BlackBerry KEYone

The BlackBerry KEYone stands alone, completely by itself in a segment of the market ignored by 99.9% of today’s phone-makers.

Hell, most phones these days have NO buttons on the front of them, let alone an entire QWERTY keyboard. So, yeah… the BlackBerry KEYone is different. But, so what? So’s tuna-flavoured ice cream, and I don’t see anyone queuing up for that.

I’ve had many BlackBerry handsets over the years, but the last decent one was the BlackBerry Passport. All the other Android-powered BlackBerry phones I have tested in the past 18 months have felt like works in progress or handsets that never quite reached their true potential.

Prior to testing, I had a sneaky suspicion I’d rather like the BlackBerry KEYone. I like BlackBerry when its being unapologetically BlackBerry; it here that it often does its best stuff – the Passport being the last time.