Blackberry Mercury to go official on Feb 25

Blackberry by TCL

TCL confirmed via Twitter that a ‘new Blackberry’ phone will be launched on Feb 25, two days before MWC2017 officially opens.

25.02.17 #MWC2017 #BlackBerryMobile pic.twitter.com/uChVjp62TJ

— BlackBerry Mobile (@BBMobile) January 24, 2017

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The tweet contains a gif that highlights the phone as ‘distinctly different’. Probably because the phone includes a physical keyboard.

Unofficially dubbed as ‘Mercury‘, the ‘new Blackberry’ phone was showcased at CES 2017, but no more than the actual device was provided by the company.

As for its specification, a previous report suggests that Mercury might pack a capable Qualcomm Snapdragon 625.

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TCL is a Chinese company that currently handles the production of Blackberry smartphones.

see also:

• Phone-Off: Xiaomi Mi Note 2 vs Blackberry DTEK 60
• Blackberry DTEK 60: Hands On + Full Review

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