BlackBerry is not good at protecting secrets

by Volker Weber

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A URL with 'specifications-a-donotpublish.html' is security through obscurity. The DTEK60 just went 'official'.

Height 153.9 mm / 6.06 in
Width 75.4 mm / 2.97 in
Depth 7 mm / 0.28 in
Weight 165g

5.5” diagonal
16:9 aspect ratio
534 PPI
2560 x 1440 Quad HD resolution
24-bit colour depth

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 64-bit Quad-Core (MSM8996 with 64 bit Quad-Core 2+2 Kryo 2.15GHz / 1.6GHz), Adreno 530, 624MHz GPU

4 GB RAM, 32 GB Flash

USB Type-C, USB 2.0 fully supported with standard USB Type C to USB Type A cable (included in box), USB OTG

3000 mAh 4.4V non-removable Lithium Ion battery, QC3.0 Enabled

21 megapixel auto-focus camera, 4K video recording at 30 fps, 720p HD video recording at 120 fps, Phase Detect Auto Focus (PDAF), Fast focus lock, HDR, 6-element f2.0 lens, Dual Tone LED Flash, 4x digital zoom

Front camera same as DTEK50: 8 megapixel fix focus

Accelerometer, Magnetometer, Gyroscope, Proximity, Ambient light, Hall Effect, Fingerprint sensor

Comments

Nice specs. Too large for me.
Fingerprint sensor? Didn´t BlackBerry consider a fingerprint sensor as insecure ? I´m wondering what has changed in their implementation so now they´re considering it now. as secure.
7mm height would be slightly less than iPhone 7.

Bastian Anthon, 2016-09-20

After the discontinuation of the Nexus phones, the choice boils down to either this or the upcoming Google Pixel phones if you want an Android phone.

Daniel Haferkorn, 2016-09-20

Does anybody know something about the price tag?

I suggest 499 EUR.

Karl Heindel, 2016-09-20

Karl, reine Spekulation meinerseits:

DTEK50 kostet $299 netto oder 339 € inkl. MWSt
DTEK60 würde ich bei $499 netto oder 559 € vermuten.

Bastian, BB consider the fingerprint sensor as insecure because (a) they did not have one and (b) user did not demand it. It is the single most annoying (missing) feature on the DTEK50. The second one being that you cannot use the convenience key to wake up the device. The third one is that they have not gotten to implementing the picture password mechanism.

Volker Weber, 2016-09-20

Fourth one: Android. Meinen DTEK50 habe ich zurückgeschickt und höre jetzt auf vowe. Nächste Station wird ein iPhone, wenn der Classic nicht mehr will.

Nils Michael Becker, 2016-09-20

Obvious "leak" is probably too damn obvious.

Dragon Cotterill, 2016-09-20

And again no wireless (Qi) charging. Too bad.

Manfred Wiktorin, 2016-09-20

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