the canadian BlackBerry seems to have really given up on the OS itself 10 BlackBerry OS and will invest all the chips in the Android. 1l5917
After the launch of priv last year, a smartphone with a touch screen and sliding physical keyboard, the manufacturer prepares two new devices with the Google system, for now known only by the codenames “Hamburg” and “Rome”.
O Hamburg apparently it will not have a physical keyboard, but a large touchscreen covering a good part of the front of the device, with the exception of the lower area, where the speaker will be and the top, where a new logo from Blackberry and the front camera.
The device appears to be made of metal, measures 146 x 78mm and is expected to cost around $400, which for the North American market can be considered an “average price”.
Already Rome must have a physical keyboard, but unlike the Priv it will not be sliding, but fixed to the bottom of the device, as were the traditional BlackBerrys of the 2000s and the latest port (which uses BB10, not Android).
The Rome resembles another model leaked at the end of last year, known as Vienna, but it's unclear whether it's the same device with different codenames or variations of the same design.
There is no price or availability forecast for the Rome, but the Hamburg should arrive in the second half of the year. Unfortunately, the technical specifications of any of these devices have not been leaked, but it is likely that this information will begin to appear in the coming months.
For the faithful fans of the BlackBerry brand, a pioneer in the smartphone industry, but which saw its empire crumble after the launch of iPhone, there is hope that the manufacturer decides to market these devices in Brazil.
Source: GSM Arena
