When the partnership between BlackBerry and TCL ended, many thought they would never see a BlackBerry smartphone again. Seven months later, however, BlackBerry partnered with OnwardMobility, which will get a license from BlackBerry to produce BlackBerry phones.
OnwardMobility is an Austin-based startup founded in 2018 that in 2021 it said it would soon release a BlackBerry 5G phone with a full QWERTY keyboard.
However, contrary to expectations, according to Android Police, the BlackBerry 5G mobile phone project has been stillborn.
Android Police said that OnwardMobility lost the BlackBerry brand license, and the BlackBerry 5G mobile phone project is no longer advancing, which means that the mobile phone industry has one less player.
Android Police pointed out that OnwardMobility lost the BlackBerry brand license, and the supply chain has not been fully connected, leading TowardMobility to decide not to promote the BlackBerry 5G mobile phone project anymore.
Analysts pointed out that with the advent of the 5G era, the new round of competition for mobile phone manufacturers is more intense, but because the head manufacturers occupy the advantages of supply chain and capital, the life of small and medium-sized mobile phone manufacturers will be more difficult, and the industry reshuffle is also continuing to accelerate.
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