For months now, we've been hearing about BlackBerry's next QWERTY device and seemingly for even longer there has been purported renders of the device floating around in various forms, some possibly more accurate than others. Adding fuel to the fire is a new set of images which have now appeared on Weibo, which COULD be the first real look at the device.
At this point, there's very little comment associated with the photos and there's no history of the poster having shared any previous BlackBerry images so alas, take these photos with a massive grain of salt. Even in their unconfirmed form, still interesting to see considering we know that whatever the next QWERTY looks like, it will be the last QWERTY BlackBerry device built in-house. Thoughts?
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Could this be the first real look at BlackBerry's last in-house QWERTY device?
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Don't know if it supports LTE band 66 yet. Lol
It still looks like the classic, or it could be the passport like device. Just expressing skepticism.
Typed using my BlackBerry Passport running the latest QNX software release 10.3.3 on Freedom Mobile DC-HSPA+
Yes....excellent looking phone. A BlackBerry look for sure. Rubbish Android OS. Very disappointed.
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When ??????
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This is a Pearl 8100 on steroids.
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Looks awesome! Similar to the Motorola Droid Pro design. I would definitely be interested in picking this up! Ill still hold on the to the PRIV just in case, but the PRIV has served me very well so far (And continues to do so). And with every update from BB, the experience just keeps getting more fine tuned, like BB10. Once you get used to the Android's OS, and know all the shortcuts, its very fast and efficient as a BlackBerry should be. I do miss the BB10 Flow system. It really was a quick and smooth way to navigate.
I love my Priv, but if the CPU's better than the Priv, I'd strongly consider this.
Bonus if it came with Nougat, or Oreo, or whatever the latest Android OS would be. (BB10 would only make sense if it suddenly got an influx of popular native apps - one can dream.)
Wow, that could have been such a great Q10 replacement, but it just has to run Android.
I hang out at a lot of swim meets with my daughter and I am amazed at how many KIDS want to see my PRIV. When they start typing on the PKB they are amazed, and say things like: "that is the coolest phone I have ever seen". The next generation may choose something different, iTOY dominance will not last forever.
I'll call this Classic Plus
Passport user
The design looks great. However android experience on blackbbery is not good. I have Dtek50 and it feel nothing like a blackberry. Android is not optimized for one handed use and the whole blackberry skin on android is basically a stock android experience. Blackberry must design a nice skin for android to make it look like BB OS 10. Also there is a need for much more integration between the device and the software from browser and contacts to Hub and the rest. This phone at this stage is no different than a motorolla with a keyboard or some chinese android phone with a keyboard. Blackberry must add its blackberry look and feel and experience to its current and future android devices.
My 17 year old daughter mocked me hard for months, until she saw that the pkb could be used as a track pad. She changed her tune then....
That's exactly what they DON'T need to do. Skinning stock android is never a good thing, and while it may satisfy like 3 of you that just can't let go of BB10, it'll turn off every other potential buyer that wants and android phone with a keyboard. Their current software is perfect, very lite android with only BB apps on.
Sorry but I find it ugly.
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If BlackBerry is wise they would put the SnapDragon 652 cpu & 4GB of RAM in it to keep the price manageable while not sacrificing performance. Gosh I miss BB10 OS!
If this has the same manufacturing quality than BlackBerry Passport SE, I will BUY IT
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I just hope BB doesn't go crazy with the price like they did with the PRIV. $450-$500 sounds about right to me.
Good thing I got my Blackberry Passport SE on black Friday sale, switched from iPhone 5S and no regrets! I was just thinking should I wait for last Blackberry phone but no way I tune up my SE with all my apps now its working like charm. Just missing my RBC wallet so that I can use NFC but its ok.
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I am a die hard BlackBerry T105, Pearl, Curve x2 models, Bold 9900, z10, and now Passport SE and I know it has changed but no one builds phones that are durable and reliable like they did with security. I would give it a chance to see if it could bring back some glory. Yes I am in denial. They died due to poor promotion, and not appealing to the eye but the powerful OS and capabilities are far better than the rest.
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I'll get it.
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I'm glad it doesn't have an 820 processor, 625 is great, i have a phone same spec as this (Moto z Play)with a larger screen and i get 7 hours screen on time with 30 percent battery left. The phone doesn't lag. It's fast. Definately going to get this if it performs similar
Wow. If these photos are legitimately the BB Mercury, then somebody please hasten Blackberry's demise. Any corporation with the kind of money Blackberry has should never create and release such a Frankenstein looking device. Blackberry deserves to go out of business if they truly believe the Mercury has a marketable design.
