KEY2 vs KEY2 LE EOL times?
I'm considering giving either one of these phones a spin soon as perhaps (though hopefully not) a final sendoff to the BB brand of devices before committing to something else. At first, I thought the obvious choice would be the KEY2 to get the best available remaining BB as price is not a factor in the decision, but what gave me pause was how much TCL has stuck with the 2 years' worth of updates.
This means, as far as I can recall, the KEY2 would basically be EOL in June 2020 and the LE in October 2020. This gives the LE an additional 4-5 months of updates and patches as the KEY2, unless I'm mistaken or TCL has stated they would keep both of them on the same length of upgrade cycle. I do not want to use a phone that hasn't had a security patch or upgrade for several months, meaning effectively if I pick up an LE now I have at least a year, but if I pick up the KEY2 I have at most...the year.
For me, a phone today can be lightweight and not necessarily that powerful, but it needs to be efficient - have only a few apps, but require the ones that are on it to be smooth and free of hiccups. No games or multimedia needs and I doubt I will use the capacitative keyboard much. Camera quality is important but not absolutely critical, especially if the KEY2 isn't taking anything groundbreaking or worth posting or publishing anyhow (I usually use separate photography equipment).
So with that said - is it still better to get the KEY2 for the bump in specs and camera, or go with the KEY2 LE for upgrade longevity? Or, am I confused/mistaken about the update periods for the KEY2 and KEY2 LE?
KEY2 vs KEY2 LE EOL times?
Originally Posted by
svelt I'm considering giving either one of these phones a spin soon as perhaps (though hopefully not) a final sendoff to the BB brand of devices before committing to something else. At first, I thought the obvious choice would be the KEY2 to get the best available remaining BB as price is not a factor in the decision, but what gave me pause was how much TCL has stuck with the 2 years' worth of updates.
This means, as far as I can recall, the KEY2 would basically be EOL in June 2020 and the LE in October 2020. This gives the LE an additional 4-5 months of updates and patches as the KEY2, unless I'm mistaken or TCL has stated they would keep both of them on the same length of upgrade cycle. I do not want to use a phone that hasn't had a security patch or upgrade for several months, meaning effectively if I pick up an LE now I have at least a year, but if I pick up the KEY2 I have at most...the year.
For me, a phone today can be lightweight and not necessarily that powerful, but it needs to be efficient - have only a few apps, but require the ones that are on it to be smooth and free of hiccups. No games or multimedia needs and I doubt I will use the capacitative keyboard much. Camera quality is important but not absolutely critical, especially if the KEY2 isn't taking anything groundbreaking or worth posting or publishing anyhow (I usually use separate photography equipment).
So with that said - is it still better to get the KEY2 for the bump in specs and camera, or go with the KEY2 LE for upgrade longevity? Or, am I confused/mistaken about the update periods for the KEY2 and KEY2 LE?
Welllll the latest from TCL BB is the KEY 2 Red Edition (K2RE) as that came out in 2019, they K2RE comes with 128GB internal storage, it’s the best and latest BlackBerry available:
https://www.gsmarena.com/blackberry_...news-36666.php
GSMArena Hands-on:
https://www.gsmarena.com/blackberry_...news-35681.php
So I am guessing the K2RE will probably get the longest updates vs the normal K2 and K2LE.
KEY2 vs KEY2 LE EOL times?
Originally Posted by
svelt So with that said - is it still better to get the KEY2 for the bump in specs and camera, or go with the KEY2 LE for upgrade longevity? Or, am I confused/mistaken about the update periods for the KEY2 and KEY2 LE?
None of them have a good camera or even updates longevity by today’s standard. If I were you, I would just get midrange samsung A51 or A71 - 6/128GB variant. Better camera and processing power, reasonable price, better hardware and longer software support (patches and os upgrades).