlackBerryLeap nice work!
Let's just hope it's at quad-core, 64-bit processors, IPS full HD display and QUALITY CAMERAS!!
If not using the slider keyboard will it then let the user use the virtual keyboard?
YEEESSSS!!!!!!! Thank you Blackberry. I cant wait.
May I ask.....WTF is a "dual curve display"??????
I loved my Torch and had no intention to upgrade (which is now due) from my Z10 until now! Where is the queue? I'm in it already!
LOVED my Torch and then somewhat reluctantly moved over to my Z10. Still use the Torch as a backup phone. Now I'm due for an upgrade in 2 months, was planning on a Z30...and now this!?!? Will I wait...? Tick tock...
Prolong ROCKS! @ www.Maximumnutrition.co.za
Now this would give my Passport some competition!! lol
RedBerry, Texas Ranger
The white phone seems like a passport hybrid?? Doesn't it??
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THE TORCH LIVES! C'mon BlackBerry! Just dont release it until I have paid off my Passport, okay? Summer of 2016 works for me.
Hopefully (from my perspective) it will be nothing like the Torch, other than a similar form factor.
The Torch screen was entirely too small, and the keyboard was too cramped.
THATS MY PHONE!! I have had blackberries from the time. I decided I need a phone. I was a huge fan of the scroll wheel and when they took that away I felt lost. Than I got the torch and I loved it. It was everything I wanted in a phone. It allowed me. To dabble in touch screen. Are with out sacrificing my keyboard and when I jumped. To the Q10 after my torch died I felt it. I loved flourishing the device when I opened it out of my pocket. I will have this device. On launch.
Posted via Q10 a device that doesn't bleed personal information
So it'll be $2000 - I'll pass.
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The Slider is an update of the BB 9800 Torch which could well have been called a Slider because that's how it opened, you slid the device open to reveal the keyboard.
We only got a few secs view of the new Slider in today's video from Barcelona, and then only at a distance, because BB are obviously months away from producing the new device.
The Torch 9800 was a pretty solid device and felt good (I've still got mine in a draw!). I hope the new Slider is solidly built. The new Slider looks larger and slimmer so it is in danger of having a 'cheap' and 'plastiky' feel to it.
Come on BB, build it good!
Looking forward to this!
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Yes, please. :)
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When the flip coming back?
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Thickness?
If I try holding my Z10 at the bottom as if there is a slider keyboard I find that I probably wouldn't be able to let go with both my thumbs to type. Is it really possible to type with both thumbs on this new slider without having to prop it up against something?
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Yes.
I used a Dell Venue Pro for years.
I loved my Torch! I'm ready for another slider.
But it's a slider (which i want) made with Porsche (which i can't afford). Where is the normal slider. I don't need a 2k luxury phone
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I'm pretty sure those are 2 separate phones.
Ok im in!!! Can't wait for this baby to come to market.
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Awsome.. love the dual curved slider!
duh!
For the ones who are thinking the round sides is somewhat "gimmiky"... just watch this video by mkhdbdhhjhekd about samsung S6 edge and imagine it with BB10 ;) Indeed expecting great things :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrxrzzTUPD8
I think I just nerdgasmed a little.
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BlackBerry Slider - High End Specs
Snapdragon 810, 64-Bit Processor
3GB Ram
32GB Inbuilt, Plus 128GB MicroSD
3850 mAH Non-Removable Battery
16MP Rear/5MP Front Camera w/ 1080p Video
http://rapidmobile.biz/blackberry/blackberry-unveils-new-blackberry-slider/
Wow. Holy f**k.
Never thought BlackBerry would do this!! Very happy right now :)
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4 icons across the screen and not 5?
Looks awesome though.
Duplicate.
Something is not right. May be top heavy while typing !
seems that bb is a hard learner.. sigh..
Keyboard looks odd don't you think? And would the software be customized for that edged display?
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Why isn't there anymore details on this? I'm not sure if I see a trackpad on there?
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Can I buy them by the box?
My last BBOS phone was the torch9810. I would very happily move from my Z30 to this wonderful slider. And, if the stars align, my contract should be up about when this launches!!!
Looks good from initial pictures, I've always thought the flip phone (BlackBerry Pearl) was a great idea. When's it coming out?
