BlackBerry CEO already confirmed that the company will release two mid-range Android handsets this year, one with a physical keyboard and one with a full touchscreen. In a recent interview he also confirmed that the lower-priced device will be have a full touch screen. Now specifications of three upcoming Android smartphones – Argon, Neon and Mercury have surfaced, thanks to @evleaks. These were first posted in a forum last week.
Argon will be the high-end phone with a full touch screen and will also come with a fingerprint sensor, the mid-range Neon will also have a full touch screen, aluminum frame and smooth plastic back, and the cheaper Mercury will have a 4.5-inch 1080p screen with 3:2 aspect ratio and a physical QWERTY keyboard like the BlackBerry Passport, according to the leak. Check out the complete set of rumored specifications.
BlackBerry Argon rumored specifications
- 5.5-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) display
- Quad-Core Snapdragon 820 64-bit processor with Adreno 530 GPU
- 4GB RAM, 32GB internal storage, expandable memory with microSD
- 21MP rear camera with LED Flash
- 8MP front-facing camera
- Fingerprint sensor
- 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, USB Type-C
- 3000mAh battery with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0
BlackBerry Neon rumored specifications
- 5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display
- Octa-Core Snapdragon 617 (4 x 1.5GHz + 4 x 1.2GHz) processor with Adreno 405 GPU
- 3GB RAM, 16GB internal storage, expandable memory with microSD
- 13MP rear camera with LED Flash
- 8MP front-facing camera
- 4G LTE, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n (2.4 & 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.1 and GPS
- 2610mAh battery with Qualcomm Quick Charge
BlackBerry Mercury rumored specifications
- 4.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) 3:2 display
- Physical QWERTY keyboard
- 2GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 14nm processor with Adreno 506 GPU
- 3GB RAM, 32GB internal storage, expandable memory with microSD
- 18MP rear camera with LED Flash
- 8MP front-facing camera
- 4G LTE, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n (2.4 & 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.2 and GPS
- 3400mAh battery
According to the leak, the BlackBerry Neon will release sometime in July or August, the Argon will arrive sometime in October and the Mercury is expected only in Q1 2017.