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Optiemus launches BlackBerry KEYone limited edition black in India
American Express is offering up to 4,000 bonus points, on purchase of the device, to its credit card members.
Optiemus Infracom has unveiled the BlackBerry KEYone LIMITED EDITION BLACK in India. The KEYone will be the first BlackBerry branded device manufactured by Optiemus Infracom under the licensing agreement signed in February this year. It will be available from August 8, exclusively on Amazon India.
American Express is offering up to 4,000 bonus points, on purchase of the device, to its credit card members. On buying Blackberry KEYone LIMITED EDITION BLACK, Vodafone customers will get up to 75 GB of additional data over a period of three months. This offer is valid until 30 September 2017.
The device has been distinctly designed for Indian customers to offer Dual SIM capability – and will also be available in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh. It is equipped with a 4.5-inch scratch resistant display (1620x1080 resolution / 434 PPI 3:2 aspect ratio) with Corning Gorilla Glass 4 offering greater scratch resistance, it combines a touch display with a physical keyboard to give users more useable space for typing than a typical 5.5-inch all-touch smartphone. The device comes with a 4GB RAM and 64GB ROM (expandable up to 2TB).
BlackBerry KEYone comes pre-loaded with DTEK by BlackBerry, enables users to automatically monitor their OS and apps to know when their privacy could be at risk and to take action to improve it. The DTEK app also tracks applications and notifies when someone is: taking pictures or videos without the user’s knowledge, turning the microphone on, sending a text message, or accessing the contacts or location. The device runs on Android 7.1 – giving users access to the entire Google Play store and apps. It comes loaded with BlackBerry Hub a unified messaging inbox which combines emails, texts and messages from social media accounts including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, BBM, Whatsapp, Instagram and others.
The device is engineered to deliver professional-looking photos with an 8MP front facing camera and a wide angle lens and a 12MP auto-focus rear camera. With a large pixel size (1.55μm) and Phase Detect Auto Focus, moments captured on the BlackBerry KEYone LIMITED EDITION BLACK will be ultra-crisp and clear. Additionally, for video conference or streaming, it includes an 8MP front camera with fixed focus and 84-degree wide angle lens.
