If you’re still clinging to the legacy device, well, we have bad news.
Legacy services for a number of BlackBerry devices will no longer be available after January 4.
Mario-MarcoStarting Tuesday, Jan. 4, phones and tablets running BlackBerry legacy software, also known as BlackBerry 7.1 or earlier, Blackberry 10 or BlackBerry Playbook, will lose all support, the company said in a statement.
Right now, you’re either frowning in confusion, having forgotten BlackBerry even existed years ago, or (if you’re one of the thousands of BlackBerry purists) throwing your arms skyward while yelling tortured.
Losing support is as hard as it sounds: phones will no longer receive patches, and even basic functions such as calls, data, texts and emergency calls may stop working . The phone is about as dead as a phone can get, although BlackBerry devices running Android will still work.
If you’re on the verge of going phoneless, your choices boil down to two directions: the iPhone, running the iOS operating system, or an Android phone. Check out the most popular options below.
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple
amazon.com
$1099.00
Apple iPhone 13 Pro
Apple iPhone 13 Pro
Apple
amazon.com
$1299.00
Apple iPhone 13
Apple iPhone 13
Apple
amazon.com
$929.00
Apple iPhone 13 Mini
Apple iPhone 13 Mini
Apple
amazon.com
$729.00
Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra
Samsung Galaxy S21
Samsung
Amazon
Google Pixel 6 Pro
Google Pixel 6 Pro
amazon.com
$1099.00
Google Pixel 6
Google Pixel 6
amazon.com
$599.00
