There have been plenty of rumors surrounding who may or may not acquire BlackBerry, although to date we have yet to see any of these rumors come to fruition. Well here to add to the list is a report from DigiTimes who claims to have heard from industry sources that companies such as Microsoft and Xiaomi could be interested in the Canadian handset maker.
Along with these two companies, their industry sources have also suggested that more than one Chinese OEM was interested as well and have also named the lines of Lenovo and Huawei, claiming that by acquiring BlackBerry it would give them a larger presence in the western market. Of course it should be noted that they are referred to as potential investors so it seems that maybe their interest could be in its initial stages versus being in talks with the company already.
However in the case of Microsoft, apparently the Redmond company has already commissioned investment companies to evaluate the idea of taking over BlackBerry with hopes that the acquisition of the company and their patent portfolio will give them an edge in the market, which at the moment is dominated by Apple and Google.
Like we said this isn’t the first time we’ve heard such rumors and it was just last week that it was even suggested that Apple might be interested as well. That rumor was preceded by another rumor that Samsung could be a potential buyer. Both Microsoft and Lenovo have also been named as potential buyers in the past but these deals/talks have yet to result in anything, so until we get the official word, take it with a grain of salt for now.
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