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TORONTO — Less than a month after BlackBerry Ltd. announced the end to in-house hardware development, the former smartphone titan appears to be prepping to release another smartphone next week.

The Waterloo, Ont. mobile company is poised to make an announcement sometime next week. It’s not clear what will be said, but it comes amidst increasing leaks about a new smartphone on tech blogs and BlackBerry’s own website.

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The device called the DTEK60 is expected to be an incrementally better version of the Android DTEK50 the company released in July. Pre-sale information has gone up on Canadian and U.S. websites, with prices reaching about $700 compared to $429 for its predecessor. A German retailer also released an advertisement that appears to confirm the DTEK60’s release next week.