After those rounds of speculations and an official teaser, Blackberry made it official on their follow-up on the Key One
Earlier in New York, they announced the new Blackberry Key 2
Blackberry Key2 specs come with Android 8.1 Oreo, Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 octa-core processor, series 7 aluminum body, display with 20% bigger physical QWERTY keyboard and Gorilla Glass 5 protection, diamond shaped texture at the back for easy gripping, still has the convenience, dual 12 MP main cameras with portrait mode and optical super zoom, MP front camera, 6 GB RAM, 64 or 128 GB ROM options, single and dual sim variants depending on region, fingerprint sensor at the spacebar, USB Type C port, works on Google Lens, 12 grams lighter and 1 cm thinner than the Key One, HD audio and 3,500 mAH battery plus Quick Charge 3.0 support
In addition, they adding the Speed Key button which works for switching from one app to another and put the letter shortcut (like I for Instagram)
Blackberry Key2 will be in Silver and Black. Global availability will be this July starting at US$649
