Not exact matches
While Chen doesn't state that there is already a company in mind to take on this task or that there is a device like the Bold 9900 already in the works, he does reportedly state that he thinks he should «find someone» to make such a
smartphone which may suggest that Chen plans to seek out a
licensing partner to build a new BlackBerry - style phone similar to the Bold.
ARM, on the other hand, doesn't manufacture
smartphone chips, in fact it even allows other company's to design their own processors based on its
licensed intellectual property, which can then be produced at any foundry
partner.
The handset has been manufactured by their hardware
partner TCL In, September, BlackBerry had announced that it would stop manufacturing and designing the
smartphones, and had outsourced the same to Chinese electronics company TCL under a brand -
licensing deal.