# BlackBerry Classic

> blackBerry phone

**Wikidata**: [Q19873535](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19873535)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry_Classic)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/blackberry-classic

## Summary
The BlackBerry Classic is a smartphone model manufactured by BlackBerry, running the discontinued BlackBerry 10 operating system. It was designed as a revival of BlackBerry's traditional physical keyboard and trackpad interface, also known as the BlackBerry Q20.

## Key Facts
- **Manufacturer**: BlackBerry  
- **Operating System**: BlackBerry 10 (discontinued proprietary OS, launched January 30, 2013)  
- **Aliases**: BlackBerry Q20  
- **Instance Of**: Smartphone model  
- **Brand**: BlackBerry  
- **Sitelink Count**: 7 (on Wikidata)  
- **Company Inception**: BlackBerry was founded on March 7, 1984, in Canada  
- **Company Headquarters**: Waterloo, Canada  
- **Company Employees**: 3,647 (as of 2020)  
- **Industries**: Internet of Things, Information Technology  

## FAQs
### Q: What made the BlackBerry Classic unique?
A: The BlackBerry Classic was distinguished by its physical keyboard and trackpad, nostalgic for BlackBerry fans, unlike touchscreen-focused modern smartphones.  

### Q: When was the BlackBerry Classic released?
A: The source material does not specify a release date for the BlackBerry Classic.  

### Q: What operating system does the BlackBerry Classic use?
A: It runs the proprietary BlackBerry 10 operating system, discontinued in 2013.  

### Q: How does the BlackBerry Classic relate to BlackBerry the company?
A: It is a smartphone model manufactured by BlackBerry, the Canadian company founded in 1984 that focuses on enterprise software and IoT.  

## Why It Matters
The BlackBerry Classic represents a critical pivot for BlackBerry in its transition from dominance in the enterprise smartphone market to post-touchscreen adaptation. By reintroducing physical controls (keyboard and trackpad), it catered to loyal users resistant to touchscreen-only interfaces, signaling the brand’s attempt to balance heritage with modernity. While it ultimately failed to reverse BlackBerry’s decline in the consumer market, it underscored the enduring demand for tactile productivity tools and influenced later enterprise-focused mobile design principles.  

## Notable For
- Revival of BlackBerry’s signature physical keyboard and trackpad interface  
- Final model to embody the classic BlackBerry design before touchscreen focus  
- Known as the "Q20" during development  
- One of the last smartphones to run the discontinued BlackBerry 10 OS  
- Produced by BlackBerry during its post-2013 enterprise software restructuring  

## Body  
### Design and Branding  
- Marketed under the brand BlackBerry (company founded 1984 in Waterloo, Canada)  
- Also referred to by the alias BlackBerry Q20  

### Technical Specifications  
- **Operating System**: BlackBerry 10 (discontinued proprietary OS, launched January 30, 2013)  
- **Classification**: Instance of "smartphone model"; subclass of "smartphone"  
- **Manufacturer**: BlackBerry (company with 3,647 employees in 2020, operating in IoT and IT industries)  

### Official Information  
- **Website**: Archived documentation at http://docs.blackberry.com/en/smartphone_users/deliverables/67769/hjo1407770796889.jsp  
- **Image**: Official imagery hosted at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Blackberry_Q20_smartphone.jpg  
- **Wikipedia Presence**: 7 sitelinks; available in 7 languages (ar, de, en, it, vi, zh, commons)  
- **Freebase ID**: /m/012hcl8t  
- **Wikidata Description**: "blackBerry phone"