BlackBerry loses the keyboard for new water-resistant smartphone
The newly unveiled BlackBerry Motion smartphone ditches the brand's trademark QWERTY keyboard, in favour of a touchscreen interface.
Blackberry previously pledged to not make any more hardware ? however new Blackberry Mobile devices are instead being introduced by Chinese partner company TCL.
The Blackberry Motion marks a new shift towards primarily touchscreen interfaces, a staple of rivals like Apple and Samsung.
Instead of the plastic QWERTY keyboard typical of Blackberry phones, the Motion features a 5.5-inch HD display.
It also features a 4000mAH battery, giving it a longer life than previous models, and a dust- and water-resistant IP67 rating, which means it will be able to withstand being submerged in fresh water at a depth of one metre for up to 30 minutes.
The BlackBerry Motion was officially unveiled in a low-key fashion at GITEX Technology Week in Dubai a week ago, after pictures were leaked on Twitter by technology blogger Evan Blass.
It received a luke-warm reception from critics. In The Register, Simon Sharwood said it "will move you neither to tears of joy nor sadness", while Tech Radar reviewer Abbas Jaffar Ali said "the design and specs aren't much to get excited about".
The device runs on a Snapdragon 625 SoC processor, comes with 4GB of Ram, 32GB of storage, a fingerprint reader, and 12 and 8MP cameras on the back and front, respectively. It runs on Android 7.1.
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