Blackberry has made an official decision - they will not be going to build up smartphones by itself anymore from this point onwards. Despite everything, they will still see the BlackBerry brand on the mobile devices but it will not be designed by the Canadian company. These will be made by hardware partners that which they permitted to utilize the BlackBerry programming stack on Android.

According to GSMARENA, Blackberry is currently making the partnership official with the TCL, the Chinese multinational electronics corporation that likewise offers mobile phones under the brand of Alcatel. This move of BlackBerry was surprising, since TCL and BlackBerry as of now, have coordinated on two mobile phones, specifically the DTEK50 and DTEK60. Both of those mobile phones have been rebranded by Alcatel outlines, so maybe we ought to expect more of this kind of strategy in the future.

Furthermore, TCL will do the outline, fabricate, sell, and provide the client support to BlackBerry-branded mobile phones. On the other hand, BlackBerry permitted TCL Communication to use its security programming and administration suite, as well as related brand resources. BlackBerry will proceed to control and develop its security and programming solution that serve the clients and maintaining their trust with Blackberry.

On the other hand, NEWS18.com stated that this new agreement of TCL will give them the fourth-biggest handset producer in North America, the privilege to make and offer BlackBerry-branded mobile phones in all nations except with India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Indonesia, and others BlackBerry's greatest handset markets. It is unclear of what BlackBerry has gotten to those nations, however maybe a different hardware partner they will be dealing with building and offering mobile phones

In September, BlackBerry signed an arrangement to the largest handset market, Indonesia's BB Merah Putih to make and offer new gadgets with the country. Blackberry's income in the most recent quarter was $156 million from programming and services and $166 million in the earlier quarter. The device business contributed $105 million in overall.

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