Back in Black... Berry: Canadians send out invites to launch China-made phone

10 February 2017
The Mercury/DTEK70 gives the whole "hardware QWERTY" thing another shot.

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  • 11 Feb 2017

God made the world the rest is made in china. ROFL

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    • AnonD-643613
    • ncG
    • 10 Feb 2017

    Rotkaeqpchen, 10 Feb 2017Could you take "china-made" out of the title? What phone is... moreActually there are many phones not made in China. Vietnam, India, Brazil, etc.

      V, 10 Feb 2017I was thinking about the title a little bit and I thought i... moreAgree. GSM sometimes say things which infur a negative tone. Seen that with their HTC announcements too. Even if it is a very good announcement from time to time the will remind the world of negative parts. Never see that with Sam etc. Just saying but it is noticed.

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        • Bomj
        • jyW
        • 10 Feb 2017

        AnonD-510098, 10 Feb 2017Why add China-Made in the title? :/To make a point that the old ones were made in Canada?

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          • AnonD-51736
          • FEA
          • 10 Feb 2017

          It's a dead company that gave its soul to the cheap Chinese.

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            • no no
            • nEr
            • 10 Feb 2017

            Anonymous, 10 Feb 2017you mean assembled in china. But this phone is developed, d... morephone is designed in Canada

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              • svN
              • 10 Feb 2017

              I was thinking about the title a little bit and I thought it's not the place and time to write such sh1t. Looks like I wasn't the only one thinking this way.
              China-made or no China-made, it's still under BB's quality control. Also add that no matter who designs it, it might be Mr. Donald as well, it's still Made in China... like everything else.

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                • AnonD-632062
                • 3Yc
                • 10 Feb 2017

                AnonD-234961, 10 Feb 2017Looks great to me ! Apple iPhone is also made in China, so ... moreAgreed! Almost all smartphones are made in China, so it's not like it's a deal-breaker or anything. This title seems a bit unnecessary, especially when BB just teased the entire phone, like a BOSS!

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                  • AnonD-632062
                  • 3Yc
                  • 10 Feb 2017

                  "It's a Bold move that didn't throw us for a Curve, this new phone could be a real Pearl"
                  Haha, nice pun! :P

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                    • 0tD
                    • 10 Feb 2017

                    AnonD-643553, 10 Feb 2017So is it really confirmed to have an SD821?? It seems like ... moreI don't really care about the chipset. In 3:2 format the screen must be at least 1920x1280 for 1080p movies. If the screen is only 1620x1080 like some rumors says, it will be the deal breaker for me.

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                      • AnonD-643553
                      • qb%
                      • 10 Feb 2017

                      So is it really confirmed to have an SD821?? It seems like half the rumors state 625 and the other half 821... This is going to be the dealbreaker for me upgrading my Priv or not. SD808 didn't age well but I'm not going to step down to a 625 AND a smaller 1080p screen.

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                        • n$E
                        • 10 Feb 2017

                        Touch and type devices are very useful and moreover
                        Blackberry is a trustworthy corporation.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • keJ
                          • 10 Feb 2017

                          It's a Leap of faith and BlackBerry hopes to Torch the competition with a Classic-type phone.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • FXM
                            • 10 Feb 2017

                            What they meant by china made phone was cheap plastic phone?

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                              • AnonD-234961
                              • p$u
                              • 10 Feb 2017

                              Looks great to me ! Apple iPhone is also made in China, so the title is useless.

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                                • AnonD-510098
                                • MAf
                                • 10 Feb 2017

                                Why add China-Made in the title? :/

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                                  • gam30toronto
                                  • RXg
                                  • 10 Feb 2017

                                  it's so pretty. too bad the screen is a little small.. i wish BB is popular again so i can buy one

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                                    • TkF
                                    • 10 Feb 2017

                                    Looks lovely! Tempting. Wish they would make one with a Note like stylus. Bring back the Palm TREO, Sony Ericsson and Motorola Symbian device form factor. Best of all worlds:

                                    Touch screen
                                    Multitasking OS
                                    Tactile keyboard
                                    Pop out stylus

                                    Taxi driver stole my SE P990 on the day of the London bombings, 7/7. After he charged me £30 for a £20 ride.

                                    That was my last non iOS or Android smart phone.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • 3SL
                                      • 10 Feb 2017

                                      Rotkaeqpchen, 10 Feb 2017Could you take "china-made" out of the title? What phone is... moreyou mean assembled in china. But this phone is developed, designed and assembled in china.

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                                        • Rotkaeqpchen
                                        • m6D
                                        • 10 Feb 2017

                                        You could rather write "TCL made". And to be clear. Everything related to mobile phones is coming from "BlackBerry Mobile" not "BlackBerry" nor "TCL". THANKS! :-)