The latest leak tells what is likely the BlackBerry KEY2, the successor to last year’s KEYone. TENAA recently allowed a mobile with the model number BFF100-4. TENAA is a China’s telecommunications certification authority. The certification showed some of the phone’s features and specs. ‘Athena’ comes with a 4.5-inch display.
The display resolution is 1080 x 1620 pixel. The phone has a Snapdragon 660 chipset with 6GB RAM. Further, the phone has a dual rear camera configuration with 12MP and 8MP sensors. Additionally, it comes with a single 8MP selfie camera. It has 64GB of internal storage and the phone is powered by a non-removable 3,360mAh battery. The KEYtwo is also 12g lighter than the KEYone, as well as a millimeter thinner.
BlackBerry Key2 Full Specifications :
- Technology: GSM / HSPA / LTE
- Form factor: Touchscreen
- Dimensions: 151.4 x 71.8 x 8.5 mm (5.96 x 2.83 x 0.33 in)
- Weight: 168 g (5.93 oz)
- Keyboard: QWERTY
- Build: Aluminum frame, plastic back
- Display: 4.5 inches IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Battery capacity: Non-removable Li-Ion 3360 mAh battery
- Colors: Black, Silver
- Touchscreen: Yes
- Display Resolution: 1080 x 1620 pixels, 3:2 ratio
- Processor: Octa-core (4×2.2 GHz Kryo 260 & 4×1.8 GHz Kryo 260)
- Chipset: Qualcomm SDM660 Snapdragon 660
- RAM: 6GB
- Internal storage: 64GB
- Expandable storage: Yes
- Storage support: microSD, up to 256 GB
- Rear camera: Dual: 12 MP (f/1.8, 1/2.3″, 1.55µm) + 8 MP, phase detection autofocus, dual-LED dual-tone flash
- Front camera: 8 MP (f/2.0, 1.12µm), 1080p
- Operating System: Android 8.1 (Oreo)
- WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
- GPS: Yes
- Bluetooth: Yes, 4.2, A2DP, LE, EDR
- USB: Yes 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
- Headphones: 3.5mm
- FM: Yes
- Sensor: Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
It’s unknown when the company will declare the phone. However, a pre-production unit picture is rising to make the rounds. The picture comes courtesy of the CrackBerry forums. The forums show a frame and display same to the BlackBerry KEYone. However, the phone will comes with matte keys.
