Well, its here. (not quite)


In the past those are leaks.

Now no more.



In any case, there will be 2 flavours:

BlackBerry 10, and BlackBerry-Android (i'm not exactly sure what's the name of the BlackBerry's Android OS will be called)

Please discuss about it here.


I'm already predicting that this phone will create an uproar like how the Passport did.




- Confirmed:
- runs only Android 5.1.1(blergh, I want my BlackBerry 10!)
- MSM 8992 , Snapdragon 808
- 3GB of RAM
- 32GB internal ROM, with expandable MicroSD up to 128GB, if previous history is correct will only take in Class 10 and above cards only.
- will come with some BlackBerry apps such as the Hub, the notes, bla bla. Think of it as Android with BlackBerry stuffs. Hardcore Android purists will call it 'bloatware', so it depends. If its as useful as BlackBerry Apps on BlackBerry 10, its gonna be really good.

- Display at 5.4-Inch, 1440x2560, 537ppi, not sure Super AMOLED or IPS or IGZO, or what.
-Camera - Rear: 18MP, Fast Focus, OIS, 4K video capable. Front: 5MP HD. Uses Schneider Optics's lenses. BlackBeryry's own fast focus based on TOL which was present in the Passport should be here.
- Hybrid touch keyboard (just like the passport, but with full four rows instead of a miniaturized 3 in Passport)
- Full stereo speakers on bottom grill.


(more to come as details emerge)

This post has been edited by hyperyouth_firepower: Oct 6 2015, 07:39 PM

I'm looking forward for this. Really like the design.

Most probably priced at iPhone's range... Will be expensive, again!

The Venice is now officially called BlackBerry Priv... not sure about this name tho

Venice is the internal device codename. Correct me if I'm wrong hahah

updated the post.

Euro 700. I am shitting bricks already.

This will be the do or die device, at least for John Chen.

Nice device for app users.

I have been wanting to use wearables for a while but BB doesn't support this. This new device would be a very good compromise between BB hardcore fans but still want the flexibility of Android.

Only downside is the price. It would be hard to get people to part with their money for something that is perceived to premium when for the same amount of money, I can get one decent android and one old school BB (or new Q20) also can.

Only reserved for the elite.

could be my next phone, if the price is reasonable

Price could be an issue, like how the Passport was, and the weak ringgit.

Yet, I'm thinking this android powered phone is unique.

http://crackberry.com/new-priv-blackberry-...ideo-capability

Some new photos and Blackberry Safeguard, ladies and gentlemen.

Blackberry is trying to secure the unsecured OS of Android. Wow.

p/s : We can now change the thread name to Blackberry Priv. Although many will prefer to call this device as BB Android or BB Slider.

done and done.

More pic please..
Looks tempting
I like the design and keyboard

I would say it slimmer than I expected. Hope the battery is big enough.

that's very slim. i don't know how will it hold charge.

really interested to know what kind of actual material they use. hopefully it will give premium feel with pretty good camera. To wish the camera will be as good as S6e/Note5/G4 will be too much but anything near to that quality will be great.
perhaps this can be my 1st Bb.

"BlackBerry's first Android-powered handset Priv will carry a price tag of RMB 3,999 (around $630) in China, according to renowned Chinese leakster Leaksfly, who revealed the information on Weibo."

Source

Price is okay, but hopefully it will land here officially and telco will make a plan with it

preview



the looks pretty gorgeous

Priv preview

if really early 2016 then i think they're going to miss the boat especially with their plan expected price.

Don't think that is an issue.

Normally companies tend to purchase in the beginning of the year anyway, and traditionally speaking BlackBerry has often relied on its corporate partners and subscribers to buy in bulks than consumer market (corporate purchases as of 2013 makes up around 70% of the purchases of BlackBerry 10 devices, so I think they're relying on this as a data for sales pitch?

http://us.blackberry.com/smartphones/black...e-register.html

Pre-register for Blackberry Priv already available to get latest news.

Little bit of info about the spec on that page.
- Stunning 5.4” dual-curved screen
- Long lasting 3410 mAh battery
- Both touch and physical keyboards
- Schneider-Kreuznach® certified camera
- Extraordinary audio quality

Pretty slim phone for the 3140mAh battery.

Blackberry show the HUB.

Can anyone confirm whether the claim that this phone external memory is expandable to 2 TB?

According to carphone warehouse tech spec, yep.

A bit disappoint with the front facing camera. 2MP only.

http://m.carphonewarehouse.com/mt/www.carp...CFYQfwwodMiIPyA

So bila masuk Malaysia. The device looks interesting

If its true for 2 TB... this must the first for mobile phones.

Uh, no. LG did it first with the G Stylo if I'm not wrong.



This post has been edited by xperiaDROID: Oct 18 2015, 03:41 PM

Hope it's not overpriced like Note 5.

Maybe the price will be the same as note 5

Eh... the specs for this LG is only up to 32 GB for external memory.

This might be the last phone from BlackBerry.

XDA will have a port version of BB Hub for everyone in a very short time.

And the price.....too expensive.

The ironic part is that...blackberry already have several 'last model' in the past..hehehe.

How much is the price of this priv?

and i'm sure BlackBerry will try to block it as much as possible


Anyways, i've confirmed that

a) BlackBerry Priv's VKB is the same VKB that's used in all BlackBerry 10 devices.
b) it will have AOSP keyboard, but natively it uses 'BlackBerry Flow' keyboard.

How about "the latest last model" ?

people have been claiming BlackBerry's last models since 2007.

It's still going on. Not an issue.


Nokia came and went kaput.

Palm went kaput waaaay earlier. Tried a revival but stayed kaput.

BlackBerry won't go down without a fight.

