BlackBerry Keyone Bronze Edition arrives in China

BlackBerry had an event at CES 2018 where the company introduced a Bronze edition of the Keyone. When we had a hands-on with the device, we were told the phone would arrive in the EU, Middle East, and Asia.

Today Blackberry announced the start of pre-orders for the new color option on its Weibo page, making China the debut market for the Bronze variant.

The Bronze edition differs from the all-Black and Silver variants only in the color of the metal parts. It rocks the same hardware - 4.5” IPS LCD screen with a 3:2 ratio and a hardware QWERTY keyboard below. The chipset is Snapdragon 625 and the security system is a DTEK monitoring app plus monthly Android security updates. There are a dual SIM slot and 64 GB internal storage.

The BlackBerry Keyone Bronze Edition (marketed in China as Elite Edition) was put up on JD.com for pre-order and 23,000 people already registered for the device. The price is CNY3,699 (around $575/€470), the same as the Black or Silver version. Sales and shipments will begin on January 23 at 10 AM.

Source 1 • Source 2 (both in Chinese)