BlackBerry KEY2

ALL VERSIONS
BBF100-1BBF100-2BBF100-6BBF100-4

Versions: BBF100-1 (EU, Africa, AU); BBF100-2 (Canada, US, LATAM); BBF100-6 (ME, APAC, India); BBF100-4 (China)
Also known as BlackBerry Athena

Network
Technology
GSM / HSPA / LTE

2G bands
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 (BBF100-6 model only)

3G bands
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100

4G bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32, 38, 39, 40, 41 – EU, Africa, AU (BBF100-1)

 
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, 28, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66 – Canada, US, LATAM (BBF100-2)

 
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32, 38, 39, 40, 41 – ME, APAC, India (BBF100-6)

 
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 20, 26, 28, 38, 39, 40, 41 – China (BBF100-4)

Speed
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE (3CA) Cat11 600/75 Mbps

Launch
Announced
2018, June

Status
Available. Released 2018, June

Body
Dimensions
151.4 x 71.8 x 8.5 mm (5.96 x 2.83 x 0.33 in)

Weight
168 g (5.93 oz)

Keyboard
QWERTY

Build
Glass front (Gorilla Glass 3), plastic back, aluminum frame (7000 series)

SIM
Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) – BBF100-6 only

 Capacitive touch 4-row BlackBerry keyboard

Display
Type
IPS LCD

Size
4.5 inches, 60.0 cm2 (~55.2% screen-to-body ratio)

Resolution
1080 x 1620 pixels, 3:2 ratio (~434 ppi density)

Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3

Platform
OS
Android 8.1 (Oreo)

Chipset
Qualcomm SDM660 Snapdragon 660 (14 nm)

CPU
Octa-core (4×2.2 GHz Kryo 260 Gold & 4×1.8 GHz Kryo 260 Silver)

GPU
Adreno 512

Memory
Card slot
microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)

Internal
64GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM

 eMMC 5.1

Main Camera
Dual
12 MP, f/1.8, 1/2.3″, 1.28µm, dual pixel PDAF
12 MP, f/2.6, 1/3.4″, 1.0µm, PDAF

Features
Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama

Video
4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps

Selfie camera
Single
8 MP, f/2.0, 1/4.0″, 1.12µm

Video
1080p@30fps

Sound
Loudspeaker
Yes

3.5mm jack
Yes

Comms
WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct

Bluetooth
5.0, A2DP, LE, EDR

Positioning
GPS, GLONASS, BDS2

NFC
Yes

Radio
FM radio

USB
USB Type-C 3.0, OTG

Features
Sensors
Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Battery
Type
Li-Ion 3500 mAh, non-removable

Charging
18W wired, QC3, 50% in 36 min (advertised)

Misc
Colors
Black, Silver, Red

Models
BBF100-6, BBF100-1, BBF100-2, BBF100-4

SAR EU
0.72 W/kg (head)     1.68 W/kg (body)    

Price
About 500 EUR

Tests
Performance

AnTuTu: 140984 (v7)
GeekBench: 5830 (v4.4)
GFXBench: 11fps (ES 3.1 onscreen)

Display

Contrast ratio: 1572 (nominal), 3.212 (sunlight)

Camera

Photo / Video

Loudspeaker

Voice 66dB / Noise 72dB / Ring 79dB

Audio quality

Noise -90.7dB / Crosstalk -94.2dB

Battery (old)

Endurance rating 86h