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RIM Manufacturing Partner Pulls the Plug On BlackBerry Phones

Posted by samzenpus on Monday June 18, 2012 @04:35AM from the one-step-closer-to-the-end dept.

zacharye writes "Toronto-based original device manufacturer Celestica on Monday announced that it will stop producing hardware for struggling mobile device vendor Research In Motion. Celestica stated that it will wind down manufacturing services related to BlackBerry devices over the next three to six months, and it expects restructuring charges to be less than $35 million."

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Re:So what does this mean? by mccdyl001 · 2012-06-18 05:02 · Score: 5, Informative

From this Chicago Tribune article, it sounds like there were 4 major manufacturers and now there will be 3. Celestica apparently made the Blackberry Bold & Curve models, and the article seems to indicate that those models will be moved over to one of the other manufacturers.