While the whole smartphone world awaits the official release of the rumored BlackBerry DTEK70, confusions are growing whether it will be called as BlackBerry Rome or BlackBerry Mercury.
BlackBerry's production people were so busy this year that it sought a license for a model it propose to manufacture. This despite the fact that some of its officially announced upcoming devices are still in the pipeline.
Ultimately, rumors began circulating that the Canadian tech giant is set to release its last, so far, keyboard smartphone-the BlackBerry DTEK70. This unofficially announced model would culminate the trio model that BlackBerry is passionate about.
BlackBerry previously announced officially the two earlier models-the BlackBerry DTEK50 and DTEK60. This had many people speculate that the upcoming model would surpass or would be much better than the previous models.
But there's one thing that confuses the public: what is the device name? This is because of previous reports noting that the yet unreleased BlackBerry will be called BlackBerry Rome, as reported by the Pocketlint.
But ultimately, there has been a consensus among tech aficionado as to the name of the last keyboard smartphone from BlackBerry. For many, it will be internally known as the BlackBerry Mercury.
The BlackBerry Mercury was previously referred to as the BlackBerry Vienna then later rumors circulated that it would be code-named as the BlackBerry Rome. These speculative names come about because of BlackBerry DTEK70's predecessor-BlackBerry Venice or the Priv.
The BlackBerry Priv is a high-end keyboard smartphone with touch functionalities that was launched by BlackBerry last year.
As reported by the Forbes, the upcoming DTEK70 is described by tech writers as a superb phone featuring high-end functionalities combining BlackBerry's trademark physical keyboard and Android's seamless operating system. It also features a relatively newer aesthetics that are not ordinary among BlackBerry devices, including its top located speakers.
