Startup’s planned 5G Blackberry revival is officially dead

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It is with great sadness that we announce that OnwardMobility will be shutting down.

The announcement doesn't come as much of a surprise, given reports that OnwardMobility's 5G Blackberry had been canceled earlier this month. There was speculation that the company might try to make a 5G keyboard-equipped phone without the Blackberry name. It is the end of the line for the company as well as the product.

Despite saying that this is not the outcome we worked and hoped for, OnwardMobility doesn't give any indication of why it canceled the project. The license to use the Blackberry branding had recently been canceled. It can be difficult trying to make it as a new smartphone manufacturer amidst an ongoing global chip shortage.