BlackBerry announced KEYone at its MWC 2017 event in Barcelona yesterday. This is the last phone that is designed by BlackBerry and is made by TCL Communication Technology (TCT). We have got our hands on the phone so let’s take a detailed look at hardware and specifications of the phone.
The KEYone sports a 4.5-inch (1620 x 1080 pixels) display with 3:2 aspect ratio. It has an aluminium body with great build that gives it a premium look. The phone is powered by 2GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 14nm processor coupled with 3GB RAM, 32GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 2TB with microSD.
It has 8MP front camera above the display along with earpiece, microphone and usual set of sensors. The phone has curved edges.
It has a 4-row QWERTY physical backlit keyboard with keys that respond to touch gestures, support for flick typing, up to 52 customizable shortcuts and the fingerprint sensor is built into the spacebar.
The right size houses volume rockers, a convenience key and SIM card tray.
The power button is present on the left.
A 3.5mm audio headphone jack and a microphone are present on the top. The phone measures 149.3 x 72.5 x 9.4mm and weighs 180 grams.
The bottom of the phone houses USB Type C with loudspeaker grill on either sides.
There is a nice rubber soft textured grip at the back of the phone that sports the trademark BlackBerry logo. Also present is a 12MP rear camera with dual-tone LED Flash, Sony IMX378 sensor, 1.55μm pixel size, 1/2.3″ sensor size, f/2.0 aperture, PDAF, 4K video recording.
It runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat) with security and productivity suite from BlackBerry. There is a 3505mAh battery on the phone that comes with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0.
Connectivity options include 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4 & 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS / GLONASS, NFC, USB 3.1 Type-C.
The BlackBerry KEYone comes in Black color and is priced at US$ 549 (Rs. 36,590 approx.) / 599 Euros / 499 GBP depending on the market. It will be available globally starting from April.
Sneha Bokil contributed to this post