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BlackBerry Classic due out 17 December at £349, with pre-orders available now

Ready for the merging of old-school design with new-school tech?

After clinging to the past while the smartphone world embraced touch-centric devices, BlackBerry stumbled hard – but its fortunes are turning. And for its next act, the company will… return to its former ways?

Granted, that’s not how BlackBerry sees it: for them, it’s giving fans exactly what they want, which they believe is the BlackBerry Classic. It’s the familiar design of past handsets – complete with the physical keyboard – albeit with updated tech, the BlackBerry 10 OS, and a slick touch display.

And it could be a Black(Berry) Christmas for fans, if they act quick. At an event today, BlackBerry president John Chen announced that the Classic will debut on 17 December, with a big bash planned in New York City to launch the handset.

Anyone eager to get in on the first wave of shipments can pre-order now. The BlackBerry Classic is priced at £349, with the website noting that they “expect orders to start shipping in mid-December,” but that further details will be revealed at the 17 December event.

Whenever it reaches consumers, it’s sure to be a lot more pocket-friendly than the BlackBerry Passport, and it’s certainly much, much cheaper than the latest Porsche Design BlackBerry. In other words: classic BlackBerry.

[Sources: BlackBerry, The Next Web]

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Andrew writes features, news stories, reviews, and other pieces, often when the UK home team is off-duty or asleep. I'm based in Chicago with my lovely wife, amazing son, and silly cats, and my writing about games, gadgets, esports, apps, and plenty more has appeared in more than 75 publications since 2006.

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