TCL Communication will stop selling the devices in August 2020 and stop providing support for them in August 2022. BlackBerry did not reply to a request for comment regarding whether it intends to continue selling phones. (The Logic)
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TCL Communication will stop selling the devices in August 2020 and stop providing support for them in August 2022. BlackBerry did not reply to a request for comment regarding whether it intends to continue selling phones. (The Logic)
Talking point: BlackBerry decided to stop making its own phones in 2016, instead licensing out the rights to TCL. At its peak, BlackBerry had about 20 per cent of the global phone market. Today, TCL has about one per cent. The partnership ends as TCL is planning the release of its first 5G phone, which is set to hit the U.S. and Canada in the second quarter of this year. BlackBerry, for its part, is increasingly focused on cybersecurity and autonomous-vehicle software; while it was founded in Canada, the leadership spearheading the company’s effort is now based in California, as my colleague Catherine reported in March 2019.
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