- BlackBerry (BBRY -0.8%) officially unveiled its third Android-based smartphone -- the last in its pipeline, after its decision to outsource handset development -- after raising some question whether it would come out at all.
- Last month, CEO John Chen said that he hadn't decided whether to put out the company's latest phone: "If I decide not to go ahead with that phone, you may have seen the last BlackBerry-designed phone."
- But the company today announced the DTEK60, a phone whose development had leaked inadvertently through an exposed Web page.
- It's similar to the summer's DTEK50 but with higher-powered specs, including a fingerprint sensor and 5.5" Quad HD display. It's priced at $499 at its internal store (where BlackBerry will throw in an accessory bundle) and will roll out to additional global channels and countries in coming weeks.