There have been rumours that smartphone maker BlackBerry is working on an Android phone with a “dual curved display” (a la the Galaxy S6 Edge) that slides up to reveal a physical keyboard.

The smartphone is supposedly based on a device originally announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona back in March. A low-resolution image of the device being held up on stage had leaked earlier on Twitter.

Now, Evan Blass (aka @evleaks) has posted a high-resolution render of the device, codenamed Venice, on Twitter.

The leaked image seems to confirm the aforementioned display, curved at the sides like the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. There also seems to be a speaker at the bottom.

Dedicated send and end keys – a staple of previous BlackBerry devices – are nowhere to be seen, presumably because the device is now going to run Android instead of BlackBerry OS 10.

The rumoured slider keyboard is not visible in the leaked image but it is plausible that it is present underneath that screen.

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SOURCE: Hindustan Times