It’s official: BlackBerry Classic is dead

Blackberry’s last classic model. (File)
Smartphone pioneer BlackBerry Ltd will stop making its Classic model, the company said on Tuesday, some 18 months after launching the device it had hoped would entice users who prefer a physical, rather than touchscreen, keyboard.
Blackberry’s move shifted its focus further away from its money-losing handset business and toward its software. Still, shares in the Canadian technology company fell more than 3 percent after an executive confirmed