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this the old days of the BlackBerry keyboard with the old is new again with the BlackBerry key one which melds a frankly kind of cramped physical keyboard with Android nougat software you'll still have a four point five inch touchscreen for everything you need to do the phone is full of tricks you can swipe the keyboard to switch screens and assign up to fifty two keyboard shortcuts to launch different apps and tasks there split screen mode thanks to Android nougat and a convenience key you can program to launch Google Voice Search the camera or any other app for a quick peek at your daily calendar and tasks you can swipe this little tab from any screen and get the bearings of your day a settings menu here lets you customize the taps height location and even transparency the key one hasn't forgotten about longtime blackberry fans either you'll find bbm for messaging other BlackBerry users the Detex security software and tons of shortcuts for power users to plow right into tasks as for the rest of the phone there's a soft touch back cover and metal frame a 12 megapixel camera on the back an 8 megapixel camera up front and a fingerprint sensor built right into the keyboard it'll charge it through USB C port the key one is shaping up to be a bold comeback phone packed with plenty of goodies for fans of the BlackBerry brand it'll compete on the high end and start selling globally in April Oh