Here's why BlackBerry's next smartphone will have an awesome camera

BlackBerry’s speculated Mercury smartphone is among the most-anticipated devices on 2017. The Android-enabled smartphone packs a physical QWERTY keyboard and is expected to arrive in February at a pre-MWC event in Barcelona. Thanks to the numerous leaks and speculations, we already have an idea of what one can expect from the upcoming BlackBerry handset.

A new rumour now suggests that BlackBerry is planning on integrating the best camera features in its Mercury device. Tech journalist Roland Quandt tweeted a picture on 27 January that indicates that the BlackBerry device codenamed ‘Mercury’ packs in the same sensor as Google Pixel, i.e. 12MP Sony IMX378.

Tech journalist Roland Quandt tweeted a picture on 27 January that indicates that the BlackBerry device codenamed ‘Mercury’ packs in the same sensor as Google Pixel.

This is the third smartphone after Google Pixel and Xiaomi Mi 5s that packs the same sensor.

According to previous leaks and rumours, the Mercury device is expected to feature a 4.5-inch display with 1620x1080 resolution, Snapdragon 821 or 625, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of internal storage, an 8MP front camera and Android 7.0 Nougat.