BlackBerry KEY2 Silver Unlocked Android Smartphone (AT&T/T-Mobile) 4G LTE, 64GB

My KeyOne had its screen pop off about a month after its 1 year warranty, and felt it was time for an upgrade. Die hard blackberry fan, and user, since the OS10 days.I received the silver version, and am enjoy it so far, and reminds me of my passport I loved - but was way too big for one handed use.The new key2 seems to be a vast improvement over the key1, and the phone blazes through speed. I don't use my Key2 other than business, so it's devoid of any social media, music, or hungry apps other than email, and enterprise apps.Only downside are the speakers. They are a solid C- grade, and even hearing text messages makes me cringe. Same note on my iPhone, which I use for my personal and all media function, would sound delicate yet clear - whereas these speakers sound tinny, hollow, and very limited in speaker range.Speaker phone however, is about 20% more loud than MAX, on the Key1, which was a big issue for me.Call quality is excellent however, and once I updated all settings to the T Mobile APN, all functions are retained. LTE, voip, WiFi messaging, all work so farIf the phone were a little heavier, it would feel substantial, but the build quality is high, without any flex or creaking when applying pressure on frame of phone.If youre a business's owner, the blackberry hub is worth converting, and then the phtyscial keyboard makes typing while looking at the screen redundant.It's it's efficiency you seek, the Key2 is a home run.Edit 1 - migrated and setup the phone to how I wanted it and, after a day of networking. This phone cuts out seconds over every input and I findmyself immersed in accurate note taking, and for when I need to look at sheets and business applications. Absolutely stunned. They keyboard is breaking in and buttons getting softer - I did not like the keys off the KeyOne and felt the keys were too tight, and offered limited ergonomics for all finger types. The key2 has addressed this, and i actually preferr the slight wobble in the keys, as I feel a physical depression of the keys, as I blast through emails.Speakers are crap. That's for sure. In ear calls are very clear however - and I'm only referring to the speaker for media/notes/sounds/etc.Battery life amazing. Was at an networking event, with my major shortcuts set - and it's the first time I was going faster than the info being presented. Impressed.My own efficiency has now increased 20% as the phone is snappy, efficient, and long uses/charge.

Really love this phone; when I went to T-Mobile to activate it, the woman there took a picture of it because she thought it was so cool.It's lighter than I expected, but still feels sturdy, esp. with the metal frame. The keyboard is REALLY nice, and thank God it has the BlackBerry Hub! If you've never heard of the Hub, it aggregates all your mail and social media feeds into one convenient place, sorts them by account, or lets you make a custom view. So if you have work related accounts (email, Slack), you can bunch them together in a 'view'.The BB version of Android also allows you to use a dark background theme for most parts of your phone, which I love. The battery life so far has been AMAZING, with fairly regular use hardly draining it. The screen is nice and clear, and the photos are good, with different modes and filters. The one thing I miss is the old BlackBerry's ability to select a mode (don't recall the name), where it would take a little video and you could use a dial to select the moment/exposure that you wanted.Also really like the back of the phone, which while not as flashy as the glass back phones, is non skid. You can also program the LED on the front of your phone to flash a different colour for a text message, email etc. On the old BB OS you could select a specific person and assign them a colour, and then if you got anything from them, it would blink that colour - I understand there is an app in the Play store that you can use to mimic that functionality, but I haven't installed it yet.You can also use the spacebar as a fingerprint sensor to unlock your phone, and stroking your hand over the keyboard allows you to scroll (!!!) which is awesome if you like using your phone one handed.A terrific phone for a really great price! Wish more people would give BlackBerry a shot (and I wish BlackBerry made the Key2 in different colours! Not just the LTE!)

While overall I can recommend this product there are a few nitpicking items of note.Things I hate:- the capacitive keys are redundant and reduce Screen potential- the piece that covers the keyboard has visible gaps and doesn't appear to fit flush.-tapping on the back or front lower portion makes a noticeable tinny vibration.- lastly, there are 2 speaker grills on the bottom but only 1 speaker.Things I love:-battery life, while on a road trip I managed to get 10:30 of screen on time while watching HD video.-the keyboard is love, the keyboard is life.-quick launch apps using keyboard-keyboard is a trackpad-Call quality is fantasic-built in security program-Programmable side key-spacebar is the fingerprint scannerOther things of note:-the camera is only ok for a 2018 phone-screen could be betterUpdate (9/18/19): why I'm going back to Samsung.First off let me say that this was not an easy choice for me. I dearly love the keyboard however, for all the things the keyboard adds it also takes from everything else. If I were only using this device for business then I would have no problems with it. To use it for just about anything else the small LCD display just isn't near the experience of a full screen phone. videos, photos, games, and so on are ok if you have to but nearly any new full screen phone is a better viewing experience.A few other reasons I'm switching back are lack of waterproofing, no wireless charging, and only a mediocre screen quality.Message for the developers: I love Blackberry, but the format of the 3/4 screen has seen its day. I'd be willing to buy a slider should you make one. I very much liked the Blackberry Access concept that floated around.