TCL Now Shipping Limited-Edition Red Version of BlackBerry Key2 Smartphone

The BlackBerry Key2 smartphone, launched at Mobile World Congress in February, is available in a limited Red edition in the U.S. under the TCL brand, said the China-based company Friday. The $699 phone includes increased memory at 6 MB and 128 GB storage vs. the $399 standard version, it said, and dual 12-megapixel rear cameras with bokeh, dual-tone LED flash, HDR and 4K video recording. An 8-megapixel "selfie" camera faces front. The Key2 has support for Google Lens, Pay and Assistant; it won't work on CDMA networks from Sprint and Verizon, the company said. TCL signed on to license the BlackBerry brand in 2016 (see 1612200062) after BlackBerry’s decision to stop developing its own consumer hardware.