RIP: Say Goodbye to Blackberry Phone, 2020 is the last year of Blackberry.

One of the mobile era leaders has formally vanished because it just couldn't keep up.

If you're a fan of BlackBerry this was probably not the best week for you. TCL Communication announced on February 3 that it no longer had the right to create/sell Android phones under the BlackBerry Mobile branding.
TCL has officially ended its relationship with BlackBerry, and as such will stop selling BlackBerry-branded mobile devices in August.

it means BlackBerry smartphones are dead...again.

TCL will, however, continue to support existing devices and the consumer warranty will last until 2022. Even though the company may partner with another manufacturing company to continue selling handheld devices, the company has yet to comment on such deals.
That could mean losing the chance for BlackBerry fans to buy one of the devices that were once so popular that people called them "CrackBerries." It's uncertain if BlackBerry will partner with another manufacturing company to continue selling the devices. The company did not return a request for comment immediately.

An incredible journey. #TeamBlackBerry #KEY2 pic.twitter.com/OZOaNXSfzJ

— BlackBerry Mobile (@BBMobile) February 5, 2020

"We would like to thank all our partners, consumers and the BlackBerry fan community for their support in recent years to those of us at TCL Communication who have been lucky enough to work on BlackBerry Mobile,"
TCL Communication continued in the statement.
TCL has been working with BlackBerry to produce some of their most popular handhelds, including BlackBerry KEY2, KEY2 LE, and KEYonne Motion. In the early beginnings of smartphone tech, BlackBerry was also one of the most popular handhelds on the market, even introducing a full QWERTY keyboard.

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Although potentially a loss for keyboard-loving smartphone users, BlackBerry itself no longer relies on the bulk of its business on sales of mobile devices.

In 2016, BlackBerry stopped making its own devices and outsourced handset production to partners such as TCL Communication instead. This was due to declining phone sales, a saturated mobile phone market and the company's failure to fast enough include a touchscreen in their devices.

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— BlackBerry Mobile (@BBMobile) February 3, 2020

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