BLACKBERRY
ANNOUNCES THE WORLD’S MOST SECURE ANDROID SMARTPHONE – DTEK50
ANNOUNCES THE WORLD’S MOST SECURE ANDROID SMARTPHONE – DTEK50
DTEK50 delivers BlackBerry’s
unmatched security, privacy and productivity to price-conscious consumers and businesses
unmatched security, privacy and productivity to price-conscious consumers and businesses
Singapore – July 27, 2016 – BlackBerry Limited
(NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB), a global leader in mobile communications, announced
today that DTEK50TM, the world’s most secure Android smartphone, is
now available for pre-orders at ShopBlackBerry.com. DTEK50 is BlackBerry’s
second smartphone powered by Android, following the PRIV.
(NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB), a global leader in mobile communications, announced
today that DTEK50TM, the world’s most secure Android smartphone, is
now available for pre-orders at ShopBlackBerry.com. DTEK50 is BlackBerry’s
second smartphone powered by Android, following the PRIV.
Fully
equipped with Android Marshmallow 6.0, DTEK50 combines BlackBerry’s unique
security, privacy and productivity with the full Android experience in an all-touch
design, at a price point that’s accessible for consumers and ideal for
enterprise fleet deployment.
equipped with Android Marshmallow 6.0, DTEK50 combines BlackBerry’s unique
security, privacy and productivity with the full Android experience in an all-touch
design, at a price point that’s accessible for consumers and ideal for
enterprise fleet deployment.
“We take our customers’ privacy seriously.
That’s why we’re excited with all the security and functionality that’s built
in our newest Android smartphone. DTEK50 merges the unique security and
connectivity features BlackBerry is known for, with the rich Android
ecosystem”, said Ralph Pini, Chief Operating Officer and General Manager,
Devices, BlackBerry. “This device adds to BlackBerry’s lineup of secure
smartphones, providing choice to our customers with different price points on
both, BlackBerry 10 and Android platforms.”
That’s why we’re excited with all the security and functionality that’s built
in our newest Android smartphone. DTEK50 merges the unique security and
connectivity features BlackBerry is known for, with the rich Android
ecosystem”, said Ralph Pini, Chief Operating Officer and General Manager,
Devices, BlackBerry. “This device adds to BlackBerry’s lineup of secure
smartphones, providing choice to our customers with different price points on
both, BlackBerry 10 and Android platforms.”
Android Security at the Forefront
In a
recent survey1 of Android smartphone users, BlackBerry found that 50
percent believe their smartphone is only somewhat secure, and what’s more, despite
data security fears, one in six Android users don’t know about Android security
patches.
recent survey1 of Android smartphone users, BlackBerry found that 50
percent believe their smartphone is only somewhat secure, and what’s more, despite
data security fears, one in six Android users don’t know about Android security
patches.
“With an increase in cybercrime on smartphones, consumers
need to recognize that the private details of their lives– where they live,
their bank info, pictures of their kids – are at risk on their personal device.
You wouldn’t leave the doors of your house unlocked at night. Having a smartphone that doesn’t take your privacy seriously is the equivalent,”
said David Kleidermacher, Chief Security Officer, BlackBerry. “It’s equally
important for businesses to protect their sensitive data from cyber attacks at
all points of their mobile environment – from the device to the network and
servers.”
need to recognize that the private details of their lives– where they live,
their bank info, pictures of their kids – are at risk on their personal device.
You wouldn’t leave the doors of your house unlocked at night. Having a smartphone that doesn’t take your privacy seriously is the equivalent,”
said David Kleidermacher, Chief Security Officer, BlackBerry. “It’s equally
important for businesses to protect their sensitive data from cyber attacks at
all points of their mobile environment – from the device to the network and
servers.”
DTEK50
was designed to address the security and privacy needs of today’s uncompromising
Android users. Smartphones are increasingly being targeted for cyber attacks
through tactics like malicious apps, scareware notifications and insecure Wi-Fi
connections. BlackBerry’s Android smartphones, including DTEK50 and PRIV, have
unique built-in hardware security.
was designed to address the security and privacy needs of today’s uncompromising
Android users. Smartphones are increasingly being targeted for cyber attacks
through tactics like malicious apps, scareware notifications and insecure Wi-Fi
connections. BlackBerry’s Android smartphones, including DTEK50 and PRIV, have
unique built-in hardware security.
DTEK50
encrypts all users’ information, including business critical data and personal data
such as pictures, videos and contacts. Malware protection is also built-in
along with back-up, wipe and restore capabilities. Additional software provides
users with visibility and control over which apps get access to personal info
or device features such as the microphone or camera. BlackBerry also delivers
security patches on the same day that Google publicly releases information
about them, while many popular Android smartphones put the users’ private
information at risk of being hacked due to slow security updates.
encrypts all users’ information, including business critical data and personal data
such as pictures, videos and contacts. Malware protection is also built-in
along with back-up, wipe and restore capabilities. Additional software provides
users with visibility and control over which apps get access to personal info
or device features such as the microphone or camera. BlackBerry also delivers
security patches on the same day that Google publicly releases information
about them, while many popular Android smartphones put the users’ private
information at risk of being hacked due to slow security updates.
