BlackBerry KEY2 specification and prices
First info about the KEY2 by BlackBerry appeared on June 2018 but the phone is still not on sale. The mobile will be soon on sale from carriers including AT&T Wireless, Boost Mobile, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile as well as retailers like Target, Best Buy.
The mobile runs on the most popular operating system on the market for now - Android OS. KEY2 has the late Android version: 8.1 (Oreo). It means that the mobile will run all the newest games and apps easily. The model has Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Kryo 260 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260) CPU that provides a great performance. The phone has 6 GB RAM that is a perfect amount of memory.
BlackBerry KEY2 camera has 2.6 aperture that is a common size for smartphones. If you like to shoot photos in dark rooms, you won't shoot quality photos as the camera lets in low light. KEY2 also will not suit for getting blurred backgrounds. KEY2 8 (f/2.0 megapixel front camera is great for selfie lovers. KEY2 can capture 4K high quality video with its primary camera. 4K is the highest resolution that smartphones support for now.
The cell phone has a common 4.5 inch display size. It means that most part of users will not have any difficulties use the phone with one hand. Such display size has significant benefits in compare to the smaller one: it's more comfortable to use the display as a viewfinder , better for video chatting and great for reading books.
This mobile has non-removable Li-Ion 3500 mAh battery.
The phone's weight is 168 grams (5.93 oz), it is 151.4 mm (5.96 in) high, 71.8 mm (2.83 in) wide and has a 8.5 mm (0.33 in) depth what means that this cell phone is rather thin.
You will be able to buy KEY2 in Black or Silver colors.
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- 2018, June
- Coming soon. Exp. release 2018, June
- Android 8.1 (Oreo)
- Qualcomm SDM660 Snapdragon 660
- Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Kryo 260 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260)
- Adreno 512
- Dual: 12 MP (f/1.8, 1/2.3", 1.28µm, dual-pixel PDAF) + 12 MP (f/2.6, 1.0µm, PDAF), phase detection autofocus, dual-LED dual-tone flash
- 8 MP (f/2.0, 1.12µm), 1080p
- 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
- Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama
- 4.5 inches, 60.0 cm2
- 1080 x 1620 pixels, 3:2 ratio (~434 ppi density)
- IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Corning Gorilla Glass 3
- Yes
- Non-removable Li-Ion 3500 mAh battery
- 151.4 x 71.8 x 8.5 mm (5.96 x 2.83 x 0.33 in)
- 168 g (5.93 oz, 0.37 lb)
- QWERTY
- Aluminum frame (7000 series), plastic back
- Single SIM
- Black, Silver
- 64/128 GB, 6 GB RAM
- microSD, up to 256 GB
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
- 5.0, A2DP, LE, EDR
- Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS2
- Yes
- FM radio
- 3.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
- Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
- SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM, BBM
- HTML5 - Fast battery charging: 50% in 36 min (Quick Charge 3.0) - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FlAC player - DivX/Xvid/MP4/H.265 player - Photo/video editor - Document viewer
- Yes
- GSM / HSPA / LTE
- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (BBF100-6 model only)
- HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
- LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - EU, Africa, AU (BBF100-1) LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100) - Canada, US, LATAM (BBF100-2) LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - ME, APAC, India (BBF100-6) LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - China (BBF100-4)
- HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat11 600/75 Mbps
- Yes
- Yes
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