Almost a decade later, BlackBerry ends support for its classic phones

RIM discontinued its BlackBerry line in 2016 and shifted its focus to security software under the name BlackBerry Limited.

In 2016, Chinese manufacturerTCL picked up the licensefor the BlackBerry Mobile brand and released theBlackBerry KeyOneandBlackBerry Key2.

TCL, however, stopped making BlackBerry phones in 2020 and said it would support devices until August 2022.

That phone has yet to materialize.