The BlackBerry KEYone is a strange phone. Not just because it has a physical keyboard in 2017, long after that feature has gone out of style, but because it commands a rather high price point for that feature. But if you have been waiting to get a KEYone of your own, you will be able to do so on May 31 (which just arrived on the East Coast).

We already knew that the phone would launch on that date in the US, but BlackBerry has just now filled in some of the details. The phone will go on sale at Amazon and Best Buy for $549.99. For that price, you get a physical QWERTY keyboard, 4.5" 1620x1080 display, Snapdragon 625 processor, 3GB RAM, 32GB of expandable storage, and 3,505mAh battery. As far as software, the phone ships with Android 7.1.1 Nougat with the company's security suite.

BlackBerry will be offering the KEYone in both GSM and CDMA variants, so you will be able to use the phone no matter what carrier you're on. The GSM model will be sold online by Amazon and in stores by Best Buy, but it seems like only Amazon will be selling the CDMA model. Sprint, as well as other unnamed carriers, will start selling the phone in stores sometime this summer.

BlackBerry's site, which you can find at the source link below, will presumably be updated with links to retailers soon. I recommend reading our review of the KEYone if you intend on buying one; hopefully some of the software issues Jordan encountered have been fixed.

Source: BlackBerry

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