BlackBerry Priv

A slide-out physical keyboard sits beneath a 5.4-inch AMOLED screen, which is the whole point of the Priv. Pull the display up and you get a full QWERTY layout, a rare thing on a touchscreen-first phone. The 1440 x 2560 resolution gives it 540 ppi, sharp enough for text-heavy work, and it's driven by a Snapdragon 808 chipset with 3GB RAM and 32GB storage that can be expanded to 200GB via microSD.

The rear camera is an 18MP unit with OIS and Schneider-Kreuznach optics, capable of 4K video capture, while the front camera is a basic 2MP for calls rather than selfies. A 3410mAh battery backs it all up, and BlackBerry Priv price in Malaysia starts from RM888, which puts it well into budget territory for a phone with this kind of keyboard-plus-touchscreen setup.

It runs Android 5.1.1 Lollipop out of the box, so anyone picking one up now should factor in that the software is dated. Connectivity covers LTE, NFC, GPS and Wi-Fi ac, and the body weighs in at 192g with a 9.4mm thickness, noticeably chunkier than typical slab phones because of the sliding mechanism.