Cishe esikhathini esidlule sifunda ukuthi i-BlackBerry Mercury izoba nekhamera eyinhloko efana ne-Google Pixel, i-smartphone enesithombe esihle kakhulu samanje. Yena Inzwa ye-Sony IMX378 Nguyena ozovela kulolo cingo lwenkampani yaseCanada ebonakala sengathi ithole ochungechungeni lwethelevishini indlela engcono yokuzibonakalisa emphakathini waseMelika.
Esiqeshini sakamuva seThe Last Man Standing, uchungechunge oludumile lwethelevishini iTim Allen, wazibonakalisa ocingweni ezandleni zalo mlingisi ezihlanganisa umlingiswa oqanjiwe uMike Baxter. Usebenzisa ifoni ukushayela umfowabo uJimmy ekupheleni kwesiqephu esithi "The Fixer."
Ukuze lolu cingo lube kuleso siqephu, ayikho imfihlakalo eningi, njengoba no-Allen uqobo ayenjalo elinye lamazwi weBlackBerry nezingcingo zabo iminyaka eminingi manje. Esingakwaziyo uma ngabe kuyisibonelo esisemthethweni sefoni noma ngabe ngumlingisi uqobo owenza ukuthi iBlackBerry isisebenzise ochungechungeni lwethelevishini.
Okusishiyele isithombe esihle kakhulu kwi-smartphone ngekhibhodi ye-QWERTY, ngaphandle kokuthi sikwazi ngisho nokubona ngemuva kwefoni lapho kuvezwa khona ikhamera yayo enkulu; leyo ethwala iSony IMX378. Amanye amandla ocingo azoba i-chip yayo ye-Snapdragon 625, okungayinika ukuzimela okuhle ngaphandle kokuthinta ukusebenza okuningi.
Imininingwane yocingo izinhlangothi zayo neze ama-bezels, nezakhi ezisengxenyeni engenhla ngaphambili. Indawo yekhamera yangemuva nayo ithatha ukugqama okuningi njengoba itholakala engxenyeni engenhla kwesobunxele nokuthi kungaba yini ilogo yomkhiqizo waseCanada osenkabeni yonke, kanye nalowomugqa wensimbi ongaphezulu ohlukanisa ifoni kwabanye.