RIM would be working on a new BlackBerry without 3g. The omission of fast mobile internet would be the price of the phone to press. The first device with BlackBerry 10 would be on the market in september should appear.
The BlackBerry without 3g is part of the Curve-line, the cheapest line of BlackBerry’s. This is evident from details of new hardware that the website N4BB has published. The Curves were primarily intended for the African and Asian market, but it would be the first time that RIM devices only releases. Moreover, it would be cheaper BlackBerry’s declining market share can boost. Nokia did that earlier with its Symbian smartphones. By lowering prices, continued to Symbian longer the market leader.
The latest smartphone without 3g that RIM released was the Curve 8520 from August 2009. This BlackBerry remained long sell well in many countries, including the Netherlands.
There is furthermore, little is known about the smartphones, which presumably is still the ‘old’ BlackBerry OS 7 to run. The first smartphone with the QNX-software based BlackBerry 10 is scheduled for release in september, says the BlackBerry fan site. The release was initially planned for the end of 2011, but was postponed to may 2012. Said RIM itself that the first BlackBerry 10 devices ‘end of 2012’ would come.
It is unclear how reliable the information is. N4BB is generally well-informed and RIM leaks, in addition to many. A year ago leaked roadmap for 2011, which largely turned out to be correct.
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