BlackBerry KEY2 specs and value particulars have emerged on-line forward of its formal debut that’s scheduled in New York City for Wednesday, June 7. The brand new BlackBerry mannequin, which would be the successor to the BlackBerry KEYone, appeared on Geekbench prior to now that highlighted its benchmark outcomes. BlackBerry additionally final month released a teaser video to provide a glimpse of the upcoming handset. The teaser confirmed that the brand new providing will include a full QWERTY keyboard and a touch-supported show in addition to have a metallic body and a twin rear digicam setup.

None apart from reputed tipster Evan Blass has leaked the specs and value particulars of the BlackBerry KEY2. The supply additionally posted few renders by means of his extensively common Twitter account to indicate what’s new in BlackBerry’s newest providing. The renders spotlight the contact and kind type issue of the upcoming smartphone and element its premium design. On the again, there’s a textured panel that appears to have a rubberised end. This additionally enlightens the twin rear digicam setup in addition to the BlackBerry brand that is available in silver color. The entrance of the smartphone has the common BlackBerry-style keyboard and the touchscreen panel.

When it comes to specs, the listing leaked by Blass reveals that the BlackBerry KEY2 runs Android 8.1 Oreo and includes a 4.5-inch full-HD (1080×1620 pixels) IPS show with a 3:2 facet ratio and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 safety. The smartphone is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SoC, coupled with 6GB of RAM. Additional, the twin rear digicam setup is discovered to have two 12-megapixel sensors – one in every of which has an f/1.8 aperture, 79.3-degree lens, whereas the opposite one sports activities an f/2.6 aperture, 50-degree lens. There may be additionally dual-tone LED flash, and the handset has HDR and 4K video recording assist. Additionally, the brand new mannequin contains an 8-megapixel selfie digicam with full-HD (1080p) video recording assist.

The BlackBerry KEY2 is noticed to have 64GB and 128GB storage choices that each will probably be expandable through microSD card (as much as 256GB). When it comes to connectivity, the handset has FM radio, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v5.0, GPS/ A-GPS, NFC, USB Kind-C, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Sensors on board, as per the leaked sheet, embody an accelerometer, ambient mild, gyroscope, magnetometer, and a proximity sensor. The smartphone additionally has a fingerprint sensor embedded beneath the spacebar key. Apart from, it packs a 3500mAh battery that helps Qualcomm’s Fast Cost 3.0 and measures 151.4×71.8×8.5mm.

Specification-wise, the BlackBerry KEY2 does have a bunch of upgrades over final yr’s BlackBerry KEYone. The brand new mannequin, nevertheless, has the identical show panel that featured on its predecessor.

So far as the pricing is worried, Blass noted that the BlackBerry KEY2 will probably be out there within the US with a beginning price ticket of $649 (roughly Rs. 43,400). That is notably larger than the value of the BlackBerry KEYone that was launched within the US at $549 (round Rs. 36,700).

We have to wait till the official launch to grasp the provision of the BlackBerry KEY2.