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BlackBerry KEYone set to launch today in India: Here is everything you need to know

The smartphone was first announced at this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017.

Optiemus Infracom, the brand behind the sales and distribution of BlackBerry-branded devices, is all set to launch KEYone smartphone in India today. The company will be holding an event in New Delhi and it is scheduled to kick start from 11:00 AM IST onwards.
To recall, the BlackBerry KEYone is going to be the last smartphone designed by the company itself. This is due to the fact that it has given away the license for designing and producing smartphones to its partner TCL. BlackBerry has also entered into a long-term licensing agreement with Optiemus Infracom Ltd for the production of future BlackBerry handsets in India. Optiemus will also manufacture, design and sell future handsets neighbouring countries including Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh as well.
The smartphone was first announced at this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017. The device is available for purchase in the UK from Selfridge’s retailer at a price tag £499, which is approximately Rs 41,367.
The major highlight of the device is the Smart Keyboard, which has a fingerprint sensor on the spacebar and a capacitive touch on the entire keyboard for scrolling. One can ‘Flick’ predictions using the BlackBerry KEYone keyboard, and also assign shortcuts to keys for actions such as browsing, triggering the camera or app.
The smartphone sports an aluminium frame and a 4.5-inch full-HD (1620×1080 pixels) IPS display with a of 433ppi and has protection. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 octa-core SoC clocked at 2GHz, coupled with 3GB of RAM and an Adreno 506 GPU. It has a 32GB of inbuilt storage that is expandable via card (up to 2TB).
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The smartphone runs on Android 7.1 Nougat operating system. It is backed up by a 3505 battery and has QuickCharge 3.0 with a ‘Boost’ charging feature that gives 50 percent charge in “roughly 36 minutes.” On the camera front, the smartphone offers a 12-megapixel rear camera with a Sony IMX378 sensor and an 8-megapixel front facing the camera with a wide-angle lens and a flash module. Besides, the smartphone offers LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a USB port. The smartphone measures 149.3 x 72.5 x 9.4 mm and weighs 180 grams.

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