It starts out very nice looking at the top but by the time you get to the bottom you just want to throw up. It's like a blonde chick with a knockout face, great *****, but humongous thighs and duck feet. The whole package is ruined by the bottom. Melding the top of one device to the bottom of a different device is pure disaster as is this monstrosity. The Priv may have had its software issues but it was one **** of a great looking device. Having an included slideout keyboard that worked amazingly well was the added bonus. But slapping a Q10 keyboard to the bottom of an extended Passport display is completely nuts. Blackberry once again helping themselves be the laughing stock of the industry. Lazardis couldn't have done it worse.
Well it has been a good run: BB LEAP, BB9900, BBCruves (most models). BlackBerry as a mobile phone company are all but dead. I will always be a BlackBerry user (or used to be). My LEAP won't be of much communication use past emails and SMS's (which BB is king of btw). Will miss the "HUB" (and NO Android hardened BB cannot substitute the real HUB experience), the BB10OS operations, the mesh of device and OS. Good memories, great devices. Long live BB !
They should have carried over the silver Passport SE top aesthetic to the bottom chin portion to balance the look. What do you guys think?
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Guys... give me a break... for the love of Christ, what the **** is wrong with you? Android is not in any way a bad OS. It has its flaws, far from Perfekt, but to trash it and with it the latest BlackBerry phones is... just immature...
BB10 is fantastic, i know that myself. Doesn't change the fact, that android is the main focus. I want this company to stay alive, stay in the business... but looking back at the years, we know that's not going to happen if they don't try other more popular systems.
I mean this is it. If we're lucky and the licensing deals for future products is profitable, we might get a new BB10 device. But I honestly don't think so.
The most disturbing opinions I've came across was: "if you are used to one OS, it's hard to adapt to another.." NO it is not! Total BS. People just don't want to put effort into it and it's easier to just complain and whine.
I hear this nonsense from Iphone users, android and of course die hard BlackBerry nerds.
Either you just get over yourself and deal with a new OS and STFU or stay away from smartphones... that simple.
Passport in white :-)
I really would have preferred to see one last BB10 device. Don't like the shape of this phone, or the Android!
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Passport Silver Edition on a diet. But is it 10 or Android? Thanks.
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Looks like a extra long passport! Nice!
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If they release this, they will have a unique android phone with an excellent keyboard and it will sell.
I'd buy it tomorrow, and I'm a die-hard BB10 user.
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I'm a staunch BB10 user, and I'd buy this on the basis of these images
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It runs on Android not BBOS10!
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Cheque in the post
Pass
Bring back the BB Bold 9900
+1 !!!
bold9900 (just a better camera, an state of the art browser and some multimessenger support/app)
os7 - perfect, get things done quickly
os10 - swipe around uselessly and wait (and wait and wait and wait...) until your apps come app and the animation is over untill you can use them and don't think you hung up your call, just because you pressed the "button" on your touch screen...
Gimmie da phone already!!!!
After a month on holiday with a borrowed Android..................I can't believe over half the world runs on that POS OS..........herd mentality. BB10 for me as long as I can possibly get it
Try a better phone than a Net10 $29.99 Walgreens special.
childish talk. I own priv and I did own two bb10 phones. there is nothing wrong with Android. it works good and blackberry take on android is great. android offers much more freedom than bb10. I can customize my phone the way I like it.
Nope and nope. I'm done. I did the PRIV (although I loved the Z30 there came a time when I actually needed an app - after holding out for years). And the PRIV was a $700 piece of junk. I thought about the DTEK 50...and then the 60 came out....but the review was meh. Meanwhile the world has passed me by. I bought an iPhone 6s and have just decided to not make my cell phone important in my life ( for the life of me I cannot understand why everyone raves about iPhones - they are merely iPads that are smaller and make telephone calls). My obnoxious son told me not to buy a Galaxy because "it would be too complicated for me" (give me a break! He must get that from his Mother). So here I am with my iPhone (I still have the Z30 - just in case). And some day I will actually use an app, I suppose. I shall miss BB but it is their fault.
Right there with you Jerome. BB to the end and I thought the Priv was it, but POS. Then Samsung S7 Note with stylus to write directly on pics (BIG sigh of relief for my work) and waterproof and for the most part (except tiny keypad) perfect for me. Then it goes away....SO I get sucked into the I-thing. DUDD. Nothing special. In fact dumb dumbs have lens flush with outer case so it gets dirty all the time. The back button is upper left when everything else is one hand operation. WTF is wrong with this people............... I phone big waste of time
"the PRIV was a $700 piece of junk" ?!? I beg to differ. Did you actually own the phone ? i do not think so. Your piece of junk comment is based on reviews but not because you own the phone. This was first blackberry take on android so the phone had software issues but after a year of owning the phone priv software has improved by miles. It was the same for blackberry 10. 10.2 was way better than 10.00 version. So Priv is not a junk. It is a good phone. Has very good battery, it is fast and the screen is excellent. I will not mention physical keyboard. I actually typed 4 day seminar on it. That how comfortable was to type on it. I challenge you to do the same on iphone. DTEK60 has meh reviews ? It actually has very positive reviews. As to DTEK50. What do you expect for the price ? iphone quality ? you can buy 4 DTEKs 50 for price of one.
