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BlackBerry used to rule the smartphone space, just so the iPhone came out. BlackBerry execs deemed the iPhone a "toy" and a "fad," but that fad eventually drove the company to revamp its product lineup. It was too late, though. BlackBerry will probably never regain the throne, simply it's not done with smartphones. Information technology'due south making a go of things with Android, and it looks like a new full-touch-screen BlackBerry Android telephone is on the fashion. A posting from serial leaker Evan Blass has revealed the BlackBerry Motion.

BlackBerry (formerly known equally RIM) used to have its own operating system chosen BlackBerry OS. Well, BB OS technically still exists, but the visitor is no longer releasing new phones that run information technology. BlackBerry fabricated a valiant endeavour to salvage its platform by opening an app shop and devising methods of emulating Android apps, but information technology was all too little, too late.

In 2015, BlackBerry launched the Priv, its starting time Android phone. That'due south actually the only Android phone BlackBerry itself has ever built. After the Priv'southward lackluster sales, it partnered with established device maker TCL, which has gotten some attention for its budget-minded Alcatel brand. The first few BlackBerry devices from this union were simply re-badged Alcatel devices branded as "BlackBerry DTEK," only the KEYone from before this twelvemonth was all BlackBerry. That phone even had the iconic Blackberry keyboard, which tempted some BlackBerry OS stalwarts to make the switch to Android.

The newly leaked phone goes back to the all-screen DTEK-fashion design without a physical keyboard. This telephone was previously rumored equally the "Krypton," but the last device volition allegedly be called the "Motion." BlackBerry'south code names are e'er improve than the retail branding—the KEYone was "Mercury" and the Priv was "Venice."

The new image is merely a render, only it looks official, and Blass is a reputable source for leaks. The Motion seems like quite the flat black slab here. The correct border of the phone has a book rocker, power button, and customary Blackberry shortcut fundamental. There'southward as well what appears to be a concrete domicile button in the enormous bezel under the display. It definitely doesn't fit with the tendency of minimizing bezel on mod smartphones. It does at least accept a 3.5mm headphone jack, which more and more phones are dropping.

We don't nonetheless know when the Motility (if indeed that's the proper noun) will be released. A few big mobile tradeshows are happening early in 2018, and then perhaps TCL and BlackBerry will wait until after the vacation rush to officially reveal this phone.