Canadian smartphone manufacturer Blackberry is holding a launch event in New Delhi on Tuesday, August 1, where the company is set to unveil its "latest exciting offering." While the company didn't say exactly what it would launch at the event, rumours are rife that it's going to be the "BlackBerry KEYone" Android smartphone, which made its debut at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017, in Barcelona earlier this year.

The BlackBerry Mobile India on Friday shared a teaser on Twitter and Instagram, indicating that the upcoming device will be "fast", "iconic", "smart" and more "secure", allowing users to "do more"- in a "different" way. The company has also setup a new YouTube channel, which currently features the same teaser.

BlackBerry KEYone
BlackBerry KEYoneInternational Business Times, India

At the time of the KEYone's international debut at the MWC 2017, BlackBerry reportedly used the same "Do More Different" tagline for the handset. Therefore, it's very likely that the company will indeed launch the KEYone at Tuesday's event.

The BlackBerry KEYone boasts a physical QWERTY keyboard, having a fingerprint sensor on the spacebar and also capacitive touch sensors on the entire keyboard for scrolling.

The handset features a 12MP rear auto-focus large pixel camera, and an 8MP front camera with a wide angle field of view and full HD video-recording ability.

The BlackBerry KEYone, which runs on Android 7.1 Nougat, is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 octa-core processor and 4GB of RAM. The phone also sports a 3,505mAh battery, which is claimed to be the biggest battery for a BlackBerry phone to date.

BlackBerry KEYone
BlackBerry KEYoneBlackBerry

The BlackBerry KEYone was launched in the US with a price tag of $549 (around Rs. 35,200). In the UK, the smartphone costs £499 (around Rs. 42,000).

Here're the key specs of the BlackBerry KEYone:

Model BlackBerry KEYOne
Display 4.5-inch IPS LCD screen with 1620x1080p resolution
    • Pixel density: 433 ppi (pixels per inch)
    • Aspect ratio: 3:2
OS Android 7.1 Nougat
Processor 2.0GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 octa-core processor
GPU 650MHz Adreno 506
RAM 4GB
Storage 64GB flash, expandable up to 2TB
Camera
    • Main: 12MP auto-focus large pixel camera with Sony IMX378, 4K video recording, PDAF (Phase Detect Auto Focus), fast focus lock, dual-tone LED flash-enhanced photo colour, HDR 6-element f/2.0 lens, 4x digital zoom, EIS (Electric Image Stabilisation), Panorama, Burst, Live Filters, multi-fram low light enhancement
    • Front: 8MP fixed focus camera, 1.25µm pixel size, 84-degree wide angle/field of view lens, Image & video stabilization, full HD (1080p) video recording, light-up LCD flash, wide selfie mode (also known as Selfie Panorama), multi-frame low light enhancement
Battery 3,505mAh; 4.4V non-removable Lithium Ion with Quick Charge v3.0 technology ( can power the phone from zero to 50% charge in 36 minutes)
Add-ons Fingerprint sensor, On-scree/ white LED indicator, Type-C USB v3.1 port, Bluetooth v4.2 LE, Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n; dual-band: 2.4GHz&5GHz), FM radio, NFC (Near Field Communication); proprietary BlackBerry security softwares
Dimensions 149.3 x 72.5 x 9.4 mm
Weight 180g
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