BlackBerry KEY2 has formally been teased ahead of its June 7 launch. The most recent growth emerges days after the handset appeared on GeekBench to disclose its key specs. The brand new BlackBerry mannequin will come because the successor to the BlackBerry KEYone that the Canadian big launched in February final yr with a full QWERTY keyboard and a touch-supported show.

The 25-second teaser, which does not reveal any inner {hardware} particulars, gives us a glimpse of what BlackBerry has designed this time. The teaser video initially reveals the again of the BlackBerry KEY2 that seems to have a textured panel with a shiny BlackBerry brand. After that, it strikes the rear-facing optics which are compressed in a twin digicam setup and are supported by an LED flash module. The video additionally highlights the darkish metallic body and concludes with a short look of the all-new keyboard that’s prone to have many enhancements over the keyboard featured on the earlier BlackBerry KEY collection handset.

Notably, the keyboard featured within the teaser video matches the design of the keyboard that was leaked in a pair dwell photographs final month. It appears to incorporate a devoted key that can open the app drawer on the display. Lastly, the handset seems to incorporate a touchscreen panel which may have an upgraded decision over what the BlackBerry KEYone provided prior to now.

Worth and availability particulars of the BlackBerry KEY2 are prone to be introduced on the time of its formal launch that’s taking place in New York Metropolis. In the meantime, the Geekbench itemizing of the handset confirmed that it’s going to run Android 8.1 Oreo out of the field and might be powered by an octa-core Snapdragon 660 SoC, coupled with 4GB and 6GB RAM choices. The handset is anticipated to return with a USB Sort-C port and assist 4G LTE alongside providing dual-SIM connectivity.