It's the end of an era - BlackBerry phones will stop working this week 📱⚰️
But, sadly, BlackBerry’s fortunes diminished as the iPhone gained popularity and the Canadian company switched to making security-focused software.but that came to an end in 2020Now it appears that all former BlackBerry devices will cease to function properly as the company is stopping all software support for them.Services for the phones will be brought to an end tomorrow, January 4. After which, BlackBerry says the devices will ‘no longer reliably function.
‘The termination of these service offerings and infrastructure will also impact functionality for applications such as Enhanced Sim Based Licensing / Identity Based Licensing , BlackBerry hosted email addresses, BlackBerry Link, BlackBerry Desktop Manager, BlackBerry Blend, BlackBerry Protect And despite a few die hard fans, most smartphone users have moved on to either iOS or Android in the years since 2013.
But if you do still have a BlackBerry lurking in a drawer somewhere, then it’s time to finally get rid of it.
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