According to rumours based on a couple renders released in the last two months, BlackBerry licensee Optiemus is preparing two new and fancy smartphones: Ghost and Ghost Pro. Both are supposed to sport 18:9 aspect ratio, edge-to-edge screens and, probably, rear-placed biometric reader. These phones have no official launch date, but Hardip Singh, executive director of Optiemus, said in a review that two new BlackBerry phones will be released in Q2 2018. It is unsure whether these two phones will be Ghost and Ghost Pro, but it seems possible. ...

Nobody expects two things: Spanish Inquisition and updates for old smartphones. We do not have to worry about the former anymore, but it seems that the latter is, thankfully, still a thing. BlackBerry Priv is an over three years old smartphone, and yet BlackBerry decided that it requires a new firmware version. The changelist of the update number (AAW068) is unknown, but the very fact that it has been released at all is a positive surprise. The update weights 100 megabytes, so there should be something significant in it. Possibly a bunch of security fixes. ...

A widely-recognized BlackBerry KEYone smartphone, a physical-keyboard-that-could has just received its newest security patch. Unfortunately, only the unlocked units are eligible for the update – owners of carrier units will have to wait a bit longer. Specific changes in the update are unknown but can be assumed to be a bunch of Android and BlackBerry vulnerability fixes. If it does not download onto your phone automatically, tap the Update button. Tweet Vote on HN ...

@evleaks strikes again, this time with a nice little render of GHOST, BlackBerry’s latest smartphone. Device, designed and built by Indian company Optiemus, sports a smart, premium look. That edge to edge display looks pretty snappy.With that being said, I must get to the unfortunate point of GHOST most probably being an India exclusive smartphone. Reason for this is the fact that it was made by Optiemus, probably for use on its network. Hopefully this will turn out to be untrue and rest of the world will also be able to enjoy ...

Yay, two BlackBerry news in one day! New colour variant of BB KEYone, Bronze Edition, will soon be released in Europe, Middle East and Asia – sorry, Americans, no word on US release yet. Bronze Edition’s specs will be the same as Black Edition’s, the only difference being a new colour. Oh, and there will be a dual-SIM variant too, because why not.Also, BlackBerry Motion will soon come out in the US! Device will be released on February 12 and available via Amazon and Best Buy for a price of ...

Nice. If you have been waiting for a sale on BB KEYone, you got a permanent one now! Best Buy and Amazon are both offering BlackBerry KEYone $500, which is fifty bucks cheaper than before. Phone is available in two versions, CMDA and GSM. Tweet Vote on HN ...

BlackBerry Motion, BB’s first water-and-dust proof smartphone, is coming to the United States! Device will be sold unlocked via BestBuy and Amazon with a price tag of $449.99. Features of Motion include a mid-range specs such as 5.5′, 1080p scratch-resistant screen, 8-core Snapdragon 625 CPU, 4GB RAM and a 4000mAh battery – all of it controlled by an Android 7.1 Nougat OS which will sooner or later be upgraded to Oreo.Motion may, but does not have to, also be released va Verizon, Sprint and ...

One of the most popular messengers in the world will soon stop supporting some of the phones’ and OS’ – mostly the old ones. After 31st December, WhatsApp will not support phones with BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry 10 and Windows Phone 8. In two years, WhatsApp is also supposed to stop supporting Android OS’ older than 4.0. The official reason for such action is that WhatsApp wants to keep improving their software and having to keep it available for old software is holding the whole program ...

Back in October, Phonearena spreaded rumour according to which BlackBerry is working on the sequel to extremely popular (all things considered) BlackBerry KeyONE smartphone. The device was rumoured to pack a Snapdragon 660 CPU, 1080 x 1620 resolution display and, of course, a QWERTY keyboard. Today the story continues as a very particular benchmark test was discovered on the Geekbench website. Benchmarked phone in question is called Qualcomm BBF100-1. Its listed specifications is:– Snapdragon 660 CPU, 8-cores,– Adreno 512 GPU,– 6GB RAM.Qualcomm BBF100-1 scored a ...

KEYone is one of the most succesful phones made by BlackBerry. Users enjoyed the phone’s elegant looks, large battery and, most of all, its physical QWERTY keyboard. KEYone was well-received and sold well – no wonder BlackBerry plans on making another one. According to a file found online, BlackBerry is now working on another smartphne device. Phone’s model number is BBF100-1, which is very close to KEyone’s model number BBB100-1. This is what suggests that the two phones are somehow connected. Document reveals some of the phone’s specs, mainly its:– ...