A very long time after the existence of its first-generation mannequin, BlackBerry is now apparently creating the sequel of the BlackBerry KEYone that might debut because the BlackBerry KEY2. The unannounced smartphone has been noticed on ’s TENAA certifications web site and its testing unit has allegedly been leaked forward of any formal affirmation. The TENAA itemizing exhibits a twin rear digicam setup on the BlackBerry handset that carries mannequin quantity BBF100-4. The leaked photographs, however, give a closure have a look at its design and spotlight all the important thing variations between the BlackBerry KEYone and its successor. In January, BlackBerry Cellular President Alain Lejeune confirmed that the corporate is working on at least two new smartphones for this yr. It, subsequently, seems that the BlackBerry KEYone successor may very well be one of many upcoming fashions by the Canadian firm.

As per the TENAA listing, the suspicious BlackBerry handset, codenamed “Athena”, has a twin rear digicam setup that’s not like the one rear digicam sensor that includes the BlackBerry KEYone. Additional, in keeping with the photographs obtainable on the TENAA website, the smartphone has a whole rubberised, textured panel on the again. That is opposite to the again panel on the BlackBerry KEYone that did not have a textured design above the rear digicam setup.

Aside from these distinctions, the BlackBerry Athena appears fairly just like the BlackBerry KEYone. It sports activities a full QWERTY keyboard that’s prone to help gestures and a multitouch-supported show that’s anticipated to return in 3:2 side ratio. On the highest, the smartphone has a 3.5mm audio jack, whereas its backside has a USB Kind-C port. The TENAA itemizing additionally highlights that the handset has a 4G LTE and contains dual-SIM help.

Coming in direction of the leaked photographs, which have been posted on CrackBerry, the unannounced BlackBerry smartphone seems to have a plastic construct. The keys on the complete QWERTY keyboard of the handset even have a matte end. Furthermore, the handset surfaced on the picture carries a “Not for Sale” tag – suggesting it to be a testing unit.

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Neither the TENAA itemizing nor the leaked photographs verify any specs of the smartphone that’s thought of to be the successor to the BlackBerry KEYone. Nevertheless, there are some rumours that the handset will debut in June with a Snapdragon 660 SoC, coupled with 6GB of RAM, and Android Oreo.

As we talked about, BlackBerry’s Lejeune already confirmed that the corporate is making ready not less than two new smartphones for this yr – one among which is prone to be the BlackBerry KEYone successor. The manager had additionally highlighted that the final yr’s BlackBerry KEYone and BlackBerry Motion attracted “sturdy renewed curiosity” thus far and helped the corporate have a “strong basis” for the longer term.

The BlackBerry KEYone was launched in India in August at Rs. 39,990. The twin-SIM smartphone runs Android 7.1.1 Nougat and encompasses a 4.5-inch IPS LCD panel with a 3:2 side ratio. It’s powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 SoC, paired with 4GB of RAM, and encompasses a 12-megapixel digicam sensor on the again with an f/2.0 aperture. Moreover, the handset has 64GB of onboard storage that’s expandable through microSD card (as much as 2TB) and packs a 3505mAh battery.