Are you sad that BlackBerry Mobile is no longer making phones?

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If you are a BlackBerry fan, this likely hasn’t been the best week for you. On February 3, TCL Communication announced that it no longer had the rights to create/sell Android phones with the BlackBerry Mobile branding.

In other words, BlackBerry smartphones are dead…again.

The TCL-led BlackBerry resulted in some pretty interesting phones, namely the KEYone and KEY2. Unfortunately, while they were certainly cool from a nostalgia point of view, they apparently didn’t perform well enough to warrant additional handsets. Commenting on this news, here’s what some of our AC forum members said.

avatar1093536_24.gifGolfdriver97
02-03-2020 10:33 AM

Is it sad? Yes. Surprising? Actually I’m more surprised this lasted as long as it has. The writing has been on the wall for a few years now.

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avatar120122_45.gifLaura Knotek
02-03-2020 05:19 PM

It is sad, but the only surprise to me is that they actually announced it. I thought they’d just let it fade away.

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avatar50644_39.gifTgeekB
02-03-2020 05:31 PM

Anyone who is shocked about this has been living under a rock. Like you said Laura, I’m surprised there was an announcement. It’s not like more than a few scattered people use them any more.

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avatar2634912_1.gifdangerousfen
02-03-2020 08:16 PM

I’m still amazed at some of the comments on crackberry today. Some still don’t get it do they.

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