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Lol I had the pearl as well :)
Send from the amazing powers of the Z30
It's so cool
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I don't think I will be able to afford it at all. XD
Not at that price! Way out of my income's league!
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What price range are you referring to there not even one stated
Send from the amazing powers of the Z30
This is hands down one of the ugliest devices ever built LOL. Phack man.
www.soundcloud.com/CHARLESTHEKID
This looks like what's gonna replace my Q10! Upz blackberry!
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I don't need leap, but this one is great!
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& Verizon will Get Next Decade.... Lol! I'd love this, especially as a P.D.. My only issue besides When the U.S. might get. Would be what are the Spec's. It better be As Good, Hopefully Better than the Passport.
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I want!
Posted from my Z10 running on 10.3.1
Well I don't need one since I have the passport, but you know I'm going to but one!
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Slap me silly, when can I throw my cash at this amazing phone I want it RFN (Right Fuc_____ NOW)
THIS will be my next BlackBerry. I haven't had a slider since the LG Chocolate; who remembers that one? Tell me more! I want to know more!
Crack-a-lackin' since '08
Give it to me now! I didn't know what I was waiting for until I saw this. This is my dream phone.
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Bad idea
Hopefully it will have both keyboards like the Torch did! Physical and Virtual! That would be nice!
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It will have that. And to all the people saying it's BlackBerry worst idea you must have been gone since 2008.
Z30STA100-5 / 10.3.1.2267 / T-Mobile USA
Agreed or just plain old ignorant
Send from the amazing powers of the Z30
ugly and easy to break. why people keep asking for a slider...
Not true. I had both Torches and never had any problems with either slider and I owned one for over two years. I still have my 9810 as a backup and it is still like new. BlackBerry makes very durable sliders.
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Wow... The masses will not buy this phone.
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There is a reason the slider form factor died off: the continuous opening and closing breaks them.
This is a mistake, an all touch passport would have been a better choice.
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Pft slide..its like not knowing whether you're straight or gay
9780-9900-Q10-Passport!
If BB did make the blade, they really would have a winner there as it would stick out in a sea of blah slab iphone wannabes
I sort of hate these teases though because I have been anxiously waiting for the Passport, and then I start seeing these future phones and start having second thoughts.
Holy hell I couldn't be more excited!!
8310 -> 9800 -> 9900 -> Q10 -> Z30 -> Passport ftw
Haha nice hardware line
9780-9900-Q10-Passport!
If Porsche is designing it, will it have a Porsche price tag?
Awwwww yeah. Sweet. Want to bet it doesn't come to Verizon?
I can't believe all that was said about this, is this... !!!more coverage!!!
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A 'Passport Slider' would give everybody who wants an 'all touch Passport' the very best of both worlds. Remember, the Torch devices had both software and hardware keyboards, so would a 'Passport Slider'... now it seems like I'm talking about little sandwiches... Sliders
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I absolutely loved both BlackBerry Torch devices. Can't wait for a new BlackBerry 10 slider. Kind of wish it was a 'Passport Slider', simply because I also LOVE the Passport form factor, so combining the two would put me in device heaven.
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Can't wait
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Whatever they end up calling this gorgeous looking sonuvagun I want one.
Synthia likes it when I push AND stroke her buttons; The harlot ;)
Very cool! This is much more exciting to me than the "leap." Bla1ze or others, does this have the patented folding slider mechanism we've heard talk about?
No this isn't the visa
Send from the amazing powers of the Z30
Having used a Torch 9810, I have to say that I might have preferred a landscape slider. I found from using the Torch and even comments from Passport reviewers that "Top heaviness" is more concerning than vertical screen-space. It would also support BlackBerry's "Work Wide" marketing to have the keyboard slide out in landscape mode because this is the orientation in which the vertical keyboard severely inhibits screen space and would enable a wide workspace with larger text.
Anyway, I guess a new full-touch screen with a physical keyboard option will be good for media but I found with my Torch that I wished the keyboard was always visible and I felt like I was "entering keyboard mode" whenever I used it. Anyway, it's exciting news but I would personally prefer the Passport to this slider as far as keyboard input is concerned.
Hey ever herd of this phone called sidekick? How did that turn out?
Send from the amazing powers of the Z30
I feel like the sliding form factor died ages ago.... that's just me....
