Blackberry Keyone Set For Unveiling As The Earlier Dubbed Mercury

The Mobile World Congress for this year is just an inch away and TCL, the now makers of Blackberry devices is on the verge of launching its first Blackberry device since taking over Blackberry mobile operations, and it is the earlier dubbed Blackberry Mercury device that is getting set for unveiling but no longer as Mercury but now Blackberry Keyone.

The Blackberry Keyone is yet another android device, but with physical keyboard like blackberry aging conventional device. 

You could recall that Blackberry first Android device the Priv also featured physical QWERTY keyboard but the difference now being that that of the latest Blackberry Keyone is not dock-able like the Priv.

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The new Blackberry Keyone features some handful of somewhat premium specs. With aluminium body design, the 4.5inches FHD device is packed with Snapdragon 625 chipset, it features 32GB of internal storage, which is supported by a 3GB RAM.

It will be running Android 7.1 Nougat and the back came with 3505mAh battery with quick charge technology.

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Below are the full specs of the latest Blackberry Keyone as showcased earlier on Blackberry mobile site version

•  Network: 2G/3G and 4G LTE

•  Dimension: 149.3 X 72.5 X 9.4mm

•  Display: 4.5 inches FHD display with 1620 X 1080 pixel screen resolution

•  Camera: 12MP f/2.0 back camera with LED flash and a 8MP front facing camera

•  Video: 1080p@30fps

•  OS: Android 7.1 Nougat

•  Processor: 2.0GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 chipset with Adreno 506 GPU

•  Memory and RAM: 32GB internal with up to 2TB expandable external MicroSD  and 3GB RAM

•  WiFi connectivity and Bluetooth:  WiFi 802.11 b/g/n WiFi hotspot, WiFi direct and version 4.2 Bluetooth

•  Loud Speaker and Audio Port: Yes with 3.5mm jack

•  GPS: A-GPS

•  USB: USB Type-C (USB 3.1)

•  Battery: 3505 mAh battery with quick charge 3.0

•  Others: HTML 5 browser, Accelerometer and proximity sensors, fingerprint scanner, document viewer, image viewer and editor, FM radio

The Blackberry Keyone as earlier stated will be officially unveiled in couple of hours at the about to start MWC exhibition show, and we also expect that the pricing will also be revealed.