Features
that make DTEK50 the most secure Android smartphone, include:
that make DTEK50 the most secure Android smartphone, include:
·
Rapid Security
Patching:
BlackBerry has a record of being the quickest to deliver security patches,
setting the bar in incident response and patch management to protect your
device from malicious threats.
Rapid Security
Patching:
BlackBerry has a record of being the quickest to deliver security patches,
setting the bar in incident response and patch management to protect your
device from malicious threats.
·
DTEK™ by BlackBerry
App: Enables
users to automatically monitor their OS and apps to know when their privacy
could be at risk and to take action to improve it. The DTEK app also tracks
applications and notifies you when someone is: taking pictures or videos
without your knowledge, turning your microphone on, sending a text message, or
accessing your contacts or location.
DTEK™ by BlackBerry
App: Enables
users to automatically monitor their OS and apps to know when their privacy
could be at risk and to take action to improve it. The DTEK app also tracks
applications and notifies you when someone is: taking pictures or videos
without your knowledge, turning your microphone on, sending a text message, or
accessing your contacts or location.
·
Hardware Root of
Trust: BlackBerry’s
manufacturing process uses a proprietary technique that adds security from the
start, allowing for the tracking, verification and provisioning of DTEK50.
Hardware Root of
Trust: BlackBerry’s
manufacturing process uses a proprietary technique that adds security from the
start, allowing for the tracking, verification and provisioning of DTEK50.
·
Secure Boot Process: Starting with the
root of trust, each stage of DTEK50’ssecure boot chain must first verify that
the next component is fully intact before proceeding, ensuring your device has
not been tampered with since the last restart.
Secure Boot Process: Starting with the
root of trust, each stage of DTEK50’ssecure boot chain must first verify that
the next component is fully intact before proceeding, ensuring your device has
not been tampered with since the last restart.
·
Android OS hardening: BlackBerry provides additional security patches, improved random
number, address space generation and certificate pinning to make it more
difficult for attackers to target a device by scrambling application/system memory.
Android OS hardening: BlackBerry provides additional security patches, improved random
number, address space generation and certificate pinning to make it more
difficult for attackers to target a device by scrambling application/system memory.
·
FIPS 140-2 Compliant Full
Disk Encryption: Protects your private information,
like pictures or bank information, from being stolen if you were to lose your
phone.
FIPS 140-2 Compliant Full
Disk Encryption: Protects your private information,
like pictures or bank information, from being stolen if you were to lose your
phone.
Ready to Work
DTEK50
combines the world’s most secure smartphone with BlackBerry’s enterprise
management solutions to produce a powerful device capable of powering any work
day. Key features include:
combines the world’s most secure smartphone with BlackBerry’s enterprise
management solutions to produce a powerful device capable of powering any work
day. Key features include:
·
Android™ for Work and
Google Play™ for Work: Allows for fast, simple and secure integration with an
enterprise environment as well as easy access to numerous rich business and
IT-managed apps.
Android™ for Work and
Google Play™ for Work: Allows for fast, simple and secure integration with an
enterprise environment as well as easy access to numerous rich business and
IT-managed apps.
·
Full Enterprise
Mobility Management Support: DTEK50 supports BlackBerry’s powerful suite of EMM
applications and secure productivity solutions, including: WatchDox by
BlackBerry for secure file-sharing, Good Work for business-class email and
collaboration tools, Strong Authentication by BlackBerry as a VPN solution,
SecuSUITE for Enterprise for secure voice and instant messaging communication, BBM
Protected for encrypted messaging and BES12 for secure cross-platform
management.
Full Enterprise
Mobility Management Support: DTEK50 supports BlackBerry’s powerful suite of EMM
applications and secure productivity solutions, including: WatchDox by
BlackBerry for secure file-sharing, Good Work for business-class email and
collaboration tools, Strong Authentication by BlackBerry as a VPN solution,
SecuSUITE for Enterprise for secure voice and instant messaging communication, BBM
Protected for encrypted messaging and BES12 for secure cross-platform
management.
Design Meets Function
DTEK50,
BlackBerry’s thinnest device ever, represents the best
of BlackBerry with Android to make users more productive and responsive,
pairing security with intelligent design. Key features include:
BlackBerry’s thinnest device ever, represents the best
of BlackBerry with Android to make users more productive and responsive,
pairing security with intelligent design. Key features include:
·
BlackBerry
Intelligent Keyboard: DTEK50 has a smart keyboard designed to learn from users and
increase typing accuracy and speed. It provides word suggestions as you type
and includes up to three languages, letting you flick them into place for
faster conversations.