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It's just you
Send from the amazing powers of the Z30
The keyboard on my Torch is utterly pathetic. The keys are crammed in too small of a space. A larger phone will mean larger keys, hopefully enough that it's close to a classic or passport experience.
I'm excited. But to remain objective, any phone with movable components have chances for failure. We'll see.
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Wait so are the call, search, and camera buttons capacitive touch? It looks like it in the picture since their background is black.
Curious!
URBANINDO
My Z30 contract is soon up. Anytime this year is good for me. I will move over to this as my previous BB was the 9810 that I still use sometimes and love.
Please, please make this happen very soon.
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DREAM PHONE!!!! Finally!!! When, where, and will I need a first born to sacrifice cause if so, I'll get to work on that :p
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Interesting. A 5" phone with a sliding keyboard means you don't need a phablet (5.5" to 6")because you don't have to lose any of the screen while you type.
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We need to know the specs :0
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Me want
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As long as Samsung don't get near the os and fill it with bloatware!
My lubbly jubbly Z10. Shine on you crazy BlackBerry
Who took that photo? I'm seeing that same photo all over the web.
I was going to get a Passport, but I may hold out to see if and when this will come. Or get the Passport and if this comes, get it too!! Hmmm....
Rocking a Z30 on Verizon
Nice! Hope this mutes many of the naysayers.
The White Knight-BlackBerry Passport 10.3.1.2480
I have a question about the positioning of the device: in the minds of the BlackBerry Executives, this will clearly be a niche device that gives users a large (typical display) screen and a keyboard; but will it also be intended as the upgrade device for the early adopters of the Z10 and Z30 who are holding out for a flagship all touch device?
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Looks interesting but I would like to see more details about size and technical specs.
Sent from my BlackBerry Passport
I'll take one!
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now I just need a release date. looks like I may be skipping the passport after all.
Is BlackBerry still planning to release a 2015 road map for their devices?
Is there a toolbelt/trackpad? I hope so.
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YES
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Whoa!!!! Looks awesome
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I want this
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As long as some horrible detail doesn't pop up, this'll be the phone that replaces my Q10 :)
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Hope it comes with the Passport keyboard design and not the classic one.
Don't like to use the alt keys at all.
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Looks like my next phone. Having been a Torch lover who loved it, I'm liking the look of this.
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so how do cases work with slider phones?
Looks remarkably similar to the Dell Venue Pro Windows Phone slider from a few years ago.
*Insert the Shut up and take my money! Meme*
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Been waiting for a slider since my torch 9800 days! My contract expires in august, so hopefully this comes out by then!
Anyone hear a timeline on release?
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So is there an ETA for this device? I assume it won't do well in the states since every single employee in the stores of Verizon and AT&T bad talk BlackBerry.
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What's the purpose over a curved screen, apart from fitting snugly in your back pocket?
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Fit better in your hand because your hand isn't flat.
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Yes yes yes!!!! I always considered the 9800to be the best phone I've ever used...hope this one tops the torch...
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I wonder if they are going to actually attach any marketing to this device, I have yet to see or hear any for the fully amazing passport. Everytime I take my red passport out, it becomes the point of conversation.
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Best of both worlds, big arse screen AND keyboard. I may have to get rid of my Torch 9800
That's exciting... I'm curious about how it balances in the hand when typing...
It's a smart move on BlackBerry's part, to offer something unique that the other manufacturers have been ignoring - unique form factors.
This is perfect. you get the great physical keyboard and a large screen and it's BlackBerry. Suck on that Apple and Samsung. I'd like to say I suggested this a few weeks ago and so happy that it's been in the works. True upgrade to the Z30. Bring it on BlackBerry.
Sent from the amazing BlackBerry Z30
Totally agree :)
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This slider looks huge. Much bigger than the original Torches. I wouldn't be surprised if it's super heavy and awkward to use being in this form factor. Hmmmm, not too sure I like this one and I am a huge fan of the Torch sliders.
My other question is how much stronger/weaker/more expensive will a curved screen be to replace when broken after a drop? Because it's going to happen eventually...Screen protectors might detach much more easily on curved edges too when snagging against holsters.
I'm on the fence about this one completely...
