whilst we already recognize that BlackBerry is making plans to out two mid-variety Android phones this 12 months, there was no facts on precisely while they may be released. That turned into, however, till now, because the corporation‘s CEO has dropped tips that one of the could be unveiled as quickly as next month.

BlackBerry CEO: John Chen

in the course of a convention name with traders, whilst Chen changed into asked about those upcoming phones, he stated, “I’m now not really organized to unveil that. I guess, i used to be thinking about doing that extra in July time-frame. i’ve spoken approximately having two of them in between now and the end of this financial year, and they generally they both of them greater within the mid variety and mid to excessive, now not going to be a excessive stop smartphone.”

There isn’t always tons regarded about those devices in the intervening time, besides they’ll might not fall in the flagship category, and one of them will function a Priv-like physical keyboard, whilst the opposite one can be an all-touchscreen phone.

FYI, BlackBerry has introduced its economic effects for the final sector, and the numbers do not appearance suitable. The Canadian organisation reported a internet lack of $670 million, at the same time as sales stood at $four hundred million, a drop of 40% in comparison to the year–ago area.

As for the total wide variety of BlackBerry telephones sold inside the sector, the figure stood at 500,000, which translates into a year-on-year decline of over 50%. The CEO, however, nonetheless regarded constructive. “I sincerely, without a doubt accept as true with that we could make cash out of our device commercial enterprise,” he stated.