You know, the BlackBerry Venice is starting to really grow on me. BlackBerry has all but disappeared from the smartphone arena (unless you’re an actual BlackBerry fan), but the rumours of an Android-powered smartphone has reignited interest in the once great manufacturer. Much has been made about the device using Android, but we also know that the device will have a slide-out keyboard, something that we haven’t seen in the Android world in quite some time now. Whether or not people would actually be using it or not, it’s still interesting to see what this looks like in this day and age. Naturally, its leaker @evleaks who is giving us a new look at the slide-out keyboard thanks to this short video:
Eye candy. pic.twitter.com/GtJwOfOus8
— Evan Blass (@evleaks) August 19, 2015
It’s not a long video, but you get a sense of how the device is going to end up looking – and yes, given how many leaks have emerged in the last few weeks, we’re pretty sure this device is going to happen. While BlackBerry is likely going to need to overcome the obvious barrier of being… well, BlackBerry, their device looks like it’s going to be a breath of fresh air in the Android ecosystem.
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Source: Twitter via Phone Arena
