BlackBerry ngonyaka odlule kugxilwe ku-Android lapho esho ngenkuthalo nangokungenzi lutho ukuthi ngeke abeke eceleni i-OS yakhe yamadivayisi eselula, ekugcineni akhohlwe ngakho futhi azinikele kuphela kwi-OS yeGoogle, okuyiyona efakwe kakhulu kuma-smartphones emhlabeni.
Enye yama-smartphones azinikele ngokukhethekile yi-BlackBerry Mercury (sayibona ezinsukwini ezi-4 ezedlule) ezokwethulwa e-CES eLas Vegas ezinsukwini ezizayo futhi lokho kuvelele ukugqama kwalabo abangafuni amaBlackBerry, ikhibhodi yakho ebonakalayo ye-QWERTY.
I-teaser yeBlackBerry Mercury ngekhibhodi yayo ebonakalayo ye-QWERTY, ebilokhu ikhona yakhelwe futhi yenziwa yi-TCL, Inkampani yakwa-Alcatel, ikhonjiswe nguSteve Cistulli, umongameli we-TCL, njengesandulela salokho okuzobonwa eCES eLas Vegas.
Bekuvele kuphakathi noDisemba lapho 'ubudlelwano' benziwa baba semthethweni phakathi kweBlackBerry ne-TCL, okulethe inkampani yaseCanada phambili njengenkampani yesoftware. I-TCL izokwethula amatheminali anegama leBlackBerry, ngakho i-telecom giant izophatha ukuletha isoftware ye-Android.
Amahemuhemu amaningana avela kuBlackBerry Mercury emasontweni adlule abelokhu edweba kancane izici eziphambili ze-smartphone. Kuzoba no-rukulungiswa kwesikrini okungajwayelekile nge-1620 x 1080 kanye ne-pixel density ye-420 ppi, esebenza kahle kusikrini esingu-4,63-intshi. Singakhuluma nange-chip ye-Snapdragon ebingatholakala kubantu engabazi, noma kungaziwa ukuthi izoba yini, mhlawumbe i-625, i-3GB RAM ne-32 GB yememori yangaphakathi.
Isiginali esinikeza qala ohambweni lweBlackBerry unyaka wonke nge-Android. Unyaka lapho kulindeleke khona amatheminali amaningi enkampanini yaseCanada, yize singakhohlwa ngalekhibhodi ebonakalayo ye-QWERTY eyehluke kakhulu kwiMercury.