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one area often overlooked in tech reviews smartphone audio quality blackberry built its reputation around productivity but does that mean some of the entertainment features for this phone might have been overlooked let's take a look and a listen to the BlackBerry key one starting off with the speaker for the symmetrical vents on the bottom or this forehead bezel unfortunately we don't get stereo audio but key one is a loud and clear performer for a mono bottom firing solution to my ears following just behind more premium options like the LG G six this is more than adequate for ringtones alerts and speakerphone calls the position of the speaker should prevent users from blocking it off and especially with the hardware keyboard encouraging more portrait use the headphone jack unfortunately isn't quite as satisfying running our collection of tests the key one performed at the bottom of the pack even behind the LG g5 for quality and amp output the phone can play 32-bit audio files but all playback is truncated to 16-bit and these are some of the poorer numbers we've seen for signal to noise and distortion disappointing as we know TCL can make some solid audio hardware included in the box are a respectable pair of earbuds they pair nicely with the key one and music sounds pretty good at reasonable volumes they run a touch on the Basie side low-frequency audio can get a bit boomy but these are a good option to include in the price of the phone one note on the earbud casing I had an easier time getting the right fit on these by twisting them up and running the cable over the top of my ear so let's wrap this up where does that leave us with the BlackBerry key one on the hole we get what the focus is here this is a corporate phone a work phone a getting to done phone and the speaker is right on point for that aesthetic though we'd be lying if we said we weren't a bit disappointed by the headphone jack just because the phone is dressed up in a suit and tie doesn't can occasionally loosen that tie and enjoy a martini unlike the camera performance where we were pleasantly surprised by photo and video output here it feels like blackberry covered the basics and went no further it has a headphone jack it's plenty capable for handling calls especially with the included headset and that's good enough but with this price tag we have to wonder if good enough really is good enough as always thanks so much for watching be sure to subscribe to this channel for our full blackberry ki1 coverage including our real camera review and hi maids in depth look at the rest of this hardware and help us out with some sharing on your favorite social networks for PocketNow i'm juan carlos bag now so I'm gadget guy on Twitter and Instagram and I will catch you all on the next review