Comments on: BlackBerry KEYone smartphone review

By: Erin L

Erin L — Sat, 08 Jul 2017 18:04:13 +0000

In reply to Alex. OOh. Great question. I didn't try to sync with my contacts/calendar since it's a loaner. I still have it. Let me see if it will.

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 08 Jul 2017 16:19:17 +0000

Nice review, Erin.

I bought a BB Priv this year. To my surprise, the Priv:

1.) doesn’t have a native file manager

*AND* (big AND)

2.) doesn’t sync with my Apple Calendar and Contacts. Apple stopped the sync services —and— BB / TCL doesn’t have a fix for that. So effectively, without spending money USD$50 for a commercial piece of software, the Priv is not much use,

Does the KEYone fix those things?

My Passport still works great and talks to my Apple computer.

By: Erin L

Erin L — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 12:42:12 +0000

In reply to Julian Finn. Yes.. it's too bad the screen issue is marring the other great features. The battery life is indeed stellar.

By: Julian Finn

Julian Finn — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 22:09:58 +0000

I ran into the screen issue as well. Took 3 weeks but it eventually started to peel off. When I took it into my local repair shop the tech told me there was very little adhesive used at all. Easy fix or replacement but still, super annoying.

That said, I love this phone. I’ve gone through probably 2 dozen handsets in the last decade and this is, by far, my favorite. Part of it may be the nostalgia factor, and a big part goes to the battery (which is stellar), but I think this will stay in my pocket longer than any device I’ve owned since the Blackberry Pearl.