The Priv battery I had would last a little over half my work day. Within a year, on my third Priv I quit BB for good. I have a museum of past BB phones (which I think is pretty interesting to see small and compact to hardly fits in pocket). If I had it my way I'd re energize the Bold and have a mid sized tablet that is EASY to work with and tote around (work pictures and make notes right on the pic as I take them WITHOUT opening another program or saving or other cumbersome BS like some I have used. I can sketch and write faster than some of those things. Sorry your sacred Priv does SUCK to alot of people. Maybe you got a good one.....
Love my PRIV!
Yip all true BB die-hards are being forced into choosing iOS or Android, none of the other OS's seems to be able to step up to the plate and deliver. After mid 2017 it's time to jump ship, onto something new, sigh....!
Replace broken priv screen for 200-250$ or... wait for this?
Problem is I am on Verizon and it's very doubtful any new BlackBerry phone will come out on Verizon.
So I guess it's buy a fire sale priv if that ever happens of any variant and replace my screen lol.
You could do worse! PRIV is awesome
Nice looking phone, but I'm so fed up with my PRIV, I'm likely to consider Samsung for my next phone. My PRIV chews up the battery like nobodies business, locks up frequently, and a host of other issues. I miss my Z30, but like the apps better on Android.
I have none of those issues...is it unlocked and updated monthly? PRIV is a very good phone.
Android. Meh.
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Hope they do the mid range and high spec versions... get the most out of this one last in house design.
The downfall of BB was slow and painful...its amazing to see everyone be forced over against their will to Android, clawing at the scraps of anyone that will improve the stone age technology. You fought hard, but you have submitted. It's a joy and a pleasure to watch.
Android is malthusian
I was just about to purchase an Iphone 7 plus. But if this is legit cancel that! Look at that beauty! I hope this is real. Will buy ASAP!!!!
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Me too... Its amazing it took them 10 years to get to a marketable product...
CANT WAIIIIT
Thanks BlackBerry.
Take the money..gimme that phone NOW!!!
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Oooo if thinner than PRIV I will buy. I always like PRIV open most of the time so this will work out for me.
The Priv was already pretty svelte given it had a slide out keyboard at that ! I dont think we need to be advocating for slimmer devices *cough note 7 cough explode cough cough
I like to leave my Priv open all the time but it's just to tall
Try standing up, then you can reach it
What this phone really needs is a modern hardware. Specifications that are made in 2017. The biggest disappointed about the priv is that when it got released in end of 2015 it got a hardware that is pretty bad and so freakin old. the processor itself was the same as the one that was used with htc m8. Heating up so fast and lots of lagging. With the price it was set at we could easily compare it to other flagships such as samsung note 6 which easily blew it away in every aspect. It's true that they keep nagging about security but for now I have s7 edge and I do receive security patches every month!. Also, the front camera was way below expectations and even the screen although it was quad HD. There these annoying dots in screen that annoyed me.
Another disappointment about the priv was its compatibility with 3rd party apps. Lots of apps were freezing. Even snapchat was frustrating and most of the apps felt like they are side loaded to the priv. Only good side of the priv was the keyboard and security.
Hopefully this one gets a useful camera and great hardware. And the most important thing is the battery. Since that it will have smaller screen, I suppose that it will have a massive battery passport's
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MY DREAM HAS COME TRUE :D
The passport was the best BB I have used but they let AT&T bully them into changing the style and then there went the passport. Now the phones are just fading away. So sad. I love my password but can not get any SW updates. Such a shame. Time to move so sorry.
Hopefully it's powered with crazy specs and not some middle grade processor.
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Bye BB. I wanted a Z31 with BB10.
Stop this with nonsense and grow up
I have a Z30 for sale, it runs BB10
Me too. But would like to see a new Z31 with BB10/11.
I just hope they get it right. There always something. In the past, no auto focus on the camera, on my slow 9900 (well crashy and slow for me); then there's the chip issue, whether and how many Android upgrades it can take: whether the battery is up to snuff (Z10 was terrible as an example).
Even on the new DTEKS, the 50 being underpowered and white led, to the 60 which has only a monochrome led and does not have image stabilization.
The PRIV overpriced overheating with clicking noises from the slider.
