During the duration of Mobile World Congress 2015 BlackBerry revealed that it will release a new slider smartphone this year. 
The sliders smartphones are not common these days, but the company is looking for something that will help it regain the interest of the buying public. The company hasn't revealed much about this device, but several images showing the new device have been leaked since then.
The latest ones to show today show the slider mechanism of the BlackBerry Venice device.
The new device, apart from the slider that makes it stand out, will also be released with an operating system Android. The images below essentially show BlackBerry's first Android-powered device, which the company has hinted will feature several security tweaks inspired by BB10.
According to recent leaks the device will have a 5,4-inch Quad HD curved display and a full keyboard QWERTY which will appear below the screen.
As for specifications: it will be powered by a Snapdragon 808 processor with 3GB RAM, it will have a 16 megapixel camera on the back with an optical image stabilizer, and run with an optimized Android Lollipop that will carry the BlackBerry security signature.
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