As manufacturer deaths go, BlackBerry’s has been an incredibly long and drawn out affair
Why you can trust Pocket-lint (Pocket-lint) — BlackBerry phones are now dead. Really this time. Onward Mobility — the American firm which promised a 5G BlackBerry smartphone — has reportedly lost the license to manufacture phones with the iconic smartphone maker’s name on them. The writing had been on the wall for a while, with Onward Mobility originally stating — in 2020 — that they’d launch a BlackBerry phone in 2021. Of course, that came and went without even a sneak peak at the device. Not long ago it did state that it still planned to launch the phone and — like so many other companies — was feeling the effects of the global pandemic, and definitely was «not dead».