I'm sure they'll screw up something.
Oh and that marketing campaign. I still love all those Curve ads.
I hope this does well and is well manufactured, and that there's not too much Chinese spyware on it.
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Your Dtek sales and Priv sales hmm hmm hmm give us a bb10 oh never mind.... looks like a combustion between the SE and the Classic.....
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Maybe it will have a swappable battery as the Q10 and previous models did.
But I will buy 2 if as the pic shows. Be good to have a bronze, as was promised for Classic but never done.
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Definitely my next phone. I don't care it's os 10, os 11 or android. I'll get it!
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Looks like a curved edge to the screen, instead of a bezel. That's pointless and leaves it vulnerable to damage. I'm out.
That looks refreshing
Emperor of Texas & California.
Really curious towards this phone. It could be the 'perfect phone' for me, the one I've been waiting for since 2009. Although the form factor might be slightly too tall (top heavy) and/or the keyboard to cramped.
Cramped keyboard? Try typing on a Torch...
My biggest concern is whether this will suffer from the double type syndrome that seems to be affecting a lot of Passports, though I admit I have not heard as much of that with the Priv, I must also admit I have not been paying that much attention to it as it runs Android but I have to face the fact that if I want to get another BB, it's going to have to be an android model.
However, Brexit, the Cubs winning the World Series and Trump won the presidency so maybe BB10...one can only hope.
After my children, Apple fans, experienced the physical berries on my Priv, they admitted they prefer typing this way. So Blackberry: focus on youth!
What?
Looks good
People just love blackberry passport and will surely be liking the new blackberry
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I'd buy it
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I'd but it.
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A very good looking phone, please push it out as soon as possible, I cannot wait!
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My credit card is ready give me this phone on Christmas.
I wonder if the next QWERTY; BB10 OS can run on it in cool manner.
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It's real, android 7.0 + 821/820 +...
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The PKB is very much like the classic in my hands here, the space bar is not lit and there looks to be a gap on the left side of it.
The edges of the keyboard are rounded off nicely and hard to tell but the lil metal bars that run thru the keys looks to be a bit more raised now as for the track pad I think that if the key board works as one and I can use it like that then its fine.
That camera looks like a headphone jack!
If they wanted to be a bit more retro they could bring back that lil track ball thingy (pencil eraser head) and you can kick some time cleaning the crud and sticky gewwwwE stuff off it at work.
Done on BlackBerry Classic, Rip Z10
In order for this phone to sell they have to keep the price reasonable. That is the conundrum, how to you make a device with a PKB, with high end specs, and keep the cost down. That's going to be tough. In my opinion if they are going to make a device with mediocre specs to keep the cost low, they might a s well just not make this phone.
Looks like an android version of the passport SE
Exactly
Emperor of Texas & California.
Beautiful phone, just a shame it'll be on BlAndroid.
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Will not purchase if it is not running BB10. The form factor is nice and love the PKB, however will not go Android.
No trackpad, pretty much a deal breaker for me. Too bad.
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Keyboard is touch sensitive, it's a giant trackpad don't need two on on phone.
Ironically it has nice retro look about it. Still can't beat a Passport with BB10....especially for those of us with faltering eyesight :-)
Actually looks pretty nice
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He has a very clean hand, definitely a white collar...could that be a chen thumb? Quik someone get a snap of the mans hand to compare!
Looks bulky and my first thought of the top bezel housing the camera was archaic looking (retro)...I like it and I want to see more not hope for it.
Done on BlackBerry Classic, Rip Z10
The new BB “Mercury” has the similarity of PP SE, yet the pic doesn’t really look the same. Also, practically unnoticeable changes, the (large) 10.3.3 update only makes me wonder what makes this an update
Wow wee,,,,,,what a nice TV remote...
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Waiting for this!
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Priv meets Classic... Looks great
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Too long I think?? Keep stretching it and add a bottle opener
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Why they don't do the navigation bar with multi-task in the logo, trackpad with figerprint and back like the bar in BlackBerry Classic?
And please remake the top like Passport Black!!!
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Top bezel is photojournalism
Regards
If only there were no spyware like google services preinstalled. They can't be deleted which sucks even more. For me Copperhead OS is a good alternative although I like the design of the upcoming Blackberry devie.
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"...can't be deleted..." 3 words (ok... 4 if you don't use the contraction) that say all about what the Android system is all about.
BlackBerry, provide a REAL clamp that is user controlled, and folks will flock to your devices.
Seeing the Mercury makes me wish even more that BlackBerry would also produce an updated PRIV. I really like the option to use the PKB when you need to get some work done, or hide it when you just want to use the screen. And, when people see me slide that keyboard out and start typing, heads start turning!
