Definitely not buying into this, but there is some worthwhile logic even without a handset.

BlackBerry already did the ground work on building a QNX phone os. They abandoned it for android at the end, but QNX os existed and was spectacular.

If Elon’s really got a belly to fight Apple and Google, he wouldn’t do it by launching one phone (likely on android in any event). He would need the whole ecosystem - BlackBerry has the privacy, security, and stability cred that’s currently not being used to maximum efficiency.

If Elon still had any credibility/salesmanship left, lending it to BlackBerry probably could haveturned it into that rocket ship to Mars.