BlackBerry launches another Android phone BlackBerry DTEK50

Not long ago Blackberry announced the stop of production of BlackBerry classic phones in which the goal of this is to embrace production of BlackBerry Android smartphones. BlackBerry has officially launched BlackBerry DTEK50 which is Blackberry's second Android powered smartphone.

Blackberry first came into andriod production with the release of BlackBerry Priv but priv still has some of blackberry features but this time around the newly launched BlackBerry DTEK50 is first all touchscreen BlackBerry Android smartphone.

BlackBerry DTEK50 runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow and highlights a special security feature which gives its users secure voice calls, text messages and file sharing capabilities, while the DTEK app allows users to control and monitor security and privacy on the smartphone which is and improvement over other Android devices. Also Dtek50 is said to cost less than its predecessor BlackBerry Priv.

BLACKBERRY DTEK50 SPECIFICATION

Operating System  Android 6.0 Marshmallow

Display   5.2-inch, 1920x1080 Scratch-resistant

Processor  Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Quad-core 1.5GHz Adreno 405 GPU

RAM   3GB

Storage  16GB Expandable microSD up to 2TB

Camera  Rear Camera 13MP f/2.0, PDAF dual-tone LED flash HDR, 1080p/30 video Front Camera 8MP f/2.2 1.12-micron pixels Selfie flash 1080p/30 video

Battery  2610 mAh 

Charging Quick Charge 2.0 Micro-USB 2.0

Water resistance  No

Security  DTEK security suite FIPS 140-2 Full Disk Encryption Android For Work, Google Play for Work

Connectivity  Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.2 LE, NFC GPS, GLONASS

Network(NA)   LTE Band 1/2/3/4/5/7/12/17/20/29 HSPA 850/900/1700/1900/2100 MHz  GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz FD-LTE Band 1/2/3/7/8/20/28A 

Network (ROW) TD-LTE Band 38/40/41
M HSPA 850/900/1900/2100 MHz
M GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

Dimension  147 x 72.5 x 7.4 mm

Weight  135 g

You can pre-order BlackBerry DTEK50 from http://shopblackberry.com for just $299.