All classic BlackBerry phones will no longer work for calls, text messages, data, and emergency functions as of January 4, 2022, making them useless.
In September 2020 the company announced that it was shifting its focus to enterprise security and solutions. The company said that it would be taking steps to decommission the legacy services forBlackBerry 7.1 OS and earlier,BlackBerry 10 software,BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 and earlier versions, with an end of life or terminated date of January 4, 2022,
For a long time,BlackBerry was considered to be the gold standard of mobile technology. The emergence of a new age of mobile devices was caused by the introduction of the iPhone in 2007. After the launch of the iPhone,BlackBerry's share in the market plummeted.
In 2016 the company said it would focus on services and software for large enterprises and institutions. At one point, the company considered creating a device that ran on the operating system of the phone rather than its own. The devices did not reach mainstream adoption in the years to follow.
The company is giving some information on how the January 4 decommission may affect you and how you can prepare.
