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