Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Hands-on with BlackBerry's touchscreen phone

What company in 2016 advertises a phone as having a touchscreen? BlackBerry does. Now, I know it's because the Canadian mobile granddad distinguishes between its keyboard and touch devices, but does that really need to be on the box?

BlackBerry is this week introducing its second Android handset, the DTEK50, which is being promoted as "the world's most secure smartphone." I've just gotten to try it out for myself and it has frankly surpassed my expectations. If BlackBerry could just get out of its own way and present its devices without trying to inflate pedestrian features, I think the company might have a pretty good device on its hands.

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