Well this will make a couple dozen people happy, haha
Now this is the shit, I'm talking about :) I want this!! More, more more info when available pleeeeese :)
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BlackBerry has launched a touchscreen smartphone without its trademark Qwerty keyboard, the first of four new devices, as the company attempts to regain its relevance amid fierce competition.
Financial Times
The 5in BlackBerry Leap, available in grey and black, will go on sale in April priced at $275, competing with the latest versions of the Samsung Galaxy and Apple iPhone, which cost more than $600.
BlackBerry’s decision to launch four handsets this year underscores the extent to which the company is still relying on its device business, which accounts for almost three-quarters of revenues, despite attempts to generate a greater proportion of sales from software and services.
At its peak in 2008, BlackBerry accounted for one in every five smartphone sales and had a market value of $80bn, compared with less than $5bn today. Since then it has haemorrhaged sales in the face of strong competition from Apple and Samsung, and low-cost Asian manufacturers such as Xiaomi, leaving it with a market share of less than 1 per cent.
Some analysts were sceptical that the new smartphone would help BlackBerry win back customers. Ben Wood, an analyst at CCS Insight, said the BlackBerry Leap would “find it tough to compete with Apple iOS and Android devices” but was “essential for a more-rounded portfolio”.
“Given BlackBerry’s continued dependence on device revenues it can’t afford to stop delivering new and updated devices,” he added.
John Chen, BlackBerry’s chief executive, said on Tuesday he had been inspired by Asian manufacturers that are making smartphones that retail for as little as $100-$150. Mr Chen added, however, that his engineers could not produce a phone with which he was satisfied at that price.
Mr Chen said the company was still committed to its Qwerty keyboard but that did not mean it should not “build touchscreen phones for a certain segment of the market”. BlackBerry will launch a new Qwerty handset this year, as well as a luxury smartphone, another touchscreen device and a “dual curve” model with a sliding keyboard.
“By and large we are very focused on the Qwerty experience, and the majority of people in our labs are working on that,” Mr Chen said as he unveiled the device at Mobile World Congress, the wireless industry’s annual trade fair.
Blackberry’s share of the global smartphone market is 0.5 per cent, according to IDC, a forecaster. Strategy Analytics, a research group, said it had captured a statistically insignificant share of worldwide smartphone profits in the last three months of 2014.
Mr Chen has been trying to engineer a turnround at BlackBerry since he joined the pioneering Canadian smartphone maker 16 months ago. He has stopped the company burning through cash, made a profit in the most recent quarter and says the group is “a little ahead of our two-year turnround strategy and game plan”.
However, the company had “revenue that is depleting” and needed to focus on stabilising this and delivering growth. On Tuesday he touted a range of new software and services, including one that bills customers separately for work and personal use on the same device.
BlackBerry would “make sure our software addresses everybody’s phone”, including handsets running Apple, Android or Microsoft software — a tacit admission it needs to look beyond its own device sales for growth.
Mr Chen has said he aims to double revenue from software and services to $500m within a year. “It will take a while for the two [parts of the] business to become the ‘twin towers’ and we’ll continue to focus on both,” he added.
The company said the device would be aimed at “career builders and companies who value security and privacy”.
Just from looking at the picture it does not look like it would be fun to type on. Look like it would be top heavy
Yeah, has me a bit worried as well, but no way to tell unless we try it out.
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So this means I can still wait to update my TELUS contract around November with that 4-month grace period of getting a new device for free; I would assume that these entry level phones and mid range phones are more towards getting people to shift even further away from the Legacy devices they still hold onto rather going Classic or Passport style.
I'll still hold onto my Z30 at this point knowing I won't be able to afford or want something like the Porsche design, I'm sure whatever they plan to release by the Fall/Winter is going to be aimed for the high-end spectrum. So we've now got a Spring and Summer release with the "Leap" which I think will be like Spring as in (Spring forward when we change time) and whatever this slider is intended to be named; it will have a Summer feel to it just like the Samsung phones do. BlackBerry will give us that typical Blackberry anticipation towards October ^_^
I had a Dell Venue Pro at one point, which was the combination slider and full touch. I really like it. I'm getting one of these.
I still think that there is something in the air concerning a future Blackberry/Samsung relationship. It would good for both sides, leveraging the strengths of both operations.
