In the US, it costs $649 unlocked at Amazon and Best Buy, and supports GSM carriers like AT&T and T-Mobile. Won't work with Verizon or Sprint in the US Price and release dateīlackBerry Key2 launched on June 29, so it's now available to pre-order in the US and UK, courtesy of TCL, the Chinese smartphone company now behind the BlackBerry brand. It’s a solid reinvention of a BlackBerry if that’s what you’re looking for in the Android era, and completely different if you’re looking to stand out. Our advice: take your 14-day return policy (or whatever trial your country affords you) seriously on this one. You’re going to hate this phone if you can’t adapt (or, if you’re old enough, revert back) to an old-school smartphone keyboard. You’re going to love the keys on this phone if you can get used to typing on a real keyboard again. New camera tricks, video playback, and millennial-loved apps like Instagram aren’t primed for BlackBerry and its misshapen screen with a 3:2 aspect ratio. But it does weird things, too, which had us not-so-enthusiastically saying, ‘Ugh, it does everything differently’. It’s smartphone productivity at its finest.īlackBerry Key2 is a standout phone at a time when we’re seeing a lot of notch-led sameness. They’re 20% larger than last year and there’s an all-new Speed Key to trigger 52 customizable actions from any menu. You’re also upgrading to a faster performing chipset (but nowhere near the fastest in the world) and a higher-quality dual-lens camera (though not flawless, as you'll see) on a phone that runs Android 8.1 Oreo and BlackBerry’s smart security and all-encompassing messaging software.īut it all comes back to the physical keys.
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