The BlackBerry Classic is now available for pre-order

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BlackBerry fans who want their trackpad back can now pre-order the BlackBerry Classic ahead of its December debut. The device will be available in the U.S. and the U.K. initially, and it’s priced at $449 and £349 respectively. The Classic is essentially a BlackBerry Q10 with the traditional BlackBerry-style menu keys and trackpad. It’s aimed at long-time BlackBerry users who are looking to finally make the switch to the BB10 platform, without giving up their beloved controls.

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The moderately anticipated successor to the classic BlackBerry Bold will be in people’s hands before the end of the year. During a enterprise focused event in San Francisco on Thursday, BlackBerry announced BlackBerry Classic pre-orders had started. The QWERTY keyboard-equipped phone will cost $449 off-contract and shipping is “expected to start mid-December 2014.” The BlackBerry Classic is running BlackBerry 10, like the recently released BlackBerry Passport, but in a more conventional size and shape. Another major difference is that it’s sporting BlackBerry’s traditional physical keys, including a button to pick up calls, a button to hang up, and the throwback BlackBerry key. Specs aren’t paramount on a device like the Classic, but it will have a 3.5-inch 720 x 720 touchscreen, an 8MP camera on the back, and 16GB of built-in storage. It’s running on a Qualcomm S4 Plus chip.

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