BlackBerry KEYone Review

Review of the BlackBerry KEYone. I tried to be as detailed as possible, so sorry for the long length. I also went through my dislikes as I went through the features, I guess a summary at the end would have been clearer. So I'll add a summary of pros and cons at the end of this description. I'll also post links to the different things I covered in the review so you can jump around to what you're interested in.
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Android Version: 00:38
Screen: 01:08
Front Facing Camera: 01:27
Notification LED: 02:05
Physical Keyboard: 03:08
-Keyboard word delete shortcut: 03:23
-Swipe up word prediction: 03:26
-Cursor mode: 03:37
-Text selection: 03:53
-Ctrl shortcuts: 04:02
-Keyboard scrolling: 05:50
Dual-screen mode typing: 06:10
Keyboard Shortcuts: 06:27
Fingerprint Scanner: 07:49
Keyboard accuracy: 08:16
Build: 08:48
Convenience Key: 09:48
Rear Camera: 10:45
-Samples: 11:17
-Manual mode settings: 11:32
-Movie mode settings: 12:19
Soft-Touch Back: 13:11
USB-C: 13:28
Speaker: 13:42
Battery: 14:03
NFC and Android Pay: 14:52
Double-Tap to Wake: 16:26
BlackBerry Hub: 17:00
Speaker Loudness: 17:43
DTEK: 18:18
Productivity Tab: 18:23
Things I would like changed/added: 18:46
Conclusion: 21:13
Price: 22:09
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Pros:
-INSANE battery life
-The best physical keyboard in the market now
-Secured Android with regular security updates
-Android 7.1.1 (Nougat)
-Capacitive smart keyboard
-Keyboard shortcuts
-Quick Charge 3.0
-USB-C
-RGB Notification LED
-8MP front camera and good quality 12MP rear camera
-Soft-touch back provides good grip
-Aluminum body
-Convenience key
-Loud speaker
-Tap to wake/sleep
-Gorgeous looking phone
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Cons:
-No wireless charging
-Not rated for water-resistance
-No swipe-up shortcuts like other BB Androids
-Would like pointer mode to use with capacitive keyboard
-No play/pause/mute button between volume buttons
-Would like more settings in camera manual mode
-No optical image stabilization (but advanced electronic image stabilization works VERY well, but only available on 1080p@30fps or below)
-Qualcomm 625 CPU isn't the fastest, some have reported lag, but I haven't experienced anything that I'd write about, but then again I don't have a ton of different social media accounts linked to my phone, maybe that's why. So YMMV.
-Mono speaker
-No front LED flash
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***Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Disney/Marvel, none of the video footage shown running on the device belongs to me, all credit goes to Disney/Marvel***
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(Originally Uploaded 17-June-2017)