Blackberry Discontinues Production of BB10 Devices

These are not the best of times for Blackberry users as two of the most popular messaging apps, WhatsApp and Facebook announced that they will discontinue support on all Blackberry devices including the BB10 series.

Speaking at a Press Briefing, Blackberry CEO and Chairman, John Chen said that the company will now be focusing solely on its Android phones with the goal of producing “most secure Android smartphone for the enterprise.”

In an interview with Gulf News, Chen clearly stated: “We will support BB10 for minimum two more years as a lot of governments are using it, such as Canada, the U.S, Germany and UK.”

That said, fans of Blackberry are left with the options of either switching to other android devices or waiting for the new Blackberry mid-range Android smartphones nicknamed Rome and Hamburg; one of them will come with a full touchscreen and the other will have a physical keyboard.

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