BlackBerry DTEK50 launched: Specifications, features and price

BlackBerry DTEK50 is priced at $299 and will start shipping from August 8.

BlackBerry DTEK50 is its “thinnest phone ever” at 7.4mm and weighing 135 grams

BlackBerry DTEK50 could well be the Canadian smartphone company’s path to redemption. It seems to have set out to create and affordable smartphone that is secure and comes with everything an average users would want. The DTEk50 will run Android Marshmallow without any skins, but will come with a lot of BlackBerry apps pre-burned like the BlackBerry Hub, DTEK, Password Keeper, BBM and BlackBerry Calendar.

BlackBerry’s “thinnest phone ever” at 7.4mm and weighing 135 grams, the DTEK50 will comes with a 5.2” scratch resistant Full HD display. It is powered by 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Octa-Core (Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 + Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53) and Adreno 405, 550MHz GPU. The phone has 3 GB RAM and 16 GB Flash storage expandable up to 2TB. The 13MP auto-focus rear camera has Phase Detect Auto Focus (PDAF) with Fast focus lock while the front camera offers 8MP Fixed-Focus with f2.2 and a front flash.

BlackBerry is offering one of its best features, the intelligent keyboard as a default on this phone. The phone will have a 2610 mAh non-removable battery with Quick Charge 2.0. There is also a fully customisable BlackBerry convenience key.

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BlackBerry DTEK50 is based on Android Marshmallow

Here is the full spec sheet:

Height: 147 mm / 5.79 in

Width: 72.5 mm / 2.85 in

Depth: 7.4 mm / 0.29 in

Weight: 135g / 4.76 oz

Resolution: 1920x1080p, ~424 PPI, 24-bit colour depth

Screen Size: 5.2” diagonal with 16:9 aspect ratio

Processor: Qualcomm 8952 with 64 bit Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 and Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 (Snapdragon 617 Octa-Core, 64 bit); Adreno 405, 550MHz GPU

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Memory: 3 GB RAM; 16 GB Flash expandable via hot swappable microSD memory card to 2TB

Ports: USB 2.0 with standard microUSB 2.0 cable (included in box)

Battery: 2610 mAh 4.4V non-removable Lithium Ion battery QC2.0 Enabled – 50% charge in 51 minutes

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Battery life: Up to 17 hours mixed battery life; Up to 17 hours talk time; Up to 24 days standby time; Up to 40 hours audio playback; Up to 8 hours video playback

Rear Camera: 13 megapixel auto-focus camera with Phase Detect Auto Focus (PDAF), Fast focus lock, 6-element f2.0 lens and Dual Tone LED Flash. 1080p HD video recording at 30 fps

Front Camera: 8MP Fixed-Focus, f2.2; 1.125um pixel size; 84˚ wide angle/field of view lens; 1080p HD video recording at 30 fps; Selfie Flash

Network:

North America and Latin America: FD-LTE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 17, 20, 29, 30 (2100/1900/1800/1700/850/2600/700/700/800/700/2300 MHz) HSPA+ 1, 2, 4, 5, 8 (2100/1900/1700/850/900 MHz)
Quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)

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Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific: FD-LTE 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 20, 28A (2100/1900/1800/2600/900/800/700 MHz)
TD-LTE 38, 40, 41 (2600/2300/2500 MHz) HSPA+ 1, 2, 5/6, 8 (2100/1900/850/900 MHz) Quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)

Wi-Fi: 802.11 b/g/n 2.4 GHz; 802.11 a/n 5GHz; 802.11 ac 5GHz

Bluetooth 4.2 Low Energy (LE) and EDR

NFC

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