Samsung curved glass!??
Lovely device
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Making more crap people don't want.
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Boooooooo!!!!!
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Looks like I'm going to be retiring my passport!
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Yes!
My contract is up for renewal in May and I was really not sure what to do since there weren't a lot of new options from BB on the horizon.
This changes everything though. So looking forward to finding out more about it.
I've been waiting for a new torch since bb10 came out anyone want to buy a passport when this comes out cause I know I'm switching
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Wo!!! This is really great :)
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I hope it's not as narrow as it looks in that picture. Other than that, it looks great!
Are we sure it's not forked android with a samsung partnership skinned to look like bb10? BlackBerry has been heavy into working with android lately including bring hub to android...
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Slider is great for that niche... but no other high end devices for a year? It is bulky and kinda compromises the keyboard...
We need 3 row narrow passport. No toolbelt, just the damn awesome touch keyboard.
Speak for yourself
Send from the amazing powers of the Z30
BlackSung! It has begun!
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Really curious about this device. Hopefully a comprehensive hands-on is coming soon. A 5 inch display with an extendable keyboard will look really long. Wonder how it will feel having all that hardware hang past the fingers used to hold the device? Hmm. Intrigued I am.
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I want!
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Slider looks cumbersome to type with. Would have to try it before buying so they better get carriers supporting this or it will be a niche product for BlackBerry diehards at best.
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BlackBerry please releases more detail of the Slider! Please, please...
I'll Be damned! I can't believe they did it!!!!. Man who else innovates like BlackBerry?
Posted from a Z30. Get one!
Wow, I forgot about the "blade" concept. That was.a.sleek design, but impracticable with present battery technology. But I would embrace that design language. Cant really see well with that photo, but if the slider parallels the curve of the screen, I'm in. If its just a simple strip of straight plastic, naw... Doesn't ring true with me.
Now we're talking!
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I like this a lot!
I thought BlackBerry was dead?? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Long live the RIMpire!
BTW, I just got a Passport on Saturday... and my g/f got the Classic... But, I always loved my BB Torch. Oh dear. What's a boy to do? Buyers remorse? (I'm still getting used to the Passport. I came from the Z10 which I really did love too)
I'm always up for new Blackberrys,but I'm sticking to my passport. I like it that much.
I hope those aren't physical buttons on the bottom! Help us! Didn't we just move away from that to show that gestures are the future - are we backpedaling?
Are you serious? Or joking around have you herd about these two new devices that came out last year the passport and the classic?
Send from the amazing powers of the Z30
Yes please, my first BlackBerry was a torch, it would be great to be reintroduced to it. Like a familiar cousin you only see at Christmas.
I love my Passport.
Synthia likes it when I push AND stroke her buttons; The harlot ;)
Big deal. Tell me when it's on Verizon or I don't care. I got all pumped up on the Passport. Told co-workers how awesome it was... Waited for the Verizon announcement that never came. I won't be excited about this device unless I hear those magic words... Verizon.
BOOYAH! Told you ALL that Samsung and BB would collaborate on hardware.
I'm sure he never saw it, but I actually sent John Chen a message through LinkedIn right after he was hired and made a pitch for a slider.
I was really miffed when the Passport came out, and then the Classic. To me, the slider form factor is ideal for a BlackBerry fan. You get a full touch screen - without any screen ratio issues, and then have a fully functioning keyboard whenever you need it. If this phone is reasonably well-built, I will likely use some version of it for life.
I am very glad to see a high-end device being discussed by BlackBerry brass, let alone seeing a prototype of it. This inspires confidence in me.
That said, I have never been a slider fan (yes, please spare me the glue/tape it shut comments), but if this does include a virtual keyboard experience akin to my Z10, I might be able to get behind it.
After reading through the comments I gather this device will be along the lines of the Z30 in size? While that doesn't bother me, another point does when it comes to the form/size factor. I use my Z10 in an arm band while running and going to the gym frequently. While wider arm bands exist for 5"+ screens, I worry that the depth of this device will be too much for any current arm band to accommodate. A screen, plus a slider, plus (what I assume to be) a large battery certainly will make this a very thick device.
I have no problem buying accessories for a new phone as I get it, I just worry there will simply not be a market to give me those accessories I need.
