In February of this year, BlackBerry Mobile officially tweeted that from August 31, 2020, TCL Communications, which has obtained brand authorization, will no longer sell BlackBerry branded mobile devices. So far, TCL has nothing to do with BlackBerry.
Following the agreement between Onward Mobility and FIH Fuzhikang. The start-up brand Onward Mobility will become the fourth-generation licensee of the BlackBerry brand, and announced that “BlackBerry” will launch a brand new 5G smartphone in 2021, which will support 5G networks and retain the iconic physical buttons.
Naijatechnews has learned that Onward Mobility has only announced one model this time. As for whether it will continue to launch other “BlackBerry” models, it is unclear.
In 1984, Canadian RIM Company was established;
In 1999, the BlackBerry mobile phone was founded, and gained the favor of American upper class people through the 9/11 incident;
In 2008, launched the first BlackBerry smartphone;
On January 30, 2013, the company name was changed from “RIM” to “BlackBerry”;
In September 2013, the number of BlackBerry users in the United States reached its peak, with approximately 85 million users;
In September 2016, TCL acquired the rights to the BlackBerry brand and released four devices and authorized BB Merah Putih in Indonesia and Optiemus Infracom in India to use its brands in some regions;
On February 4, 2020, it was announced that BlackBerry phones would be discontinued;
On August 19, 2020, Onward Mobility was authorized by “BlackBerry”
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