Canadian handset maker BlackBerry is set to launch its latest smartphone - the BlackBerry Mercury at Mobile World Congress 2017 (MWC) in Barcelona tonight (February 25 11:30PM IST).
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The BlackBerry Mercury is likely to be called BlackBerry DTEK70 and would be a QWERTY smartphone. It is most likely the "last smartphone" designed and engineered inhouse by the Canadian handset maker.Follow MWC 2017 Full Coverage Here
Earlier, BlackBerry Mercury was unveiled at CES 2017, however, the company did not out soecific details about the smartphone. With BlackBerry enthusiasts ready for the launch, which is a few hours from now, here is what we can expect from the BlackBerry Mercury.
BlackBerry Mercury or BlackBerry DTEK70 will feature what the company has been best doing over the years - making a QWERTY phone. Its major highlight has to be its QWERTY keyboard. Also, in a typical BlackBerry style, the Mercury is likely to offer a physical keyboard, which will be paired with the Android operating system. Also, there are some indications that the upcoming Blackberry phone could be called Blackberry 'Press'.
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BlackBerry Mercury is expected to have a spacebar that will double up as a fingerprint sensor while the keyboard itself would have capacitive touch capabilities for scrolling. The device is likely to sport a USB Type-C port for charging and data transfers.
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The smartphone would have a 4.5-inch 1080 x 1620 pixels display with a pixel density of 420ppi. It is expected to be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 SoC.
BlackBerry Mercury will pack in 3GB of RAM and 32GB ROM and will be powered by 3,400mAh battery. BlackBerry Mercury aka DTEK70 smartphone has been tipped to sport the same 12-megapixel camera unit with Sony IMX378 camera sensor at the back as seen on the Google Pixel lineup.
China's TCL Corporation had in January released a video teaser of Blackberry's upcoming smartphone with a physical keyboard as it will initially sell and promote the smartphone. What has been underlined in the licensing agreement between BlackBerry and TCL Communication Technology Holdings in December last year, the latter owns the right to make and sell BlackBerry-branded smartphones in all countries except Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh and India.
Earlier this month, BlackBerry inked an agreement to license BlackBerry software and services for the production of secure BlackBerry Android handsets in more global markets including India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh.
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