I agree. I love the Priv and would definitely buy an upgraded version of it.
Just please don't take away the keyboard, I beg u! Yes, agreed the top is ugly!!!! No touch pad either, some don't care about that. It would be great to have more popular apps but I'm a Blackberry girl all the way!
Keyboard is a giant touch pad.
I am big fan of qwerty, I switched back to passport se from iphone & s7 edge...
But I was expecting much more then this since it is last inhouse model from blackberry (last qwerty smartphone)
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I just cant wait until feb
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Necessary to be competitive a good price, not like the latest devices,on Android the prices are much better and this phone will be android.
Wow! Love this phone!
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Screen is too big, The Passport SE forehead isn't elegant. Android is spyware. I'll still try it, but I wont be happy.
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hosestly speaking how many of us use more than 5 apps on regular basis. Android apps comes in thousands in one week. we have to rule app not app should rule us. I liked the very fact that BlackBerry os 10 had less apps to choose from. Because we choose apps. It should not be the other way. Android apps choose us. no end to these flow of apps from Android. Apple is creative in choosing their own set of apps. Do we complain apple...why we are so adamant ..team chen has Ripped Blackberry os 10
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I'm saying. Not sure why people love to have apps. Having a great browser should be ideal.
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That may be true but those 5 apps BlackBerry World doesn't have. Especially if you need Google Play Services to use them. I prefer the BB10 OS. If BlackBerry could have done what they did with Amazon app but with Google then everyone would be happy.
This is the phone I've been waiting 3 years for.
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Egads it is huge! Too big for a pocket or one-handed operation.
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Passport SE rules!!!!!
This looks like a android device.
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Looks nice. Looks like PP KB but with the extra shift, alt keys. Never got used to not having the four rows with my PP.
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Hope it has replaceable battery
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Who are these drunk engineers that think that the majority of keyboard users prefer no trackpad?
The trackpad plays to the keyboards strengths. Is it a cost issue? Because it seems such a terrible compromise of a great interface.
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The keyboard is touch sensitive, it is a giant trackpad
This^
ceo chen and his team BlackBerry confused. earlier priv with android. DTEK with android now bigger version of classic with ANDROID too...what so great ..original BlackBerry platform is lost. even if you put thousand keyboard models or non keyboard models but with Android os...no one will buy..instead developers concentrate or how to improve the BlackBerry os we all knew...GOD save BlackBerry.
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BB10 is dead, people want apps and devs are not willing to port apps to it, it's over. Blackberry has brought the best part of BB os over to android and made it much more secure.
Then blackberry needs to pay the developers, so they can put only the important apps. Most apps are junk anyways.
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I believe the key on the lower right is the shutter for the camera. Great!
BBClassic
Looks real and feels promising. Whether it is a Classic full QWERTY or Passport PKB, it will be awesome.
BBClassic
To me it looks like an upgraded z30 with "Typo" keyboard. Lol.
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Phone looks amazing. Just hope the notification light is multi colored and please have the back look like a less wide version of the passport SE. Love the diamond black back with the silver up top and the chrome around the camera. Looks sexy. If so will order two.
This is a really nice looking device. Slim and sleek, slight elegance of the Passport SE. Winner winner chicken dinner.
Fugly
Make it wider, say, as wide as a Passport, please.
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No way ! That is a death move. OK if they make a 9900 and a Passport model.
LOL, we want it ALL!! I do like the look of it, and if that's what it will be, I will have one, But I'm on my third Passport, always thinking I'm bailing, but I always come back, just took possession of a brand new never used Unlocked Black PP two weeks ago and it's always just like coming home or a favorite pair of shoes that fits oh so comfy.
Been using passport for a little over a year, i wish they made it a little narrower, easier to hold and put in my jeans. This looks good
You must be wearing smaller than a size 32 inch waist, bulk up a bit and buy larger blue jeans. LOL
Looking at it, if I needed a new phone and if Verizon carried it I'd consider it strongly. I've really gotten to like the pkb on my PRIV
They nailed it...looks like a homerun to me. Nice job BlackBerry!
Won't bother buying if it's not a BB10.
I'm fan of BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition and hope the next qwerty phone will be the same model with much more improved features.
BlackBerry Passport SE
I like the look. I'll have to wait on it as I just bought a new passport se and a priv
Looks like a skinny SE. Sexy!
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Yes! I will buy! Love my Physical Keyboards!! Verizon do you hear us!
Dual Sim? Top-notch specs?
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Dual Sim? Top-notch specs?
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Looks very nice, almost nice enough I'm kinda second guessing the '60 Santa is bringing me...
