BlackBerry KEYone Features, Specifications & Reviews.


 
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Features:
  •  Strong aluminium frame
  •  Impact resistant display
  •  Soft textured back
  • Program each key to instantly bring up contacts and apps you use most often, such as pressing “B” to open browser.
  • Predictive text made even faster with the ability to flick words onto your screen as you type.
  • Responds to touch gestures like a trackpad, to quickly scroll through webpages or emails.
  • Android 7.1 Nougat
  • Powerful 3505 mAh battery . 
  • Quick Charge capability 
  • Power management tools like Boost for faster recharging

  • Secured with BlackBerry security software, the world’s most trusted mobile security software.*
    • DTEK security monitoring app
    • Best-in-class monthly Android security updates
    • Security built-in from the start
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    The camera on KEYone delivers sharp, crisp photos in any light.
    • 12MP Main Camera
       Large 1.55μm pixels
    • Sony IMX378 Sensor
       Industry leading camera sensor
    • 8MP Front Camera
       Wide-angle lens with flash
      BlackBerry® Hub is an irreplaceable tool for consolidating all of your messages in one place – whether it’s email, calendar, social or phone calls. 
    Specifications:

    • Fully Android™
    • Access to over a million apps on Google Play
    • 4.5” scratch-resistant display
    • Convenience Key
    • 8MP front camera with flash
    • 12MP auto-focus large pixel rear camera
    • Fingerprint Sensor
    • BlackBerry Security software

    Design

    • Size

      Height 149.3 mm / 5.8 in
      Width 72.5 mm / 2.8 in
      Depth 9.4 mm / 0.37 in

    • Keyboard

      Smart Keyboard
      Contextual auto-correction, next-word prediction and a personalised learning engine that gets to know the way you type with on screen flick typing.

    • Weight

      180g / 6.34 oz

    • Navigation

      Touch screen, with touch sensitive keyboard

    • Dedicated keys

      Volume Up/Down, Lock (for Power On/Off) Customisable BlackBerry Convenience Key (usable as Mute Key when on an active call or to open the camera)

    Display

    • Resolution

      433 PPI
      1620 x 1080 IPS LCD
      24-bit colour depth

    • Screen size

      4.5” diagonal
      3:2 aspect ratio

    OS

    • Operating system

      Android OS – 7.1 Nougat

    Performance

    • Processor

      Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 625 Octa-Core 2.0 GHz, 64-bit Adreno 506, 650MHz GPU

    • Expandable memory

      Expandable memory via hot swappable microSD
      memory card (Up to 2TB)

    • Memory

      3 GB RAM
      32 GB Flash

    • Ports

      USB Type-C
      - USB 3.1

    Power

    • Battery

      3505 mAh (typical) 4.4V non-removable Lithium Ion battery QC3.0
      Enabled 50% charge in 36 minutes

    Camera & video

    • Rear camera

      12MP auto-focus large pixel camera
      4K video recording at 30 fps
      Phase Detect Auto Focus (PDAF), Fast focus lock
      HDR 6-element f2.0 lens
      Dual Tone LED Flash – Enhanced photo colour balance
      4x digital zoom
      Continuous & touch to focus, face detection, electric image stabilisation
      Panorama, Burst, Live Filters
      Multi-Frame Low Light Enhancement

    • Front camera

      8MP Fixed-Focus, f2.2
      1.125um pixel size
      84˚ wide angle/field of view lens
      Image & video stabilisation
      1080p HD video recording at 30 fps
      Light-up LCD Flash
      Wide Selfie Mode (also known as Selfie Panorama)
      Multi-Frame Low Light Enhancement

    Multimedia

    • Image supported formats

      BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, WEBP

    • Audio & video supported codes

      MPEG-4, AAC+, AAC-LC, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, DivX, EVRC, FLAC, H.263, H.264, H265/HEVC, MIDI, MP3, OPUS, PCM, QCELP, VORBIS, VP8, VP9, Xvid, eAAC+

