![]() ![]() This just has the latter, to the chagrin of jet-setting international business travelers. We’re also surprised the BlackBerry KeyOne doesn’t have a dual nano SIM tray when many unlocked phones out of China now have a second SIM / microSD card tray. It helps no one – on-the-go entertainment seekers and business speakerphone devotees alike. There's no upside to the mono speaker on the bottom frame. “Again, with the camera opening?!”įor fingers trained to the more common right-side volume rocker then power button layout, it takes a lot of getting used to. It’s easy to remember this button exists during active calls, not when you’re first picking up your smartphone from a table. again.” The inability of this button to also wake the device from sleep further limits its usefulness day-to-day.ĭuring calls, it functions as a mute button, which we found useful. There's also a custom 'convenience' button we mapped to the camera app, but found it more annoying than helpful due to its easy-to-mispress location. It’s also easy to access on the front and it can wake the phone from a screen-off state. The good news is that the blended fingerprint sensor works really well here with a near 0% fail rate (assuming your fingers aren't wet). It’s an odd shape for a biometric scanner. The most clever thing about this new BlackBerry design is that it hides the fingerprint sensor inside the small space bar at the bottom of the phone. The good news is that this flaw has been addressed as an issue in the manufacturing process by TCL, and a fix was implemented to ensure new handsets rolling off the production line wouldn't suffer the same fate. Not everyone has had such luck, with a few people reporting that the screen pops out rather easily with a little bend. The aluminum frame is scratch-resistant and stood up to our minor testing abuse. No, the rubberized back isn’t really leather, but it gives that impression. This stylish, two-toned look is has real character, while the darker Black Edition is still more subtle in its premium look. Its screen-and-keyboard combo is outlined in a silver anodized aluminum frame and backed by a black, soft grip textured rear cover. You, again, don’t need to put your fingers on the screen.Ĭompared to the glory days of full mobile keyboards, it can feel a little cramped, however this is the best hardware keyboard to grace Android in years. The entire keyboard also acts as a trackpad, so you can scroll through menus and web pages as you lightly pet the keys. It works most of the time and feels faster than tapping one of the on-screen choices. ![]() Just slide up on the keys and it’ll almost flick the word right onto the screen. You can, however, select a suggested word without ever lifting your thumbs from the keyboard. It’s smart, but doesn't have punctuation predictions or, like iOS 10, emoji predictions. Hold down on the ‘I’ key while on the home screen and you instantly get to Instagram.īlackberry KeyOne has three-word suggestions across the bottom of the touchscreen as part of its contextual next word prediction engine. It has 52 customizable shortcuts, so every long and short press gets you somewhere faster. There are several twists to make life easier. It’s a trade-off that makes it slightly cheaper.ĭoes this new BlackBerry phone have enough of an enterprise advantage to lure you back from your on-screen, makebelieve keyboard? Let’s get down to business and put it to the test. What it lacks in top-of-the-line internal chip specs it tries to make up for with unique features like sophisticated software and its physical keyboard. Sure, it doesn’t have the fastest chipset and a fancy new display, yet it’s one of the best phones at helping you manage day-to-day tasks and will last you the entire day with battery life that lasts more than 24 hours. It works as an entertainment device, too, but it’s not the best at it. Photos are good, though the shared specs only go so far: it doesn't have the same backend camera image stabilization software and its front-end camera app is a mess.īlackBerry KeyOne is clearly an Android phone that has productivity users in mind. It borrows camera specs from other top-tier top phones, with a 12MP sensor right out of the Google Pixel. It’s like this phone clocks out at 5pm sharp when it comes to the fun stuff. The audio comes out through a single bottom-firing speaker, too. The screen is bright and colorful, but while its 3:2 aspect ratio is great for viewing emails, it leaves you with unsightly black bars on all 16:9 video. BlackBerry KeyOne is all business in the front and back, less of a multimedia party anywhere in between. ‘CrackBerry’ addicts have something to look forward to here. ![]()
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