BlackBerry has forged a partnership with TCL to push its Android hardware forward. We've seen a few phones come out of this association so far, but they've been recycled Alcatel designs. The KEYone is all new and all BlackBerry. This phone was pre-announced as the Mercury, but now it's official and coming to the US and Canada in "early Q2" and elsewhere shortly thereafter.
Here are the specs for BlackBerry's latest smartphone. We don't have all the details yet, but these are the basics.
The centerpiece of the KEYone is the BlackBerry-style keyboard, which takes up the bottom of the device. That's why it has a smaller screen with an odd resolution (it's a 3:2 ratio). The keyboard will certainly make some BB fans happy, and it's backlit, which is neat. BlackBerry says the keyboard actually gives you more overall space when inputting text than you'd have on a standard 5.5-inch smartphone with an on-screen keyboard. There's also a fingerprint sensor built into the space bar, which is super-clever.
The KEYone will launch with Android 7.1.1 and BlackBerry's light customizations. The UI will be mostly stock. It includes the DTEK security monitoring suite, as well as the Hub apps. The device will also support custom app shortcuts triggered by the keyboard. For example, you could launch Maps by pressing M on the keyboard.
Source:AndroidPolice
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