Blackberry back with two new Android smartphones, DTEK50 & DTEK60

Blackberry that recently ceased manufacturing its own smartphones has launched two new Android smartphones — DTEK50 and DTEK60 - for the Indian market, claiming them to be the most secure smartphones in the segment.

Manufactured by Alcatel, a France-based telecommunications equipment company, DTEK50 and DTEK60 were originally launched in July and October respectively.

Running on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, DTEK50, and the DTEK60 are priced at Rs. 21,990 and Rs. 46,990 respectively. The DTEK50 will go on sale from this weekend, while the DTEK60 will go on sale in early December.

DTEK50 powered by a 1.2GHz Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 SoC coupled with 3GB of RAM, has 16GB of internal storage, which can be expanded up to 2TB. It comes with a 5.2-inch full-HD display with a pixel density of 424ppi.

The smartphone supports a 13-megapixel rear camera with PDAF, dual-tone LED flash, and a 6-element lens having f/2.0 aperture. The front camera is 8-megapixel with an 84-degree wide-angle lens.

Supporting 4G LTE, it is powered by a 2610mAh non-removable battery with Quick Charge 2.0. The company also claims that DTEK50 can deliver up to 50 percent charge in 51 minutes, with up to 17 hours of talk time.

The second variant, BlackBerry DTEK60 is the company’s first to sport a USB Type-C port for charging and data transfer. It comes with a 5.5-inch QHD display with a pixel density of 534ppi. Powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 SoC, along with 4GB of RAM, there is 32GB internal storage with support for 2TB of expandable storage.

On the front, the smartphone has an 8-megapixel fixed focus camera with 84-degree wide-angle lens and f/2.2 aperture and the rear one is a 21-megapixel rear camera with PDAF, dual-tone LED flash, and a 6-element f/2.0 lens.

It packs a 3000mAh non-removable battery which is rated to deliver up to 26 hours of talk time and up to 14 days of standby time.

While the DTEK60 comes with a fingerprint sensor, the same is missing in DTEK50.