Blackberry’s 5G Smartphone Plans is shutting down; Official announcement

Blackberry mobile licensee has announced that the company plans to shut down OnwardMobilit. They will no longer be proceeding with the development of an ultra-secure smartphone with a physical keyboard. The Blackberry mobile manufacturer had announced plans to launch a 5G smartphone with a keypad later this year after it ended support for its old phones that once dominated the phone market.

OnwardMobility did not clarify as to why the plans for its next 5G smartphone were scrapped, nor did the company announce its plans ahead. Before OnwardMobility, TCL Corporation looked after the development of Blackberry smartphones. The ultra-secure 5G Blackberry smartphone was touted to launch last year, but the company had to delay plans. OnwardMobility had claimed that the official launch did not happen as lat year as “2021 was truly a challenging year to launch a new phone”.