BlackBerry KEYone review (display)
We performed our tests on a pre-retail unit with the most final software build available, so we'll update this review article if retail units produce different numbers.
The key one is fitted with a 4.5-inch IPS LCD touch display with a 3:2 aspect ratio. The resolution is cropped from a 16:9 1080p display, so there are still 1080 pixels going across, but the display is only 1620 pixels tall. This means you may not see as much content of an app as you might be used to.
Nonetheless, this display is pretty sharp at 433ppi. Colors are vivid and fairly accurate so viewing photos of your family on this display should be a pleasant experience. Viewing angles are not as good, but that's not really a problem- someone using a BlackBerry would probably rather not have a display that's easy to eavesdrop on in public.
Upon turning the display away, about 35 degrees and further, contrast and brightness shift down. This does make it harder to see Android's Ambient Display feature, which is enabled by default.Color accuracy on the KEYone was not bad with an average DeltaE of 4.1 and a max DeltaE of 9.2. Blacks are respectably dark despite the use of an IPS LCD panel.
This display's screen brightness is able to reach 467 nits when the slider is maxed out. When Adaptive brightness is enabled, the display goes into overdrive and reaches a much higher 670 nits. This ensures that you'll be able to read that urgent email on the brightest of summer days.
Unfortunately for night owls, the KEYone's display was unable to drop below 17 nits at its dimmest. That's quite bright considering most other smartphones can easily go lower than even 2 nits. One might be easily bothered by this much light in the middle of the night, so you may
Oh yeah, you'll definitely run into letterboxing with videos at least a few times when using the KEYone. That is, of course, unless you never watch YouTube or videos on your phone. When watching a standard 16:9 video on YouTube, you'll be getting black bars above and below the video.
This effectively shrinks the viewable display size for videos to 4.25-inches. Meanwhile, the camera defaults to cropped 3:2 photos, perfect for this display. More on that in the camera section.
Despite a couple of shortcomings, the KEYone has a solid display worthy for an email workhorse. as well turn on a lamp while you're at it.
The key one is fitted with a 4.5-inch IPS LCD touch display with a 3:2 aspect ratio. The resolution is cropped from a 16:9 1080p display, so there are still 1080 pixels going across, but the display is only 1620 pixels tall. This means you may not see as much content of an app as you might be used to.
Nonetheless, this display is pretty sharp at 433ppi. Colors are vivid and fairly accurate so viewing photos of your family on this display should be a pleasant experience. Viewing angles are not as good, but that's not really a problem- someone using a BlackBerry would probably rather not have a display that's easy to eavesdrop on in public.
Upon turning the display away, about 35 degrees and further, contrast and brightness shift down. This does make it harder to see Android's Ambient Display feature, which is enabled by default.Color accuracy on the KEYone was not bad with an average DeltaE of 4.1 and a max DeltaE of 9.2. Blacks are respectably dark despite the use of an IPS LCD panel.
This display's screen brightness is able to reach 467 nits when the slider is maxed out. When Adaptive brightness is enabled, the display goes into overdrive and reaches a much higher 670 nits. This ensures that you'll be able to read that urgent email on the brightest of summer days.
Unfortunately for night owls, the KEYone's display was unable to drop below 17 nits at its dimmest. That's quite bright considering most other smartphones can easily go lower than even 2 nits. One might be easily bothered by this much light in the middle of the night, so you may
Oh yeah, you'll definitely run into letterboxing with videos at least a few times when using the KEYone. That is, of course, unless you never watch YouTube or videos on your phone. When watching a standard 16:9 video on YouTube, you'll be getting black bars above and below the video.
This effectively shrinks the viewable display size for videos to 4.25-inches. Meanwhile, the camera defaults to cropped 3:2 photos, perfect for this display. More on that in the camera section.
Despite a couple of shortcomings, the KEYone has a solid display worthy for an email workhorse. as well turn on a lamp while you're at it.
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