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CEO John Chen said more info may be to be had subsequent month
Android smartphones were introduced for a 2016 release
The smartphones will goal the mid-variety section
BlackBerry CEO John Chen revealed in advance this yr the Canadian cellphone and offerings agency will unveil two mid-variety Android smartphones in 2016, however now, it looks as if we have a greaterdefinitive time body. Chen in an interview has now discovered that greater information about the twosmartphones can be unveiled as soon as next month.
Chen said he could display extra information about the smartphones in July, without divulging anysimilarly details. records surrounding each the smartphones is scarce in the meanwhile, past a fewpicture leaks of two smartphones said to be codenamed Hamburg and Rome.
He re-iterated that both the smartphones could be within the mid-variety phase, or the mid to highsection. however, there will be no smartphones positioned for the excessive–end marketplace this yr.
talking to cell Syrup, Chen stated, “i am now not really prepared to unveil that. I guess, i was thinking about doing that extra in July time body. i’ve spoken approximately having of them in among now and thegive up of this financial year, and that they generally they both of them extra in the mid-variety and mid to excessive, not going to be a high quit smartphone.”
in advance, BlackBerry announced its Q1 2017 results, and the numbers do not paint a pretty picture. The Canadian cell employer offered just 500,000 telephones globally inside the first financial sector – down from six hundred,000 within the previous area. It represents a yr-on-12 months decline of aboutfifty four percent, and the agency mentioned a net lack of $670 million, that’s its largest loss in overyears. sales additionally fell to $four hundred million, a 39 percentage downfall from final yr. Chen blames these numbers to the strategic restructuring prices in the organisation, and says that he stillbelieves that BlackBerry can take advantage of its tool enterprise. in the meantime, facebook and WhatsApp have already announced that they may be ending assist for BlackBerry devices
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