It's official – BlackBerry will no longer make its own phones

It's official – BlackBerry will no longer make its own phones

Unknown   04:00

BlackBerry has announced it will shut its hardware division after recent efforts to revive its phone business have largely failed.

CEO of the Canadian firm, John Chen, said in a statement: "The company plans to end all internal hardware development and will outsource that function to partners."

The news follows the company's second-quarter results, posted on Wednesday, which revealed a loss of $372 million following a profit of $51 million a year ago. Revenue also fell by a third to $334 million.

BlackBerry's hardware division closure was predicted earlier this month by a Canadian investment website.

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The site's report noted that the division itself makes up more than 65% of BlackBerry's research and development expenses but the company's smartphones make up less than 1% of the global market.

With the hardware production becoming outsourced, the troubled smartphone maker will be free to focus on software development and services.

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Despite embracing Android last year as part of an attempt to revive its status as one of the top smartphone makers, the company's efforts have largely failed to turn its fortunes around.

This year BlackBerry released the DTEK50 handset, which was built by Alcatel and runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow.



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SAMSUNG GALAXY S7 – DESIGN

SAMSUNG GALAXY S7 – DESIGN

Unknown   03:56

SAMSUNG GALAXY S7 – DESIGN

After the massive, and much needed, change in design direction Samsung took with the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge in 2015, all rumours pointed to things staying pretty much the same for the Galaxy S7.

Well, it’s not like Apple, HTC or Sony make drastic changes to their industrial design every year.

And that’s exactly the case here. Place the Galaxy S7 next to the S6 and you’d be hard pushed to instantly pick which one is which. Frankly, this doesn’t bother me in the slightest. The S6 was already one of the best-looking phones around, and the Galaxy S7 follows suit.

Both the front and back are covered in Gorilla Glass 4, while a metal rim snakes in between. Two volume buttons sit on one side, with a lock/standby switch on the other. It’s a clean look, with the back free from any markings aside from a Samsung logo.

The camera lens now sits just about flush with the glass body too. This might seem a small change, but it makes a big difference. I can now tap out an email with the phone flat on my desk without it jumping and rocking from side to side.

Best smartphone 2016 

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