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Those capacitive buttons suck. I wish it were just more screen down to the edge of the keyboard. Otherwise it looks great. Too bad it's Android.
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I'd buy one if the processor and memory are up to snuff but i'd hate to see them release a beautiful phone like that and have it under specced. That would just be suicide. Shove an 820 or 821 in there with 4Gb min of ram and I can see that thing flying off the shelves. Mid spec won't do them any good at all.
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Yes, because the flagship spec Priv sold in massive numbers...
Looks good. The keyboard looks like it's going to be fantastic. I assume it's going to be touch-enabled.
For me us this the best device. Problem price.
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Well, start a savings plan now. If you put aside $25 a week you will be able to pay for it within a reasonable time after its release.
I think this is so unique and beautiful.
Glad I held out for it.
RedBerry Passport /10.3.3.2049 / Telus
Not the re imagined Bold I am hoping for but it wil probably be my next device. I would prefer a larger Classic/Bold with upgraded specs on BB10 but understand that will not happen now. Switched back to my Classic after trying an iPhone 7 for a month and really feel BB10 and Classic/Bold style is best for me to focus on work. iPhone is great for social media, photos, and shopping but BlackBerry rules for work in my opinion.
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I want a BB logo and I want those keys to be the size of the Classic and touch sensitive, and I'm sold. Looks great...silver color reminds of Passport SE
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My dream BlackBerry device would be an all touch passport with minimal bezels running Android bb! Perfect companion for my original passport. That would be awesome not this Franken device...
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DTEK 50 or 60 is as close as your going to get, Just saying.
Your can't compare this with the Passport. Its the wrong form factor!
If it will be the last I will be getting one
Forgiven
I would consider this if the specs are decent including having at least 32GB of internal storage. My DTEK 50's internal storage is a most full and adoptable storage isn't what it's cracked up to be.
Would also like going back to using the keyboard for scrolling. Didn't realize how much I appreciate that.
Disappointed: was expecting a Passport version 2
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I'm gonna catch some flac for this but bear with me. It looks like the Droid Pro mated with the Passport SE. Now if memory serves me right the Droid Pro used a licensed keyboard from blackberry and the silver frame screams Passport SE. Here's the motorola for reference https://cdn.theunlockr.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Root-Motorola-Droi...
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Same old same old stuff. Priv minus slider. Should have been a all touch bad *** device for the last one. That's what people want. Also why BB can't sell any devices. Gotta move one to what is wanted not what you want to push to the people
That’s the Dtek 60 man. Check out the specs.
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It's OK, the kid probably can't get his mommy to pay for one.
They're just so stupid for going with that squared silver top.!.
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lets all do marketing for blackberry, we have platforms like facebook to help out. everyone post this pictures via facebook and make people excited about this device. thats how much i love blackberry
Once BlackBerry gets back in the black! They will make in house phones again. And by then they will no how to make money on them while pricing the phone properly
Yes, looks great. But just changed from PP to Priv a few months ago. Wonder how tall the screen part is?
Pretty sweet looking device...no doubt...dare I say more attractive than the Priv?! But nope...if I'm going to switch over to Retardroid...it's either the DTEK50 or DTEK60 for me...most likely DTEK50...it would be my optimum BlackBerry Android device.
Just can't see myself going back to a physical keyboard. Especially after using the virtual BlackBerry keyboard for almost half a decade now!
Respect My Autoritah!
I wish BlackBerry would upgrade its SoC on Priv and sell it as Priv's. 810 generates too much heat.
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It looks good. But they could get rid of the 3 dedicated navigation buttons and use the same space to put a full toolbelt.
I will definitely buy this
It's really gorgeous
Where is the trackpad? Why do they add the 3silly navigation keys? They could use the Navigation keys like on the Classic. That would be great to have answer and dismiss keys again :D
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A slimmer passport? I'm sold but if BlackBerry is going to go out on its last phone, it should be epic, BlackBerry pouring all its resources into this final phone. Don't get me wrong, this Mercury, Rome or whatever its name is dope, but it looks like my Passport. Love the keyboard as I'll probably never go back to virtual unless I have to but nothing is coming to mind that could set the last BlackBerry phone from anything ever made.
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I am going to buy it
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Count me in on this one, the screen is large enough to get things done and the keyboard is "classic" style.
this is fantastic news. I like this phone very much.
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its sick
So glad I got the PPSE two weeks ago at such a great price. Bb10 4vr
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Looks like a PassPort on steroids. A FrankenPort.
Yep. A PassPort.
Wow, this gives hope and life too back into the forum, thank you for post.
