BlackBerry is currently working on a successor to the BlackBerry KEYone. BlackBerry introduced the KEYone in order to bring the Physical keyboard back. As the smartphone received much love from many users, the company will soon introduce its successor.
BlackBerry KEYone's successor is currently codenamed as "Athena" and was recently spotted on the Chinese certification site, TENAA. The images of the smartphone show a very similar design to the KEYone. However, this time around the display up front looks to be larger than its predecessor. Also, the smartphone sports a dual-camera setup at the back to match the 2018's smartphone standards.
The BlackBerry KEYone 2018 or Athena will feature the Volume Controls, Power Button and the BlackBerry Convince Key to the right. To the left, there will be a slot to put in the SIM tray.
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To recall, BlackBerry KEYone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 SoC. The smartphone features a 4.5-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1620x1080 pixels. The device packs in 3GB of RAM and 32GB of onboard storage. The smartphone runs on Android 7.1 Nougat out of the box. Under the hood, there is a 3,505mAh battery powering up the internals.
On the optics front, the KEYone sports a 12-megapixel camera at the back with a dual-tone LED flash. Up front, there is an 8-megapixel selfie shooter.
