As one of the major feature phone manufacturers in the past, BlackBerry has gradually declined after entering the Android era, stopping the introduction of mobile phones and tablets using its own system many years ago, switching to the Android system in 2015, and then switching from a hardware company to a software company, and outsourcing the design of BlackBerry brand mobile phones to other companies.
However, BlackBerry's BlackBerry OS is about to end its service.
BlackBerry announced that older services for BlackBerry 7.1 OS and earlier, BlackBerry 10 software, BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 and earlier will no longer be available after January 4, 2022, and that legacy services connected via carriers or Wi-Fi will no longer operate reliably.
BlackBerry said WiFi and mobile data could also become unreliable, and apps including BlackBerry Link, BlackBerry Desktop Manager, BlackBerry World, BlackBerry Protect, BlackBerry Messenger and BlackBerry Blend "will also have limited functionality."
The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will also reach obsolescence, meaning the ten-year-old tablet will be severely restricted from Jan. 4.
It is understood that blackberry mobile phone is a canadian blackberry company's mobile wireless communication equipment and wireless service brand, its biggest feature is equipped with a complete QWERTY keyboard.
Since 2006, the BlackBerry 7100 "Charm" series has marked a new era of BlackBerry products, which have been loved by many consumers with photo, navigation and BBM chat functions. In 2009, BlackBerry won 20% of the world's market, when Android and iOS were just emerging.
However, since then, the mobile phone market has gradually begun to enter the world of iOS and Android, and BlackBerry's market share has gradually declined. Since the rise of domestic Android models, the era of BlackBerry has officially ended.
Last year, BlackBerry partnered with OnwardMobility, which will license the BlackBerry brand to produce BlackBerry phones. At the time, officials said onwardMobility and its partners were developing a BlackBerry 5G phone that would be released in the first half of this year.
However, this phone has not had any news until now, this year is definitely not coming, so will it come next year? No one knows.