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Design of the device is ok... but do they have it in black? Haha. Joking aside, I'll most likely purchase two of these devices (I am currently using a BlackBerry Classic). Wish there was a toolbelt, but alas I you can't have anything. I have never had an android device, so that'll take some getting used to, but I am optimistic about this new phone and what it could do for BlackBerry (unless it truly is a send-off for their hardware development). Can't wait!
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If Mercury ends up looking like this, then I will likely hold out and wait for that, though the Christmas season has me tempted to get a Google Pixel.
If your going to get a Pixel, why not consider a DTEK60 it's much better and costs 39% less wow what a deal huh.
That device would be the greatest if it only ran BB10. Would be great if they had that option as well since it's the "last in house" device. Why not throw ur own OS on it.
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JUST BOUGHT THE PRIV
Looks really good. I wonder why they like sliders so much? It makes the phone bulky and besides it is much easier to use the touch screen that the keyboard below.
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I'm sold! I'm still getting the DTEK60 but this thing of beauty will be in the palm of my hands!
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This is my next phone. I'll wait.
BPWiebe on the beautiful Silver Edition Passport.
I just don't understand, based on all the leaks, why they are making this a mid-range device? I really wanted this phone but I want top specs and I have no problem paying for top specs.
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If they were to make it with top specs I would definitely want to buy it. I already have the Priv and if this is the last in house device I would want something that could replace it and last for a while with the best possible specs. PKB is very important to me. So of course I am interested in this.
Qwerty is the power of typing fast and physical so lovely waiting to buy one
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I would have bought this yesterday. Just what I have been waiting for from BB
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Although a weak design due to Android requirements I have said many times and I will say it again that BlackBerry doesn't know what they are doing.
They had the most talented hardware design group of people assembled that could go toe to toe with Nokia and Apple people and they decided to let them go. Instead of refocusing them into being a product design for hire business that could design anything from a lamp to a TV or a mobile if requested they went the cheap and easy route, they laid them off.
Once Blackberry had a chance to build their own hardware they will have a super hard time trying to gel it out from the scratch.
It looks nice, but I do so wish there was a BB10 version. I'd be more than happy to pay an installation fee and an annual maintenance fee just to have this fantastic OS.
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My Q10 just has to hang on a little longer.... finally a reasonable QWERTY device without virtual keys.. Hey BlackBerry Shut up and take my money! I will preorder today if you let me!
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Please call it the Bold. Not the name of the next new Blender.
Blackberry PLEASE give us OS10 for potential final in house phone!!!!!!!!
There must be more than a keyboard to bring the BB name back to popularity.
The smartphone must be 'smart' having all the bells and whistles to compete with the iP's and Samsungs.
> Big memory ... top quality cameras ... long battery life ... access and use for the complete Google apps library ... retail pay services ... fingerprint login ... a bright screen
Smart phones are a commodity ... it is hard to sell a new device. If the Hard Keyboard is the selling point then the BB marketing must heavily promote it.
We don't need another few thousand BB smartphones that sit in the big draw full of recent BB smartphone historical antiques.
Nice! Good work, BlackBerry!!
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I wish it would have a Snapdragon 820 or 821, 4 GB RAM and 32 or 64 GB internal storage.
The device looks okay, the screen seems a little off balance from the length of it compared to the keyboard. This is the first Android device BlackBerry has made that interests me. Put a notification LED with multiple colours and make it available on Verizon and I may pick one up.
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Blackberry has no say in weither or not Verizon carries it only Verizon has a say in what phones they carry. Want them to sell it then send them a email and demand they do when it comes out. Or tell them to get with the times and the other 99 percent of the planet and switch to GSM tower tech instead of outdated C towers. Them and sprint are the only carries left not GSM in the world.
I was really hoping for just an upgraded PRIV design. I'm sorry (and it seems I'm with the minority here), but this thing is fugly and looks dated.
Was hoping for a slimmer, lighter PRIV. With dual speakers, proper front and back cams, fingerprint reader, and all the other expected bells and whistles of a flagship these days. Seems I'll be stuck with my Z30 and PRIV till the end.
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You are describing my "dream" -- a PRIV 2. After midnight I am allowed to dream.
They made classic, it flunked.. Now this... I don't get it... the PKB is vulnerable & may succumb to pocket fatigue...
I hope it is the same size than the Classic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If the keyboard is bigger than the Priv's I will have it...!
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Being the last in house BlackBerry...I will fire sure buy the device. If it looks this good it would be an added bonus!
Damnn if this final. The phone is fireeeeee
I'm very excited for this one. Now I'm using the Classic and the Q10, this is definitely the one for me. I really like the fact that it's coming out at the beginning of the year because that's when I get my bonus.
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Looks fantastic. Would buy.
