Renders of BlackBerry Mercury (DTEK70) Surface Online

Following TCL's confirmation, a company behind future BlackBerry smartphones, a new set of unannounced BlackBerry smartphone has leaked online. The next-generation BlackBerry phone is expected to make official debut at CES 2017 in Las Vegas next week, but prior the official announcement, we have learned what to expect from it.

Dubbed BlackBerry Mercury (DTEK70), the smartphone features a dual curved display with a physical QWERTY keyboard, which now includes punctuation and numbers. The phone is expected to pack a 4.5-inch display as most of the front panel is used by the keyboard. Specs-wise, the heart of the phone is the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor, 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal storage. One of the great features is the integrated fingerprint scanner into the space bar.