BlackBerry KEY2’s confirmed specs and pricing
BlackBerry will display the KEY2 at the event in New York on June 7. Just a few days ago, Evan Bass tweeted a few leak renders of the KEY2. Today he’s back with a spec sheet of the smartphone.
full BlackBerry KEY2 specs pic.twitter.com/xwp6Qc2Srz
— Evan Blass (@evleaks) June 6, 2018
KEY2 is confirmed to be powered by Qualcomm’s octa-core Snapdragon 660. The smartphone is equipped with a decent amount of 6GB of RAM with an internal storage that can support up to 64GB or 128 GB, a microSD card slot will return so users can add more storage.
The outside features of KEY2 will have a QWERTY keyboard with a fingerprint scanner integrated to its space bar, a 4.5-inch display with a 1620 x 1080p resolution and a 3:2 aspect ratio. Its camera on the back gets to have a massive improvement, it features a dual-camera setup made up of a 12-megapixel sensor with a f/1.8 aperture and a secondary 12-megapixel sensor with a f/2.6 aperture, the front camera is made up of an 8-megapixel selfie sensor. The cameras are capable of video recording in 4K at 30 frames per second and are topped off with a dual-tone LED flash.
The BackBerry KEY2 will have a 3,500mAh battery that will be backed up by Quick Charge 3.0, the smartphone supports Bluetooth 5.0 and a Type-C USB connector. A 3.5mm headphone jack can be connected on top of the smartphone.
According to a tweet by Evan Blass, BlackBerry KEY2 will go on sale for $649 in the US, $829 CAD in Canada, and £579 in the UK, and €649 for the European customers.
$649 US / €649 EU / £579 GB / $829 CA https://t.co/9QLtF76urX
— Evan Blass (@evleaks) June 6, 2018