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BlackBerry Mercury’s Performance at MWC 2017

Feb 26, 2017 07:26 AM EST

BlackBerry is present in tonight's MWC 2017 at 7 PM CET to launch their newest smartphone, codenamed Mercury; expected to be called as BlackBerry DTEK70. It was said to be the last phone developed and engineered by BlackBerry. It was recently showed by the company at CES 2017 last Jan. 3-5, 2017, however, didn't produce any specific details about their upcoming device; the BlackBerry Mercury.

According to Phone Arena, one of the BlackBerry's Mercury highlight is its trademark QWERTY keyboard. Almost all smartphone manufacturers produce on-screen keyboards in their smartphone devices but still, Blackberry chooses to feature a QWERTY keyboard physically built; they are one of the mobile manufacturers that use QWERTY keyboard for a long period of time.

BlackBerry's Mercury keyboard isn't just a normal keypad, it has a fingerprint sensor that is built with its spacebar along with its keyboard itself, and it has special capabilities for scrolling. This device was also made with a USB Type-C for charging purposes and will run Android Nougat.

As for BlackBerry Mercury's price, unfortunately, there's no information has been available. However, this device has been predicted to run on an Android 7.0 Nougat that features a 4.5-inch with a 1080 x 1620 pixels display along with its pixel density of 420ppi.

BlackBerry Mercury also is known as BlackBerry DTEK70 was made to be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor. Gizbot reported that BlackBerry Mercury was made with a 3GB RAM along with its 32GB built-in storage, and will carry a 3400mAh battery for longer use. This device was also made with 12-megapixel camera with SONY IMX378 camera sensor.

BlackBerry Mercury will be sold by TCL Communication Technology Holdings. TCL has the rights to manufacture and sell BlackBerry smartphones in all countries except, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal.

For the Brightside, we already know and have expectations about the upcoming BlackBerry Mercury. But the live announcement will help us to gain better details and idea for the device. Better check CrackBerry for clearer live streaming in the MWC 2017 event.

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