BlackBerry Mercury To Run On Android 7.0 Nougat This Christmas; DTEK60 Release This October For $655?

BlackBerry recently released PRIV and DTEK50, and reportedly, the company is working on a smartphone named DTEK60. The Canadian-based company is working on Android hardware for the upcoming smartphone.

Apple's formal rival BlackBerry was recently spotted at Geekbench for its fourth android headset. The device is BBB100-1, which is rumored as BlackBerry Mercury that will be running on Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box.

If BlackBerry Mercury runs on Google's Android 7.0 Nougat, then it will be the third smartphone to follow Pixel phones and LG V20. Google's Pixel and Pixel XL, LG V20 are the two phones running on the latest OS straight out of the box.

BlackBerry's recently leaked phone at Geekbench is claimed to be known as BlackBerry Mercury internally. According to Phone Arena, BlackBerry Mercury would be equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor, coupled with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal memory.

BlackBerry Mercury is expected to have a 4.5-inch display with a 4:3 ratio and HD (720p) resolution, as reported by Android Headlines. Since the screen is small, BlackBerry might add its traditional keyboard to the phone.

BlackBerry Mercury is rumored to be powered by a 3,400mAh battery and that it will feature an 18-megapixel rear-facing camera along with another 8-megapixel photo snapper in the front.

The new mobile phone might be unveiled a couple of months after BlackBerry's DTEK60 goes on sale. DTEK60 comes with 5.5-inch display and Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 chip. According to GSM Arena, BlackBerry's DTEK60, which is available for pre-order in the U.S. and Canada, has been spotted in an advertisement in Europe costing $655 and available on Oct. 25.

BlackBerry Mercury's price will certainly be ahead, speculated to cost between $700 and $750, and will be released on Christmas Day. Stay tuned for more rumors and updates.