Blackberry reports return. It is preparing 5G smartphones with a hardware keyboard

Originally a Canadian brand Blackberry 10 years ago, it was one of the best-selling manufacturers of mobile keyboard phones in the United States. Unfortunately, the trend of touchscreen smartphones has killed this type of device, and the brand’s move to Android has not helped the brand either. Portal GSMarena but informs that the brand is announcing a return this year and wants to bring 5G smartphones, which again will not lack a hardware keyboard.

The Blackberry brand has had its third owner in the last 5 years

The Blackberry brand was originally founded by Research in Motion (RIM). It was later renamed Blackberry Limited. Her phones were popular in the USA not only with teenagers, but also with companies, managers or politicians. Teenagers liked the comfortable QWERTY keyboard for writing SMS messages. Businesses, managers and politicians appreciated the advanced security of the Blackberry OS.

However, with a declining market share due to competition with touch screens, the company decided in 2016 to cut out with smartphone manufacturers. Before that, it tried to break through with Android smartphones, such as the Blackberry Priv. Unfortunately without success. She sold the brand to the Chinese company TCL. It released its last smartphone in 2018 and stopped production a year ago due to low sales. However, another company acquired the Blackberry brand at the end of the year OnwardMobility. It is now announcing the return of Blackberry smartphones.

Hardware keyboard, 5G and advanced security will be the advantages of the new models

OnwardMobility CEO Peter Franklin said this in an interview with the Chinese media and revealed that the new BlackBerry smartphone will arrive later this year. It should be a smartphone with a hardware keyboard, high-end parameters and should not lack support for 5G networks. The brand would like to list several models in turn. The good news is that they should also be available in Europe.

Even for new models, the manufacturer will rely on a high level of security, which wants to assert itself in companies again. OnwardMobility itself has been providing companies with secure communication services for 10 years. The smartphones should be made for her by the Chinese manufacturer Foxconn, which also installs Apple iPhone smartphones.

Hardware keyboard smartphones are missing in the market today, so the Blackberry brand will not have much competition in this type of device. It is questionable how many customers still want the hardware keyboard in the smartphone in 2021. We will find out the answer a few months after the release of the first smartphone of the renewed brand.