Articles tagged "BlackBerry"

BlackBerry took the stage at IFA 2018 and introduced the KEY2 LE as a toned-down version of the KEY2. The device appeared for pre-order in Europe immediately after the launch, but the US arrival happened only last Friday. The next big market to...

Back at IFA, BlackBerry announced a more affordable version of the BlackBerry KEY2, which it called the LE or Light Edition. It’s a lower cost version of the $549 KEY2 with a few key differences, mainly in the polycarbonate (hard plastic) build...

BlackBerry and its manufacturing partner Optiemus jointly introduced at the beginning of August two smartphones called Evolve X and Evolve. While the former was released on Amazon the very same month, the latter, which is a more affordable device...

All chat clients these days have "delivered" and "seen" labels to reassure you that your message reached its intended recipient. But what if getting the message delivered was literally a matter of life and death? Enter Research in Motion or as it...

This year's IFA in Berlin might not be over yet, but all the major announcements have been made. We can't say it was the most exciting of the shows but some manufacturers there was still some hot hardware for us. Sony As per tradition, Sony...

Mere hours have passed since BlackBerry made the KEY2 LE official but already the phone can be ordered in the UK and the Netherlands by eager early adopters. Retailer Unlocked-Mobiles has the KEY2 LE up for pre-order at a price of £349 for a...

The BlackBerry KEY2 was well-received by the Android community, especially by the business users in the US, Canada, Germany and Central EU. However, we can't overlook the fact that the KEY2's price tag is a little off for the hardware it...

BlackBerry's latest KEY2 smartphone is a great niche device, but can't get away from the fact that it's a little on the expensive side. The upcoming KEY2 LE aims to right the wrongs of its more expensive sibling by offering pretty much the same...

A firmware update for the BlackBerry KEY2 is live in North America with users in the US and Canada getting the ABE181 build over the air. The update brings the security patch level up to August 5. The download is a little short of 400MB,...

Any Canadians with a BlackBerry Keyone? Check your phone, there should be an Oreo update waiting for you. The update started its rollout already - it was initially scheduled for the 13th, but there was a minor delay. Anyway, Keyones from other...

BlackBerry is having an announcement on August 30 in Berlin right in time for IFA. The company already outed its flagship Key2, so it will most likely introduce the Key2 LE that appeared earlier this month. With two weeks left until the event,...

We wanted to like the BlackBerry KEY2, but it was priced too high to gain significant traction. TCL may have a fix for that – the manufacturer behind the BB brand has sent out “save the date” invites for an IFA event. It will be held on August 30...

Old-school BlackBerry fans were excited to see TCL releasing a follow-up to the original BlackBerry Keyone and it turned out to be a pretty decent smartphone. However, the letdown was the pricing. The KEY2 isn't packed with flagship hardware, but it...

It's not every week that we get to do a run-down of new phone releases. Rarer, still, is the list quite as long and complete with high end offerings, a premium tablet and with a bunch of different brands participating. Samsung introduced its 2018...

It's been a while since last we had a BlackBerry phone among the 10 most popular in our database, but now we have two at the same time. The newly introduced Evolve and Evolve X make a flying start to take ninth and third, respectively. The Xiaomi...

BlackBerry and its Indian manufacturing partner Optiemus announced together the Evolve series that includes two smartphones - BlackBerry Evolve and BlackBerry Evolve X. The two phones share tall screens, dual cameras and massive 4,000 mAh batteries...

BlackBerry is preparing a new smartphone for the Indian market with its local Optiemus licensee, and the device was first rumored to be called Ghost. Later Evan Blass said the Ghost will be actually named Evolve and will come alongside a mightier...

BlackBerry is working on a toned down version of the KEY2 smartphone it launched back in June, and so far we've been referring to this one as the KEY2 Lite. Thanks to the FCC having certified a bunch of different regional versions of it already, we...

Another variant of the BlackBerry KEY2 has recently been spotted going through the FCC for certification. The model in question looks very similar to the BlackBerry KEY2. In fact, it certainly is the BlackBerry look-alike that @evleaks showed us on...

The BlackBerry Keyone was a massive success and TCL launched its followup named Key2 in early June. The phone slowly started arriving to various markets, including the UAE, the UK, and Canada. The next major country that is set to get the BlackBerry...