Cybersecurity
BlackBerry Doubles Down on Security With New Android Phone
- DTEK50 to sell for $299, half original price of Priv model
- Device designed for security-conscious consumers, businesses
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BlackBerry Ltd. unveiled its latest smartphone, a security-focused touch-screen Android device aimed at making the company’s money-losing handset business profitable.
At $299, the DTEK50 is priced for mid-market users, cutting in half the original retail cost of BlackBerry’s first Android phone, the Priv -- which the company admits was too expensive to appeal to a broad audience. The DTEK50 can be pre-ordered now in the U.S., Canada and Western Europe, BlackBerry said in a statement Tuesday.