BlackBerry Keyone

BlackBerry is back once again with its all-new Keyone. The BlackBerry Keyone is an Android based smartphone device that has some of the very technologically advanced features in a unique and attractive design package. The BlackBerry Keyone is among the very few Android devices to feature a physical QWERTY keyboard. The device measures 149.1 x 72.4 x 9.4 mm and available only in black colour variant.

The BlackBerry Keyone accommodates a small 4.5-inch IPS LCD, as almost half of the device s physical area is occupied by a QWERTY keyboard and the bezels. The small screen size, however, has a fantastic pixel density of 434 PPI with the help of its 1620x1080 resolution. The display is protected with the layer of Corning's Gorilla Glass 4. Moving on to the operating system, the BlackBerry Keyone is equipped with Android 7.1 Nougat OS. The operating system has been customised keeping the QWERTY keyboard in mind. Also included within the software is BlackBerry Messenger (BBM).

The primary camera on the BlackBerry Keyone is a 12MP unit with phase-detection autofocus and dual-LED (dual tone) flash. However, it does not come with OIS (Optical image stabilisation) even with such a high price tag. A secondary camera is an 8MP unit with 1.12 m pixel size. Both the cameras can record Full HD videos.

In spite of has having a flagship-grade price, the hardware on the BlackBerry Keyone is of the mid-range category. The Qualcomm s Snapdragon 625 processor, coupled with 4GB of RAM, can handle almost any complex task you throw at it. However, it is not a very powerful processor, but an efficient one. The internal storage is 64GB with a microSD card for further expansion up to 256GB.

The battery capacity of the BlackBerry Keyone is 3,505 mAh, which can surely provide with exceptional battery backup results. The battery can be quickly topped up with the new Quick Charge 3.0 technology from Qualcomm.

The BlackBerry Keyone is future-proof with the inclusion of USB Type-C port. Apart from that, it has Wi-Fi ac/b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.2, and single-SIM 4G LTE. Additional features on the BlackBerry Keyone include a fingerprint scanner and stereo speakers for enhanced security and immersive multimedia experience.