BlackBerry fans can finally rejoice as the company is all set to launch their comeback phone dubbed, the ‘Mercury’. BlackBerry confirmed the details when they tweeted the announcement date i.e. February 25, which makes it clear that the phone will be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress.
BlackBerry Mercury is shaping up to be one of the most impressive phones of the year, if the latest rumours are to be believed.
The flagship new Android smartphone was teased at CES 2017 in Las Vegas.
The BlackBerry Mercury sports a slick new industrial design that appears to blend the svelte aluminium body of modern Android smartphones with the traditional physical QWERTY keyboard seen on classic BlackBerry devices.
But unlike these traditional keyboards, the new Mercury keys will allow phone owners to swipe over the physical keys to interact with items on the display.
So users will be able to swipe across the keyboard to scroll down web pages or emails, saving your thumbs from constantly reaching between the physical keys and the touchscreen above. There’s also a fingerprint sensor built into the keyboard’s space bar, allowing users to unlock the device quickly.
BlackBerry will continue to work as a software organisation and will work in collusion with TCL to deliver a high caliber Android phone. TCL is currently working on phones that will range from affordable entry-level phones to premium phones and we assume that the ‘Mercury’ will be part the upper echelon. ‘Mercury’ is currently the project name for the device and the official name will be confirmed on the day of the announcement.
NETWORK
Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE
SIM Nano-SIM
– Capacitive touch 3-row BlackBerry keyboard
DISPLAY
Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (~490 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
PLATFORM
OS Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 821
CPU Quad-core (2×2.15 GHz Kryo & 2×1.6 GHz Kryo)
GPU Adreno 530
MEMORY
Card slot microSD, up to 256 GB
Internal 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
CAMERA
Primary 13 MP, f/2.0, phase detection autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps
Secondary 8 MP, f/2.2, 1080p
SOUND
Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack Yes
– Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
COMMS
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE, EDR
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Radio No
USB Yes
FEATURES
Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM, BBM
Browser HTML5
Java No
– Fast battery charging
– MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FlAC player
– DivX/Xvid/MP4/H.265 player
– Photo/video editor
– Document viewer
BATTERY
Non-removable Li-Ion battery
COLORS
Black
SOURCE : NewaWrita