BlackBerry will no longer make BlackBerries
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BlackBerry has announced that it will no longer manufacture its own phones. The former giant in the smartphone world says that BlackBerry devices will continue to exist, but their production will be outsourced to third parties. In the future, the company will refocus its business on software rather than hardware.
Sales of BlackBerry phones have dropped precipitously in recent years. Judging by the global market share of its BlackBerry OS for smartphones, the company's best year was 2009, when it held 20.1% ...