Blackberry Key2 specs leaked ahead of launch

TCL Communications is set to take to the stage in the very near future to announce the highly anticipated Blackberry Key2 smartphone. For those who are eagerly awaiting the details as to what the specifications of the handset will entail, then you should look no further as it appears that the entire feature set of the Key2 has been leaked by Evan Blass, the man behind some of the most notable smartphone leaks in recent history.

The TCL made Android handset will arrive with a 4.5-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 434ppi. It will be fitted with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 which should take care of most bumps. As for the keyboard, The Blackberry Key2 will feature a touch-enabled 35 key backlit QWERTY physical keyboard that features an integrated fingerprint sensor. The smartphone comes loaded with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SoC made up of four 2.2GHz and four 1.8GHz Kryo 260 CPU cores. It is paired with 6GB of RAM and comes with either 64GB or 128GB of onboard storage. This storage can be expanded upon by pairing it with a microSD card of up to 256GB.

The cameras found here employ a dual lens system with both rated at 12MP. The lenses feature a f/1.8 and f/26 aperture. There is also a dual-tone LED flash, HDR shooting and 4K video recording at 30fps. The front-facing camera is a single 8MP fixed-focus snapper for clicking selfies. TCL has added a 3.5mm jack with this smartphone. The Blackberry Key2 comes with Android 8.1 Oreo loaded in.

Prices of the Blackberry Key2 have been leaked by Evan Blass by stating that it will be priced at $649 US / €649 EU / £579 GB / $829 CA which would convert to approximately Rs 43,570 by taking into consideration the USD rate.

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