Review : THE BLACKBERRY DTEK50 in 2016

THE BLACKBERRY DTEK50

THE BLACKBERRY DTEK50 is that the company's second automaton smartphone, and, in line with the firm, the foremost secure Android-powered device on the market nowadays.

Our initial BlackBerry DTEK50 active review poured scorn on the awkward name and, a few of weeks on, our opinion hasn't modified. Sure, it's simply a reputation, however this underpins lots of what is wrong with BlackBerry's latest effort. code lies at the core of the DTEK50 and that is conjointly the handset's undoing.

Crucially the DTEK50 could be a BlackBerry solely} only, and if the firm's transition to changing into a software-only company wasn't already clear, this latest device confirms it.

Design

We know it's one thing of a stereotype, however BlackBerry has forever been substitutable with business. the corporate had a picture all of its own and, likewise as being successful with enterprises for its hardened stance on security, free a clutch of nice devices.

BlackBerry DTEK50

It is still could be a trusty whole, however the attract is waning thanks partly to not swing out a telephone set merit its heritage for years. The last actually nice BlackBerry was arguably the daring 9700/9900 series, one in all that dates back to 2009 and therefore the most up-to-date to 2011. 

By our reckoning, the BlackBerry DTEK50 is not doubtless to buck that trend. BlackBerry has taken what was already a reasonably mundane telephone set, the Alcatel Idol four, given it a rough-textured rear, and so pumped-up it filled with its own code. 

The BlackBerry DTEK50 is imposingly skinny and light-weight, that is not any surprise considering the plastic and glass construction. It measures 147x73x7.4mm and weighs 135g, and is represented because the thinnest BlackBerry ever. which may truly hold some weight if this was a existent BlackBerry and not a rebadged Alcatel Idol four. 

The rough-textured rear feels smart to carry despite being all plastic. we have a tendency to were 0.5 expecting a squidgy and somewhat rubbery end however it's hardened instead, thus not precisely the premium feel we'd have once expected from its creator. The dark gray anodised front and sides ar shifting by a sliver of silver, that could be a nice bit.

Rear style

We stop and mark once a phone gets the audio right. that is as a result of it's thus usually unnoticed, and that we would not have pegged the DTEK50 because the exception to the present rule considering BlackBerry's chronicle during this space.

Suffice to mention we have a tendency to were quietly blown away by the standard. It uses JBL's Waves MaxxAudio to nice result, and there is a lovely thrum from the three.6W speakers. you will not get the most effective expertise straight out of the box, thus turning off the car choose mode and tweaking the degree is usually recommended.

There ar twin front and rear speakers, and therefore the BlackBerry DTEK50 does not blast the sound everyplace due to the phone's orientation sensors.

Sides

We'll cowl BlackBerry's imposingly accessible code suite intimately later, however it is a shame that constant effort hasn't been place into the phone's exterior. The BlackBerryDTEK50 manages to reverse concerning everything any seasoned automaton owner may be accustomed. as an example, the facility button is on the left aspect, whereas the proper contains a volume rocker and a programmable 'Convenience Button'.

The Convenience Button is essentially superfluous, and that we usually found ourselves instinctively reaching for it to wake the phone or to place it to sleep. Of course, it will be assigned  to a favorite app or cutoff. The BlackBerry DTEK50 lacks a frenzied camera button, thus this might function a wise various.