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The rise and fall of BlackBerry

Alexandra Appolonia, Robert Leslie, and Katie Nixdorf
2022-01-15T00:52:26.000Z
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BlackBerry was once a leader in the smartphone market. Now, the company has abandoned its operating system, essentially making the once iconic phones obsolete. So what happened?

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is an updated version of a video that was originally created in 2019.

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