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I find it way to hard to believe this is a fake render. It looks way too cohesive. More importantly it looks like that rectangle type passport device that was rumored. I have to take this photo serious because that looks like a production ready device.
Looks really very well made!! But, the bezel on the top housing front camera module and sensor looks boxy as well as out of place!!
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Good looking phone. It looks solid. I would buy it. The problem is the public wouldn't buy it. It could be the best phone out there. The qwerty keyboard doesn't sell anymore. Only BlackBerry fans would buy it. Would you buy a car with no air conditioning, manual windows, no power steering? Times have changed. I'm glad BlackBerry is making one for us diehard fans.
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I don't understand this stupid notion of "times have changed" and "keyboards are a thing of the past". I love phones and I love advancements in technology but I hate typing on touch screens. Why do we have to shun something just because it is old? If it works well for people and they like it, why do we have to be forced to switch to touch screens? I will keep using BlackBerry devices with a physical keyboard for as long as I can. Not because I am a "fanboy" or because I may "refuse to get with the times". But because I love using a physical keyboard and it works for me.
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+1
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THIS^^^
Better have 6gb of ram, stupid android and android apps cosume too much ram, BlackBerry Services and Launcher eats almost 500mb together, this is incredible, Facebook 144mb alone.. 3GB is nothing, we need 6GB minimum. And please, this is a work phone.. needs to have at least 821 processor for multi tasking, because the DTEK50 with its poor 615 processor can't even play music in the background if I start using other app..
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If they put too much stuff in it, it will flop like the Priv because of the price. No, they have to make a mid-range device to replace companies fleets, and be successful in their sales.
Posted via CB10 with my PassportSQW100-1/10.3.3.2049.
I agree. Snapdragon 820/821 and at least 4 GB RAM are very important.
I would rather buy a DTEK60, but i must admit this is a very nice looking Design. Even though this will be the last Blackberry in house BB phone if it proves to be successful, there will be some company who will want to pick up the ball and continue to manufacture and sell this phone (license).
I hope this runs android..
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Eh, did you look at the screenshot? It *is* Android.
Posted via CB10 with my PassportSQW100-1/10.3.3.2049.
We'll I hope it's on the horizon because my wife's Classic isn't doing so well and she's a PKB kind of gal, has been since the 9900.
At this point other then the Classic, her only other option for an upgrade is a Priv and the size is to hard to handle. That's what she said! ;)
That is one beautiful device. Didn't think I'd ever go back to PKB but this one got my attention. Can't wait to order one.
This is cool
Take my money I want it now!!!!!! Need to type on a keyboard again!!!!!!!!
Pretty hot. Unless I get a deal on a dtek60 soon, this bad boy is mine!
Is it possible to tell whether it is running Nougat based on this image? If so hoping to see an update to my PRIV soon!
That does look like the Android N default wallpaper.
Can it run both Android and BB10?
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This device looks great, like any other device by BlackBerry. But I must say BlackBerry Passport is incomparable. It's a revolution in smartphone industry which has unfortunately gone unnoticed by the crowds. I think BlackBerry must try to revive Passport's stealing looks in their Android OS.
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It is a nice looking machine. Let's wait and see if it actually comes to market.
Posted using a Q10, 10.3.2.2474.
Me: BLACKBERRY, TAKE MY MONEY!
Wife: But, honey, you don’t even know what the selling price is yet.
Me: Shhh... Please, dear, can't you see that I'm negotiating?
Wife: Well, don't you think that at least you should-
Me: BLACKBERRY, TAKE MY MONEY!
Look like it also got the convinience key
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I wish i love that new design to replace my classic
Classic is the perfect phone for me but the screen is a bit to small for the vidéo and web
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Almost 2 years from switching from my Passport to Classic my phone shows the aging. It's becames slow some times. Every 3-4 months I have to wipe the device. I think this is the best option after BB10 roadmap.
BB Android has at least some of the options needed.
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What do you do to your Passport man? I've had mine since they first came out and have never wiped it and never had issues.
Just wondering.
Q10 (SQN100-3 : 10.3.2.158), Passport (SQW-100 : 10.3.2.2474)
Why would you switch from Passport to Classics? Unbelievable..do you like to downgrade?
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I never had problems with the passport. It's Classic that gets slow. I switched to Classic due to the size. It's too big and wide. Cannot use it easily specialy for callings.
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Wow, so beautiful
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Actually BlackBerry launch this for Christmas, will make a nice gift myself.
I love my passport but at times I miss my Q10 keyboard. The 4 rows and the ability to go with out touching the screen so often would be a plus for me. Not an android fan but I can upgrade my phone at any time as long as my carrier decided to sell it.
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Love it . If this is the last BlackBerry design, I'm buying enough to last me a few years. 😀
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