Why Blackberry KeyOne is an interesting piece of tech

"BlackBerry has taken many different forms over the years, the most recent being an Android smartphone manufacturer. First came the BlackBerry PRIV, then the DTEK50 and DTEK60 later on in 2016. Now in 2017, the company is bringing something completely different to the table. Originally known as the BlackBerry ‘Mercury’, the KEYone is a new productivity-focused smartphone that aims to be different on both the outside and inside. Here are 5 points why it could be interesting for you..."

1) The Design


It's how close a modern day Android smartphone can get to classical Blackberry. Nowadays when we are used to bezel less displays, metal and glass gorgeous designs this seems like a tank among them. it brings out a ot of blackberry nostalgia we all were familier with at some point of time. It can differentiate itself from a fleet of smartphones we have today and this is the point. blackberry is succeeded in giving us something new, something different to the table.

2) The Physical Keyboard

The Blackberry KeyOne is all about its physical keyboard in a world dominated by touchscreen iPhones and Androids. It’s the exact opposite of the Galaxy S8 and LG G6 all-screen trend. BlackBerry’s signature keyboard is a welcomed change if you miss the tactile feedback of a real smartphone keyboard. There are 35-chicklet-style keys, and each one it properly backlit with no need for an on-screen keyboard to hog your display.The entire keyboard also acts as a trackpad, so you can scroll through menus and web pages as you lightly pet the keys. You, again, don’t need to put your fingers on the screen. Each key on this keypad can be remapped according to you to perform specific tasks. for example, you can program I key to open Instagram from home screen even without making a single touch on display, and this makes performing all tasks a lot faster with a lot of customizable keys.

3) User Experience

It's a whole new user experience. Using physical keys tons of remappable buttons and traditional ctrl+c and ctrl+v shortcuts make it different from an ordinary Android smartphone. It brings back the physical input system along with touch. swiping on the keyboard to scroll down and scroll up and much more brings a new kind of user experience different from its Android folks we are used to off.

4) Software

The KeyOne runs Android 7.1.1 Nougat with a BlackBerry twist. You have access to all of the Google Play Store apps, plus a few enterprise-focused programs and interface tweaks.
BlackBerry Hub is the highlight of the software. It combines your notifications, messages calls, and events into one streamlined location. You can easily sift through almost every account in your hectic work life: BlackBerry Messenger, texts, email, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, Slack, WhatsApp, and Twitter. The security patches, which appear every month, the choice to use the stock (or very close to stock) Android UX, the care and thought that has gone into applications like the BlackBerry Hub and features like the ability to assign commands or app shortcuts to keys on the QWERTY keyboard.

5) Nostalgia

Oh, common guys! we can't deny the fact that it is a blackberry after all which ruled our hearts once and this will bring all those nostalgic memories with it. If one can buy a Nokia 3310 today which has no practical use today just for the sake of nostalgia then why can't we buy a blackberry in such a functional form? 

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