    • Audio & video supported formats

      3GP, 3G2, AAC, AVI, ADTS, AWB, DIVX, FLAC, IMY, MID, MKV, MP3, MPEG-4, MXMF, OGG, OTA, RTTTL, RTX, WAV, WEBM, XMF

    • Streaming protocols

      HTTP(S) Progressive Download, HTTP(S) Live Streaming (HLS) version 3, RTSP (RTP, SDP)

    Pre-loaded apps

    • BlackBerry Applications

      BlackBerry® Keyboard, BlackBerry® Hub, BlackBerry® Calendar, Contacts by BlackBerry®, Notes by BlackBerry®, Tasks by BlackBerry®, BBM®, DTEK™ by BlackBerry®, BlackBerry® Device Search, BlackBerry® Launcher, BlackBerry® Hub+ Services, BlackBerry® Help, BlackBerry® Password Keeper, BlackBerry® Content Transfer, BlackBerry® Productivity Edge, BlackBerry® Power Center, BlackBerry® Notable, BlackBerry® Workspaces

    • Android Applications

      Gmail™, Duo, Google Chrome™, Google Drive™, Google Maps™, YouTube®, Google Play™, Photos, Messenger (SMS), Clock , News & Weather, Play Music, Play Movies, Google (Search, Voice Search), Downloads, Docs, Sheets Slides

    Alerts & notifications

    • Tone
      Vibrate
      On-screen or RGB LED indicator
      (Some notification options are user configurable)

    Networks & connectivity

    • Network bands

      Canada, LATAM, APAC, US V1:
      LTE1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 28, 29, 30
      TDD LTE: 38, 39, 40, 41

      EMEA
      LTE: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 20, 28
      TDD LTE: 38, 40
      US V2
      LTE: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30
      TDD LTE: 41
      CDMA BC 0,1,10

    • GPS

      Assisted, Autonomous and Simultaneous GPS
      Support for User Plane and Control Plane
      GLONASS, BeiDou2
      OTDOA
      Pre-loaded Google Maps

    • Wi-Fi

      802.11 b/g/n 2.4 GHz
      802.11 a/n 5GHz
      802.11 ac 5GHz
      4G Mobile Hotspot
      Wi-Fi Direct

    • FM Radio

      Supported

    • Bluetooth®

      Bluetooth 4.2 Low Energy (LE) and EDR

    • NFC

      NFC technology is used to create a connection to share information between your BlackBerry device and other NFC-enabled devices or NFC tags. Features on KEYone that use NFC technology include Android Beam, Tap and Pay, and Tap and Go.

    Sensors

    • Accelerometer
    • Magnetometer
    • Gyroscope
    • Proximity
    • Ambient light
    • Hall Effect

    • Accessibility

      Google TalkBack screen reader for audible output Face-to-face video chat with 
      Google Hangouts
      Google Now voice assistance to answer questions and perform actions
      Scalable fonts and magnification to zoom in or zoom out Closed Captioning support
      High contrast text, colour inversion and colour correction Certain models rated for use with hearing aids
    Footnotes
    • Many factors affect battery life including but not limited to network, transmission environment, battery age, usage, location software and feature configuration
    • Please check with your service provider for availability
    • Quick Charge tested in lab conditions.
    Reviews from top sites:

    The verge :


    7.0 Verge Score

    Good Stuff:

    • It has a keyboard!
    • Great battery life
    • Reliable performance and camera

    Bad Stuff:

    • Small, cramped display
    • Heavy weight
    • Will it ever get a software update?
     
      androidcentral:

    The good


    • Great build quality
    • Android 7.1.1 on board at launch
    • Excellent security features
    • Best hardware keyboard on the market
    • Great battery life
    • Best security update pedigree outside of Google

    The bad

    • Software is buggy
    • Performance is inconsistent (likely from buggy software)
    • Camera has potential but suffers in low light
     

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