BlackBerry Kunyaka ophelileyo kugxilwe kwi-Android xa wayethetha ngokungathandabuzekiyo ukuba akazukubeka bucala i-OS yakhe kwizixhobo eziphathwayo, ukuze ekugqibeleni alibale ngayo kwaye azinikezele ngokukodwa kwi-OS kaGoogle, eyeyona ifakelwe kakhulu kwii-smartphones emhlabeni.
Enye yee-smartphones ezinikezelwe ngokukodwa yiBlackBerry Mercury (sayibona kwiintsuku ezi-4 ezidlulileyo) eya kuthi ibonakaliswe e-CES eLas Vegas kwiintsuku ezizayo kwaye ezimele ukubalasela kwezo zinto zingathandekiyo zeBlackBerry, ikhibhodi yakho ebonakalayo yeQWERTY.
I-teaser yeBlackBerry Mercury kunye nekhibhodi yayo ebonakalayo yeQWERTY, ebikhona yenzelwe kwaye yenziwa yi-TCLInkampani yakwa-Alcatel, iboniswe nguSteve Cistulli, umongameli we-TCL, njengokuqala kwinto ezakubonwa eCES eLas Vegas.
Kwakusele kuphakathi kuDisemba xa 'ubudlelwane' bamiselwa ngokusesikweni phakathi kweBlackBerry kunye ne-TCL, ezise inkampani yaseCanada phambili njengenkampani yesoftware. I-TCL izakuphehlelela ii-terminals ezinophawu lweBlackBerry, ke umnxeba omkhulu we-telecom uya kuba noxanduva lokuzisa isoftware ye-Android.
Amarhe aliqela avele kwiBlackBerry Mercury kwiiveki ezidlulileyo ebitsala ezona mpawu ziphambili ze-smartphone. Iya kuba ne-rIsisombululo esikwisikrini singaqhelekanga nge-1620 x 1080 kunye ne-pixel density ye-420 ppi, esebenza kakuhle kwiscreen se-4,63-intshi. Singathetha nge-chip ye-Snapdragon eyayiza kubakho kubantu abangabaziyo, nangona kungaziwa ukuba iya kuba yintoni, mhlawumbi i-625, i-3GB ye-RAM kunye ne-32 GB yememori yangaphakathi.
Isiphelo sendlela enika qala kuhambo lweBlackBerry unyaka wonke nge-Android. Unyaka ekulindeleke ukuba amanye amatheminali avela kwinkampani yaseCanada, nangona sinokulibala ngalebhodi yezitshixo yeQWERTY ebonakalayo kwiMercury.