TCL launches Blackberry KEY2 with dual cameras
TCL unveiled the Blackberry KEY2, which runs on Alphabet Inc’s widely used Android operating system.
The U.S. government and lawmakers have sought to limit sales of phones by larger Chinese phone makers ZTE Corp and Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. citing national security concerns. ZTE ceased major operations in April after Washington banned U.S. companies from selling it parts, though U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Thursday the government had reached a deal to reverse that ban.
The KEY2 is the third smartphone that TCL has launched through a partnership with Blackberry, which decided in 2016 to stop making smartphones and licenses its software to other manufacturers.
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Blackberry digitally audits phones built through the partnership to make sure no unapproved software is installed on them, and also signs off on all software updates to the phones, which are remotely installed by wireless carriers, the company said.
The KEY2,priced at $649(Nearly 43,000INR), features a Blackberry app called DTEK that helps users see and manage how data is used by other apps. A second application, Locker, create private folders for documents that enable users to prevent them from being uploaded to the cloud.
TCL also sells low-end phones in the United States under the brand of France’s Alcatel, which are mainly used with pre-paid carriers. Unlike the Blackberry deal, TCL controls the software on Alcatel devices, TCL said.
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