Weekly poll results: BlackBerry KEYOne garners strong interest

BlackBerry took a while to find its footing after touchscreen competition displaced its keyboard-based phones, but if our poll is any indication, the KEYOne is a return to form - both hardware keyboard and to a desirable status. Just over half of voters (53%) expressed interest in buying one!

Meanwhile, very few (9%) claim that the Priv is better. Sure, it’s a higher-end device, but something about it didn’t click with consumers. Not so with the KEYOne, most commenters had a positive attitude towards BlackBerry’s new phone (even despite its relatively high price).

Just over a third of voters are fine with an on-screen keyboard (though BB fans urge them to at least try a hardware one with a promise of higher speed and accuracy). Basically no-one uses a Bluetooth keyboard, so that’s not an option.