- Zinwa Q25 revives Blackberry Classic with modern hardware and software
- Original screen and keyboard are made in this update 2025 Android phone
- Q20 Conversion Kit and Full Q25 handsets both expect ship in August
The Chinese company Zinwa Technologies Zinwa Q25 (because we are in 2025 we are in 2025) are preparing to bring back the Blackberry Classic (also known as Q20) with the updated internal.
The phone will feature new hardware, maintaining several original prestigious components including 720×720 touchscreen, physical keyboard, LED notification light and external shell.
The purpose of this project is to mix indifferent Blackberry form factor with modern smartphone capabilities.
Upgraded internal
Fortunately, inside, the Zinwa original internal is changing with a MediaTek Helio G99 chipset, 12GB LPDDR4X RAM’s 12GB and UFS 2.x 2.x storage 256GB. The battery is also getting an upgrade in 3,000mAh, and the camera system includes a 50MP rear sensor and an 8MP front-facing camera.
Q25 will run Android 13 out of the box, but there is no plan to upgrade Android 14 or later. He said, the Zinwa plans to provide regular updates to address the bug and add minor facilities.
The company will ship Q25 with NFC, USB-C, a headphone jack, microSD card support and a single SIM slot. The modem in the new motherboard supports all global 4G LTE bands, making the phone compatible with most networks worldwide.
In an interview with YouTube channel Retro retro (What you can see below), Zinwa said that the update trackpad will act like origin, will act as both cursor and directional pad based on the selected mode.
Zinwa will be fully assembled to Q25 $ 400 Or as one $ 300 conversion kit For users who already own a Blackberry Classic and prefer to retrofit it themselves.
Both kits and full devices are expected to ship in early August 2025.
Zinwa has also confirmed that it is working on refrese as Blackberry Keon and Passport, future models respectively by the name K25 and P26.
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