BlackBerry confirmed on the earnings call following its dismal fiscal first-quarter report that despite the launch of its new BlackBerry 10 platform, it still has plans to release a new phone powered by the old BlackBerry 7 operating system. Since the company has yet to address the all-too-important budget price range with its new BB10 software, the curious move at least made some sense — while logic might dictate that BlackBerry should put all of its resources into BB10, a new BB7 phone might help stop low-end Android phones and Nokia’s Asha lineup from crushing BlackBerry sales in emerging markets. Unfortunately, BlackBerry’s upcoming BB7-powered smartphone, the BlackBerry 9270, appears to be a mid-range handset rather than a dirt-cheap budget phone, so it will seemingly compete with BlackBerry’s own Q5 smartphone as opposed to entry-level offerings from rivals. Several leaked photos of the upcoming BlackBerry 9270 published by the blog Thai BlackBerry Club follow below.
Can BlackBerry drum up new business with old software? BlackBerry 9720 photos leak
Updated Dec 19th, 2018 8:41PM EST
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