BlackBerry
Intelligent Keyboard: DTEK50 has a smart keyboard designed to learn from users and
increase typing accuracy and speed. It provides word suggestions as you type
and includes up to three languages, letting you flick them into place for
faster conversations.
·
BlackBerry Hub: This unified inbox is
an irreplaceable tool for consolidating all of your messages in one place –
whether it’s email, calendar, social or phone calls.
BlackBerry Hub: This unified inbox is
an irreplaceable tool for consolidating all of your messages in one place –
whether it’s email, calendar, social or phone calls.
·
Customizable
BlackBerry Convenience Key: With the press of a button, the Convenience Key provides
quick access to your most used applications and more.
Customizable
BlackBerry Convenience Key: With the press of a button, the Convenience Key provides
quick access to your most used applications and more.
·
Stunning Screen: DTEK50 has a 5.2”
full HD display, capable of displaying 16 million colors. The screen is made of
scratch-resistant glass and features a specialized oleophobic coating to
protect against smudges and fingerprints.
Stunning Screen: DTEK50 has a 5.2”
full HD display, capable of displaying 16 million colors. The screen is made of
scratch-resistant glass and features a specialized oleophobic coating to
protect against smudges and fingerprints.
·
Expandable Memory: With support for
micro SD cards up to two TB, DTEK50 provides the flexibility to add affordable
and hot-swappable memory to download, install, capture and share as your needs
evolve.
Expandable Memory: With support for
micro SD cards up to two TB, DTEK50 provides the flexibility to add affordable
and hot-swappable memory to download, install, capture and share as your needs
evolve.
·
Dazzling Camera: DTEK50 is engineered
to deliver professional-looking photos with an 8MP front facing camera and a 13MP
auto-focus rear camera. Plus, features like Phase Detection Auto Focus and a
dual-tone LED flash are designed to help the camera focus instantly and
accurately for a blur-free, realistic looking photos, even in low light.
Dazzling Camera: DTEK50 is engineered
to deliver professional-looking photos with an 8MP front facing camera and a 13MP
auto-focus rear camera. Plus, features like Phase Detection Auto Focus and a
dual-tone LED flash are designed to help the camera focus instantly and
accurately for a blur-free, realistic looking photos, even in low light.
Availability and Pricing
Starting today, DTEK50 is available to
pre-order from ShopBlackBerry.com in the US, Canada, UK, France, Germany,
Spain, Italy and The Netherlands for $299 USD. DTEK50 will be available in a
number of channels around the world, including more than 40 partners from
electronics stores, carriers, VARs and distributors. This includes Rogers,
Bell, TELUS, WIND, Videotron and SaskTel among others in Canada. In the U.S.,
DTEK50 will initially be available in Best Buy, B&H and Amazon.
Availability of DTEK50 in additional global channels and countries will be
announced in the coming weeks.
pre-order from ShopBlackBerry.com in the US, Canada, UK, France, Germany,
Spain, Italy and The Netherlands for $299 USD. DTEK50 will be available in a
number of channels around the world, including more than 40 partners from
electronics stores, carriers, VARs and distributors. This includes Rogers,
Bell, TELUS, WIND, Videotron and SaskTel among others in Canada. In the U.S.,
DTEK50 will initially be available in Best Buy, B&H and Amazon.
Availability of DTEK50 in additional global channels and countries will be
announced in the coming weeks.
For a limited time, customers who pre-order
a DTEK50 on ShopBlackBerry.com only will receive a complimentary BlackBerry
Mobile Power Pack, a high-capacity portable charger worth $59.99 USD ($69.99
CDN, €59.99 and £54.99) that powers all your compatible mobile devices to
maximize your productivity and play time. This offer expires on August 8th at
11:59 pm PST.
a DTEK50 on ShopBlackBerry.com only will receive a complimentary BlackBerry
Mobile Power Pack, a high-capacity portable charger worth $59.99 USD ($69.99
CDN, €59.99 and £54.99) that powers all your compatible mobile devices to
maximize your productivity and play time. This offer expires on August 8th at
11:59 pm PST.
For
more information on DTEK50, go to BlackBerry.com/DTEK50. Follow all updates related
to DTEK50 on the Inside BlackBerry blog (Blogs.BlackBerry.com) and on our
YouTube BlackBerry Channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/blackberry).
more information on DTEK50, go to BlackBerry.com/DTEK50. Follow all updates related
to DTEK50 on the Inside BlackBerry blog (Blogs.BlackBerry.com) and on our
YouTube BlackBerry Channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/blackberry).
1Survey was administered to
8,000 Android smartphone users between 35 and 54 years old in the US by using
Google Consumer Surveys. Responses were collected from April 8 to 13, 2016.
8,000 Android smartphone users between 35 and 54 years old in the US by using
Google Consumer Surveys. Responses were collected from April 8 to 13, 2016.
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