A Quick Look at Blackberry KEYone: Capabilities & Specifications
HMD worldwide (Nokia’s partner) isn’t the most effective one seeking to raise the lifeless at MWC this year with the aid of bringing nostalgic devices to the show, TCL (Blackberry’s accomplice) did the identical component last week with the release of Blackberry KEYone. This new device from TCL is reminiscent of the the distinction days of Blackberry whilst physical QWERTY keyboard turned into the real deal.
Blackberry KEYone functions Blackberry’s conventional bodily keyboard below the display and runs Android OS, no longer Blackberry’s dead and forgotten software program. The device is powered with the aid of a Snapdragon 625 chipset, a 2.0GHz octa-core processor with Adreno 506 GPU.
The 4.5-inch display screen has a resolution of 1080 x 1620px, and it’s protected with Gorilla Glass four. There’s a 3GB RAM and the device has an inner garage of 32GB. As for the battery, it has a ability of 3505mAh. on the connectivity facet, the device is 4G-enabled as predicted (with Cat 7 LTE, as much as three hundred Mbit/s downlink and up to 150 Mb/s uplink)
The keyboard isn’t just for typing, it has a few cool tricks up its sleeves. according to TCL, the keyboard may be used as an extension for the display. Programmable shortcuts can be carried out, making them in particular beneficial for image editing, scrolling and other custom gestures.
Pricing and availability
The device will be available in April in several countries. The price has been announced already to be $549/€599/£499. This is about ₦172,000 using direct currency conversion.
Blackberry KEYone full specifications
| BlackBerry KEYone Specifications | |
| SoC | Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 (MSM8953) 8x ARM Cortex-A53 @ 2.0 GHz Adreno 506 |
| RAM | 3 GB LPDDR3 |
| Storage | 32 GB (eMMC) |
| Display | 4.5-inch 1620×1080 (434 ppi) with Gorilla Glass 4 |
| Network | 3G: WCDMA (DB-DCHSDPA, DC-HSUPA), TD-SCDMA, EV-DO, CDMA1x 2G: GSM/EDGE 4G: depends on the versionCanada, LATAM, APAC, US V1: LTE: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 28, 29, 30 TDD LTE: 38, 39, 40, 41EMEA: LTE: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 20, 28 TDD LTE: 38, 40US V2: LTE: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30 TDD LTE: 41 CDMA: BC 0, 1, 10 |
| LTE | Down: 300 Mb/s Up: 150 Mb/s |
| Audio | Stereo speakers 3.5-mm TRRS audio jack |
| Dimensions | see pictures |
| Rear Camera | 12 MP with f/2.0 aperture and dual LED flash |
| Front Camera | 8 MP |
| Battery | 3505 mAh with Qualcomm’s FastCharging 3.0 |
| OS | Android 7.1 |
| Connectivity | 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1, USB-C |
| Sensors | Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, proximity, ambient light |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS (?) |
| SIM Size | NanoSIM |
| Colors | Black/Metallic |
| Launch Country | NA, EMEA (parts), APAC(?) |
| Price | $549/€599/£499 |
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