The first big phone announcement of Mobile World Congress goes to TCL and BlackBerry, with the two companies unveiling the BlackBerry KeyOne tonight here in Barcelona. The KeyOne is the final version of the device codenamed “Mercury” that we saw at CES last month, and it’s by far the most interesting and enticing BlackBerry phone since TCL started licensing the name.

That is admittedly a low bar. But let’s look at what TCL has achieved here. The KeyOne is an attractive phone with solid fit and finish, hewn from aluminum and covered in Gorilla Glass 4 on the front. The 4.5-inch LCD has a 3:2 aspect ratio and resolution of 1620 x 1080, meaning it’s as sharp as it needs to be. The camera is 12 megapixels and uses a Sony sensor with 1.55-micron pixels.
[The Verge]


BB KeyOne Also known as BlackBerry Mercury
NETWORK Technology
GSM / HSPA / LTE
LAUNCH Announced 2017, February
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2017, April
BODY Dimensions 149.1 x 72.4 x 9.4 mm (5.87 x 2.85 x 0.37 in)
Weight -

Keyboard QWERTY
SIM Nano-SIM
- Capacitive touch 4-row BlackBerry keyboard

DISPLAY Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches (~55.6% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1080 x 1620 pixels (~434 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4


PLATFORM OS Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8953 Snapdragon 625
CPU Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 506


MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 256 GB
Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM


CAMERA Primary 12 MP, f/2.0, phase detection autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash
Features 1/2.3'' sensor size, 1.55µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps
Secondary 8 MP, 1.12 µm pixel size, 1080p
SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack Yes
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic


COMMS WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE, EDR
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes
Radio FM radio
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go

FEATURES Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM, BBM
Browser HTML5
Java No
- 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


BATTERY Non-removable Li-Ion 3505 mAh battery
MISC Colors Black
Price group 9/10

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As a regular BlackBerry user, I must confess that i am so in love with this phone already.