All of this being said, I am happy to see some handset development on BlackBerry's behalf. I am still holding out for that all touch, but the future looks bright in the meantime.
Posted via CB10
Thanks for the slider, BlackBerry. I just hope of reasonable pricing and advertising.
I would personally prefer 4,5" screen (or even less), but if the market wants a big screen..
Slider has the (Samsung's) dual-curved edge display…partnership with Samsung is probably deepening.
Well better team up with Samsung than Google or Apple.
Wow! this made me oh Wow! I'm gonna start to save money from now. I still holding a Q10 waiting for something, haven't seen a Passport in person yet, But this is awesome.
Posted via CB10 | Currently using a BlackBerry Q10 running 10.2.1 sadly on T-Mobile USA.
Take my money now!!!! BlackBerry
Posted via CB10
So freaking gladiator didn't jump on an classic or passport :-) my contract is up in Feb 2016 and this phone should be available as an upgrade to my Z30 :-) so looking forward to this device !!!
Z30STA100-5/10.3.1.1154
It looks great. It's not the porche designed one called Keian according to other articles. Glad it isn't or it would be too expensive for most people.
YUP...CAN'T WAIT...THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED!!!
This is the only device I would consider ditching my Passport for. Not saying I will, but it would be tempting.
Brought to you by...My sweet Passport
Looks incredible! I've always been skeptical about 5 inch phones, seems way too big for me but at least it will be more ergonomic than the Passport I imagine. Which way is the screen curved? I'm dying to see some better photos.
omfg. Thank You. That's a hard call trackpad end I see is it not? Sploosh.
This is the BlackBerry Slider. It's a High End (Similar Passport Specs) Full Touch & High End slide out QWERTY.
Your choice whether you want to use the Virtual Keyboard or the Physical Keyboard. John Chen's strategy is Kill 2 Cute little fur balls with 1 stone.
I like that thinking, but "For Goodness Sakes" they need to get more details out to help stop the Full Touch Fanatics from going nuts. LOL
Posted by Q5
Oh fck! yes, get it on , just hoping battery life is as good as the passport and the kb is not similar to the ole 9800
I want one!
Posted via CB10
Total failure, and why just look at torch and torch2, too many moveable parts gaps in construction lead it not to be a solid built device
@ZEDTROSPEKTIV Via BlackBerry Passport, previous Z10, Bold 9790, Bold 9700, Curve 3G, Curve 8250 (1st BB)
Use to get a torch 9800 during 3/4 years, and after many falls, sand on pocket after days at beach, etc., it is still fully functionnal today, just too far from 10.3 for wanting using it, and keyboard is ridiculous compare to my q10
Agree with you I even gave mine to my mom to use and she loved it the torch 2 was the best phone ever. Now when I get this I'll give her my z30.
Send from the amazing powers of the Z30
Is this thing curved....arrrrr I just got the passport......oh well...the passport is amazing.
Posted via BlackBerry Passport
I want it NOW! :)
My Z30 Rocks!
sonofagun! theres my dream phone <33333
we need specs man. just eyeballing it from the photo the size of the device (when closed) looks to be a S5/ S6 innit?
omg Blackberry when are you releasing this? TAKE MY MONEY NOW!!
Here's a pic with the black and white slider being shown off. I'm still waiting for all touch to upgrade from my Z10. BlackBerry there still lots of Z10 and Z30 owners out there, we need a replacement.
https://n4bb.com/blackberry-shows-blackberry-10-slider/
Posted via CB10
Yeeehaaaaaaaa!
Posted via CB10
Greatest phone ever!!
Exactly what is meant by a dual curved screen?
so Samsung is not buying BB they are sharing tech aka u help with security i give u screen tech and other stuff .... Well done would be cool if the kept the 5.1" cruved screen with 2560 X 1440 resolution
Please have at least a S805 cpu, 3Gb of ram and heck borrow the same cameras from the S6 and ill buy it now ...
When?????
BlackBerry hates America!
Wow, I think I've just seen my next phone. Hope it's not too top-heavy though, the Torch slider was well-balanced in one hand, I'm not too sure that will be.
A must have for my BB collections!! :)
Why is blackberry going to the past ? There are many innovations for the future.
Posted via CB10
Can you give some examples of your "many innovations for the future"?
