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: A community-led project aims to replace the KEYone’s internal hardware with a modern MediaTek Helio G99
In the history of smartphones, few devices have sparked as much nostalgic devotion as the BlackBerry KEYone. Released in 2017 by TCL under the BlackBerry Mobile brand, it was supposed to be the savior of the physical keyboard. It offered a tactile experience that touchscreen warriors had long forgotten, wrapped in a hardened aluminum frame.