Nangona ngoku bambalwa kakhulu abavelisi ababonelela ngesisombululo ngohlobo lwekhibhodi ebonakalayo njengesixhobo (i-Samsung), akukho mvelisi unee-smartphones ezinekhibhodi ebonakalayo. UBlackBerry usacinga ukuba ikhibhodi yindlela eyaneleyo yokunxibelelana ne-smartphone kwaye nabani na okhe wasebenzisa iBlackBerry ngolu hlobo lwebhodi yezitshixo uya kuqonda ukuba ikhawuleza kakhulu, ikhawuleza kwaye ikhululekile kunokubhala kwiscreen, nangona sele siyiqhelile kwaye nesantya sokubhala siphezulu kakhulu, kodwa hayi. ukhululekile .
IBlackBerry ibhengeze ngoSeptemba ophelileyo ukuba iyamisa izixhobo zokuvelisa, inikezela ngelayisenisi yokuvelisa kunye nokusetyenziswa kumntu wesithathu, i-TCL, kodwa ngokusekwe kuyilo lomenzi waseKhanada. Imodeli elandelayo eya kubetha imarike, asazi ukuba nini, iya kuba yiBlackBerry Mercury, Ngokuqinisekileyo iya kuboniswa kwi-CES elandelayo, ebanjwa ngoJanuwari eLas Vegas. Amaxesha ngamaxesha besipapasha iifoto okanye izikrini zokuba esi sixhobo siza kuba njani, kodwa akukho nanye kuzo esinokubona nasiphi na ireferensi enokulinganiswa yokusinika umbono wokuba iya kuba nkulu kangakanani.
Le mifanekiso isivumela ukuba sifumane umbono wokuba iBlackBerry Mercury iya kuba njani, isixhobo njengoko sibona emifanekisweni siya kubetha intengiso nge-Android 7. Isikrini se-4,5-intshi siya kusinika isisombululo se-1620 x 1080, kunye ne-420 ppi., inzwa yeminwe iya kudityaniswa kwibar yendawo. Ngaphakathi kubonakala ngathi asizukufumana i-Snapdragon 821 kodwa endaweni yoko inkampani iya kukhetha i-Snapdragon 625, ukuze ukusetyenziswa kwebhetri kwandiswe ukuya kuthi ga kwiintsuku ezimbini. Okwangoku akukho lwazi luvuzayo malunga nexabiso kunye nokufumaneka, kodwa kuthathelwa ingqalelo iprosesa kunye nokuba i-DTEK ene-Snapdragon 821 yi-599 euros, kunokwenzeka ukuba le terminal iya kuba phakathi kwe-400 kunye ne-500 ye-euro.