This will be my next phone (if it doesn't have an insane price)
Posted via CB10 - Z30
Can't they make a normal BlackBerry all touch high- end phone? IS IT TOO DIFFICULT??!!!! Sliders look ugly and gets broken so easily! And it's been proven before with the slider from OS6, don't remember it's number.
Posted via CB10
If you never extend it, you'll never break it.
Done... :-)
• "Oh Classic, you are the fairest here so true. But Passport is a thousand times more powerful than you..." (no offense, Classic is a great device, when it's charged) •
Neither of my 2 torches where broken in regards to the slider what did happen though was my screen broke, and as a slider I wax still able to use is as I had the physical key board but when 2 of my z10s screen crack was completely useless.
Send from the amazing powers of the Z30
With good specs.... Just Take my $$$$ now
Posted via CB10
Just goes to show that BlackBerry is starting to listen to its fans!
It's a device that can satisfy people who want a full touch screen and people who want a physical QWERTY keyboard.
Posted via the super amazing BlackBerry Q10
What if I want an all touch without the stupid keyboard?
Posted via CB10
Tape it closed, and enjoy...
:-)
=(Specs are gonna win you over anyway, I guess)
• "Oh Classic, you are the fairest here so true. But Passport is a thousand times more powerful than you..." (no offense, Classic is a great device, when it's charged) •
Then you close the keyboard and you have a all touch like magic!
Send from the amazing powers of the Z30
Full All-touch QWERTY (lol!)
F.T.W. ....
:-D
• "Oh Classic, you are the fairest here so true. But Passport is a thousand times more powerful than you..." (no offense, Classic is a great device, when it's charged) •
If it has at least Passport specs I'm in! i loved my old torch.
It will. Sell...
:-)
• "Oh Classic, you are the fairest here so true. But Passport is a thousand times more powerful than you..." (no offense, Classic is a great device, when it's charged) •
I'm already in and was waiting for the visa either way so this is a win win for me actually a win win win ;)
Send from the amazing powers of the Z30
I'm camping out right now for this beauty with a beast of a keyboard.
10.3.1 "sniff" kills the Pepple and other batteries
This will be my next phone. Exactly what I've been waiting for. Thank you BlackBerry!
Typed with much precision and clicky-ness on my Q10
A BlackBerry with Samsung specs?! It has the dual sided curved display, maybe they've gone beyond that. Either way definitely interested.
Posted via CB10
You could paddle a canoe with that.
BB Proud
Can't see the point it.
Posted via CB10
I hope its not a curved display
I need this in BlackBerry Blue color at launch.
Yes Blue.
Z30STA100-5 / 10.3.1.2267 / T-Mobile USA
OMG! OMG!
Posted via CB10
Saving up now!!!!
Posted via CB10
Hopefully they make one for us regular non trust fund types lol.
Posted via CB10
Can't wait to learn more and own this thing, thank you BlackBerry for making what looks like an awesome slider.
A little sad the Visa-style didn't get announced/shown as that would have been more attention worthy, but regardless I'm happy, preferring this format.
BB for Life
Never been a slider fan, and still not.
Use as all-touch, pull out when needed.
Probably great to show off or as a shock-surprise for iDroinerds... :-)
• "Oh Classic, you are the fairest here so true. But Passport is a thousand times more powerful than you..." (no offense, Classic is a great device, when it's charged) •
This looks amazing! I always wanted the Torch but never pulled the trigger. Hope we don't have to wait till Christmas for this phone.
Posted via CB10
I'm in love again. You're looking at my next phone.
Oh man, a Torch!
I want this neooooooooowwwww!
Z30STA100-5 / 10.3.1.2267 / T-Mobile USA John Legere, CEO - Research In Motion
Hey, wasn't it YOU who said yesterday Chen was gonna kill Blackberry... ;-D
He's not, and I pre(m)dicted it. Repent of thy unBBelief, and thou shalt be forgiven... :-)
• "Oh Classic, you are the fairest here so true. But Passport is a thousand times more powerful than you..." (no offense, Classic is a great device, when it's charged) •
Awesome!!!
Posted via CB10
Wow. Couldn't have seen this coming.
Posted via CB10
Enough Blackberry!!! JUST TAKE MY MONEY!!!
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