BlackBerry phones, considered the pinnacle of mobile technology, are being phased out.
On January 4, the firm stated that services for outdated devices would be discontinued. They will “no longer reliably work” at that time, according to BlackBerry, and will be unable to receive data, send texts, or make phone calls, including to emergency numbers.
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It’s just the latest in a long string of farewells for the once-loved and reviled company, which was at the cutting edge of business and technology and helped to kickstart the mobile revolution.
While BlackBerry has been declared dead multiple times, the most recent step ensures that the phones will no longer work.
BlackBerry said in 2016 that it has migrated away from creating phones and into making software, with a focus on providing security tools to businesses and governments, after its phones had been mostly displaced by smartphones from Apple and others.
It has licensed the BlackBerry trademark to other companies, which have produced BlackBerry-branded smartphones.
BlackBerry claimed that after the transition was complete in 2020, it will begin phasing out the legacy services that allowed those outdated devices to continue to function.
BlackBerry phones using any of the company’s operating systems – BlackBerry 7.1 OS and older, BlackBerry 10 software – were given an “end of life or termination date” at the beginning of 2022.
That deadline will eventually arrive next week, when support will be terminated. While the phones will still be able to do some functions without BlackBerry’s services, many of its key features will be eliminated, and the phones will no longer function reliably.
BlackBerry claimed it was discontinuing support because it now specialises in security software and the previous products no longer reflect its business. It claimed it had continued to provide support in the years since the switch “as a demonstration of gratitude to our valued partners and consumers.”
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