BlackBerry’s next 3 Android phones and feature in 2017

The BlackBerry OS is clearly dead and buried, and currently BlackBerry the corporate is doing all it will to avoid an identical fate. The smartphone maker is currently promise its last hopes on golem, with 3 new devices reported to be in development, despite the BlackBerry Priv, their initial phone to run Google’s OS, being a serious flop upon its unleash earlier this year.

BlackBerry chief operating officer John Chen has born hints recently concerning another golem phone returning within the close to future, however per a replacement report from VentureBeat, as several as 3 devices square measure within the works, with plans to unleash one per quarter over subsequent 9 months. The 3 models square measure presently famous by the codenames of inert gas, Argon, and Mercury, and can span the zero in each valuation and specs.

First up, expected to debut someday in July or August, is that the inert gas. Sources say this phone can a low- to mid-range model, aimed toward each client and enterprise customers. Its potential specs embody a five.2-inch 1080p touchscreen that spans the front — which means no physical keyboard this point, a flower 617 chip with 3GB of RAM, 2610mAh battery, 16GB of internal storage, and 8MP and 13MP cameras for the front and back, severally.

BlackBerry’s next 3 Android phones and feature in 2017

The following quarter can see the discharge of the element in October, a considerably higher device aimed toward enterprise customers and fans of flagship smartphones. This model can feature a five.5-inch QHD touchscreen show (again, no physical keyboard), flower 820 processor with 4GB of RAM, three000mAh battery with support for QuickCharge 3.0, 32GB of storage, USB-C, fingerprint reader, and 21MP rear camera with 8MP on the front.

BlackBerry's next three golem phones planned for unleash by early 2017

Lastly is that the Mercury, that was initial delineate in an exceedingly rendering earlier in the week (above). With a unleash planned for someday within the half-moon of 2017, the Mercury are for BlackBerry traditionalists World Health Organization miss their Passport phones. it'll feature a physical keyboard, just like the Priv, however ditch the slippery  form-factor that hid it behind the screen once no in use.

Along with that QWERTY typer are a four.5-inch HD show, flower 625 processor, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, 3400mAh battery, and rear and front camera with 18MP and 8MP, respectively.

Assuming all these specs are accurate, BlackBerry certainly has done their homework in designing three separate, distinctive phones to serve different consumer niches. But the Android market is a very crowded one, and at this point it just feels like BlackBerry is fighting a losing battle.

Source slashgear