BlackBerry KeyOne price and name confirmed at MWC 2017
Out with the Mercury, in with the KeyOne
TCL has finally revealed the name of its next BlackBerry-branded flagship Android smartphone after teasing the phone-with-no-name at CES 2017 earlier this year – say hello to the BlackBerry KeyOne.
We now know the KeyOne has a full HD, 4.5-inch display and the biggest battery ever put into a BlackBerry phone - a 3,505mAh power pack.
It also includes Boost fast charging via the USB Type-C port at the bottom which puts the Keyone in a low power mode to maximize the charging.
Under the hood there's a Snapdragon 625 chipset in charge of running everything on screen.
We already new the KeyOne featured a full physical QWERTY keyboard below a touchscreen with Android 7.1 Nougat and an aluminium body with a soft-grip back.
The most secure Android experience
TCL says the BlackBerry Keyone is the most secure Android smartphone experience available today, a claim a number of companies are trying to make.
Security is baked into both the hardware and software, and you also get BlackBerry's DTEK application pre-installed which gives you an overview of your phone's security. The app will even make suggestions on how to improve the privacy on the Keyone.
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The BlackBerry KeyOne release date is set globally for April 2017 and the KeyOne price is £499 ($549, around AU$810).
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