BlackBerry telephones to cease working as business pulls plug after two decades

Blackberry smartphone clients will no longer be in a position to call, text or use Wi-Fi because the once-iconic mobile is finally discontinued.

The handset, which was one of the most time-honored manufacturers when smartphones grew to be greatly available in the late 2000s, should not accessible from January four.

Its conclusion comes within the equal 24 hours Apple grew to be the primary $3 trillion business - having passed the $2 trillion milestone just sixteen months in the past.

"As of this date, instruments operating these legacy features and software via both service or Wi-Fi connections will not reliably feature, together with for statistics, telephone calls, SMS and 9-1-1 performance," a statement reads on its site. "We thank our many loyal consumers and partners over the years."

At its pomp, BlackBerry owned a pronounced 20% of the international smartphone market and offered 50 million instruments a 12 months. As of Tuesday, it owns none, and no new telephones had been made on account that 2016.

BlackBerry's decline has been a very long time coming, with its initially conventional BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service shut down in 2019, 14 years after launching. the advent of the iPhone and Android smartphones step by step dented BlackBerry's popularity. Many users started the use of WhatsApp and other messaging systems that had been now not stuck to BlackBerry.