Back in Black... Berry: Canadians send out invites to launch China-made phone
Here’s a
refreshing new take on a press invite - just show the phone, rather than
cramming marketing doublespeak down our throats. Other than a simple hashtag,
there are no words in this invite because there’s no need for BlackBerry to say
anything - it’s better to just show it.
It’s a Bold move
that didn’t throw us for a Curve, this new phone could be a real Pearl. Did the
subliminal messaging work? Because seeing this image of the BlackBerry
Mercury/DTEK70 brought back a lot of fond memories of the time when BB was
awesome. Bolds, Curves, Pearls, they were the workhorses of the business world
and, surprisingly, even students were all over them - BlackBerry Messenger
being the Snapchat of its day.
Anyway, the
company didn’t go as far as putting the specifications on the invite, but we
know enough from rumors. A relatively small 4.5” screen will sit above the old
school QWERTY, inside a modern Snapdragon 821 will provide the number crunching
power.
As the DTEK name
suggests, the Mercury is a TCL-made phone - the manufacturer already makes two
models, but this is the first one with a QWERTY. Check back with us at the end
of the month to find out if it carries the BlackBerry spirit or if it has gone
the way of Alcatel.
Source: gsmarena
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