If you are looking to get a new smartphone, you might want to cop any of these two new releases by Blackberry and Tecno.
key2
BlackBerry announced the BlackBerry Key2, its sequel to last year’s Key One. It’s a mid-range smartphone with the company’s iconic Qwerty keyboard. Fans of physical keypads will love the device. The device also has slimmer bezels, wider keys and a dual camera setup.
The Key2 has a 4.5-inch LCD screen with a 3:2 aspect ratio. Dual 12-megapixel cameras sit at the back with support for portrait mode images. The front 8-megapixel camera has slow-motion and panorama modes and records 1080p video at 30 fps.
It comes with Android Oreo out of the box and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660, 6GB of RAM and storage options of 64GB and 128GB. 3,500mAh of battery keeps everything up and running.
The spacebar on the Key 2 doubles as a camera shutter key and as a fingerprint sensor. The Key2 also lets you use the entire keyboard as a touchpad, mainly for scrolling webpages.
spark 2
On the other hand, the Tecno Spark 2 was launched last week in Lagos. It 2 features a 6-inch HD+ IPS LCD display with 1440 x 720 presolution. Its powered by a 1.3 GHz Quadcore MediaTek MT6580 chip set. Tecno Spark 2 comes in two different versions; 16GB ROM and 2GB RAM version and the one with 1GB RAM and 16GB ROM. They both have expandable storage up to 32GB via microSD card.
The new Spark 2 has a 13-mega pixel primary camera with a single LED flash and an 8-mega pixel selfie snapper that also comes with an LED flash. The front camera also powers the new Face ID unlock feature for the device.
Android 8.1 Oreo is pre-installed on the Tecno Spark 2 with the HiOS v3.3.0. The device carries a non-removable 3500 mAh battery. The device doesn’t support USB quick charge and 4G network option is also absent.
You can get the 1GB RAM variant of the Tecno Spark 2 for ₦36,200 (100 USD), while the 2GB RAM version will be available for ₦38,000 (105 USD).
The BlackBerry Key2 starts at $649 for the basic storage option and starts shipping globally this month.
