BlackBerry Mercury Has Been Revealed

BlackBerry Mercury leak reveals US availability and new features.

BlackBerry has been a dwindling force in the smartphone market in the last few years, but that hasn’t stopped them from developing one last phone named BlackBerry Mercury which is set to be officially unveiled at CES 2017. However, a number of leaks already revealed the design and some of the specs of the company’s latest phone.

Whether it will impress or disappoint, the BlackBerry Mercury, as the phone has been codenamed during its development, it will go down in the history of the industry, as another manufacturer decides to retire its hardware business to focus more on the side of software.

BlackBerry is mostly known for their smartphones featuring the classic QWERTY keyboards, and for their last device, they decided to stick with this design, although it proved extremely unpopular in the smartphone age. Nonetheless, in addition to previous leaks, the most recent one shows the BlackBerry Mercury, whose official commercial name is still unknown, running on Android Nougat 7.0.

The phone will also feature a fingerprint scanner integrated into the spacebar coupled with other identity verification methods due to its various mobile payment software, which is expected to be available on the BlackBerry Mercury. According to the new leak, the phone will be available in the US and it will support Verizon’s CDMA network.

In terms of specs, which are uncertain if they are final or not, the BlackBerry Mercury features a 4.5-inch screen with 1920 x 1080 resolution, powered by a 3400mAh battery. It will include 3GB of RAM, only 32 GB of storage capacity as well as an 18-mp rear camera and an 8-mp front-facing sensor. A lot of uncertainty surrounds its CPU, which many expect to be either a Snapdragon 625 or 821.

The BlackBerry Mercury will be the last phone under the company’s brand as they have licensed their hardware to TCL Communication Technology Holdings based in China. As such, the company has become the fourth-largest phone manufacturer in North America.

Although leaks can be unreliable, and those excited for the new handset should take any information with a grain of salt, the official reveal of the phone is right around the corner, on January 5^th.

What do you think about the BlackBerry Mercury?

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Roxanne Briean

I am a geek, a gamer and a writer. I have always been fascinated with the online community. At the moment I work as a full-time writer and study interior design. When I'm not scouring the net in search of interesting new gadgets and software I spend my time in MOBAs or drawing.