BlackBerry’s 5G Phone Is Officially Dead

The delayed 5G BlackBerry telephone is lifeless, OnwardMobility has confirmed on its web site.

“It’s with nice disappointment that we announce that OnwardMobility might be shutting down, and we’ll not be continuing with the event of an ultra-secure smartphone with a bodily keyboard,” OnwardMobility stated in a message posted Friday, as noticed earlier by CrackBerry. “Please know that this was not a call that we made flippantly or in haste. We share your disappointment on this information and guarantee you this isn’t the end result we labored and hoped for.”

Android Police and CrackBerry initially reported the telephone had been cancelled on Feb. 11, saying OnwardMobility, a Texas-based startup in search of to revitalize the long-lasting model by means of an Android-based, next-gen Wi-Fi gadget, misplaced the license from BlackBerry Ltd. to make use of the BlackBerry model title.

OnwardMobility didn’t increase on why it’s shutting down and cancelling manufacturing of the telephone.

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The information comes after BlackBerry ended service for its legacy units in early January and OnwardMobility promised an replace concerning the telephone in a weblog publish final month titled: “Opposite to widespread perception, we’re not lifeless.”

Earlier than OnwardMobility picked up the license, Chinese language producer TCL was the latest maker of BlackBerry-branded telephones. It launched the BlackBerry KeyTwo in 2018, together with different units that ran on Android. Nevertheless, TCL has since moved on to releasing its personal midrange telephones.

BlackBerry didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.