I read it at Crackberry :

Priv pre-order USD699 ... Mak aih....hahahah

that phone look gorgeous.. If i have enough money, i'm willing to spend for it.. Love the design, the idea, and well the phone it self.. the Price around 3,000rm? can't wait for it..

Nothing to surprise here, same price with Passport when it's first out the market.
Just our Ringgit is weak. If take last year convert price (3.1), the price for Priv will be RM2170 and if it reached here will be RM2299/2399.

Its very slim, but i wonder why they didn't make it thicker and put a beefier battery. The battery is already 3K mAH, but I don't think it'll hurt with MORE battery?

After all this is an Android, not a BlackBerry 10.

They won't never drop the keyboard, I just know it !

Well, given if you're a user that wants a proper keyboard, i'm pretty sure you won't go for that latest Samsung with the weird keyboard "cover". You can buy a Priv and a half for it, or almost two Privs if you get the proper discount on proper channels.

By the way,

this is a good parody.

Especially against certain camps.



Enjoy.

Full feature video by blackberry!

This device looked amazing!

Unboxing of Blackberry Priv by Carphone Warehouse.

Good god. That's one beautiful phone ever made.
Every time I look at it, I don't care the price anymore.

Agree with you. The design is

But I don't use hub and other blackberry apps since I'm still a student.

So, still cannot decide to get the V10 or Priv.

Hub is one place for all social media (that you installed), messages and email. When you click it will redirect to the app and open the current message. It's a very good place all-in-one incoming message/email/social medias.

I think you will like it.

Not too active in social media. Message and email either.

I have try the hub once on my friend Z10. Like it, but I think I'm not gonna need it too much.

But really like the design and all the other feature on Priv. Camera seems nice from the Carphone Warehouse unboxing vidoe. Not to forget the physical keyboard.

Now 50/50 want to get V10 or Priv.

Of all the nice specs, Priv comes with only 2MP front camera. For a USD699 phone, that's consider 'mainstream'.

Blackberry never rate Selfie. Not one bit

Productive people don't take selfies.. hahahaha

I actually like the phone. Wouldn't mind getting it but ...... too expensive!!

If this doesn't work, then K.O. liao.... still want to jual mahal?

Do you expect Blackberry to sell according to our weak ringgit ?
Slide phone, keyboard & both sides curved screen are always expensive individually.
Remember how much they sell for Blackberry Torch ? Now these 3 things combined and the price $700 IS reasonable.

This post has been edited by xisan: Nov 4 2015, 07:29 PM

Read on crackberry forum that the Hub on Priv not integrated like the BB10 OS. Now it is only just a notification center.

Its still better than Android's notifications.. Much better.

Blackberry Priv review already out. Some say good say bad.

depends on which sources.

UK based reviews are favourable.

India based reviews are downright shitty.

Just example.

Edited. Most of it say good. Except for engadget biased review.
Read most of the review and happy for Blackberry. Hope that they sell a lot of Priv, make a profit out of it and cancel to shut down their phone production devision. For me price for Priv is reasonable with the spec and functionality.

Gizmodo was an awful review as well...

http://gizmodo.com/blackberry-priv-review-...or-m-1740822511

http://crackberry.com/blackberry-priv-review

Will stick to BB10 then. Can't help with Android.

Still no news when Priv coming to Malaysia?

Any of you guys getting it? I definitely am. I've always hated the cameras on blackberry devices, so quite happy to see on the crackberry site that we're gonna get a good one!

Blackberry cameras not that bad as you think. And yes, I will definitely getting Priv.

Too pricey


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Everything coming from UK is expensive. Go look at US Blackberry.

Same

do you think this will be available on contract in MY?

Which part of these are same to you?

559 gbp to myr = 3688.92 (1 = 6.60)

699 usd to myr = 3045.86 (1 = 4.36)


If you are saying phone that more than 3K are expensive, blame it to our falling currency.
699 USD is the same price for BB Passport last year. If you think it using Android should be cheaper, don't forget the keyboard, the slider and both sides curved screen.

anyone interested in buying a used set of blackberry q10 do check out my thread

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=3777328

need to ask advise about blackberry priv. can us unlock set be use in Malaysia. meaning all Telco in Malaysia can use us unlock blackberry priv set. I heard us blackberry priv is different then uk blackberry priv. my friend said uk priv can use in Malaysia but not us unlock priv. anyone here can advise?

Look at the base model.


If you're planning to get USA models, don't get the AT&T, and Verizon models.

Get the ones from shopblackberry, they're universal.

how about from amazon?

I wonder how much is the price for a second hand Priv.

Although it has a carbon fibre back and BB is usually a robust phone, I think I will break the slider carelessly.

Price wise, think it going to sell beyond the psychological barrier of 3K due to our week currency here. January2016? that's long

waiting for someone to sell this second hand.

waiting for the second hand price.

Found at Mudah someone sell it at RM4500.

http://www.mudah.my/Blackberry+priv-42343482.htm?last=1

My Priv is UK set, and can be used in Malaysia and Indonesia.

Satu Gadget is selling the priv for RM3899..

http://www.satugadget.com.my/blackberry-pr...brightpoint-set

Show us some love, share some pictures.

damn this price range goes hand in hand with the iPhones. Not sure who to blame here. Jibby or BB..

Currency dropping ohh...haha..

Hahaha yeah man sigh

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Battery status so far satisfying


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i was wondering... is blackberry hub still available in android version? how about the email client, does Priv still using BB10 email or android?

Still waiting for this to be available.

Blackberry Hub on Priv is not integrated in the os as BB10 OS from what I read. Most probably email client is using android email app.

Will be out early December here from what I heard.

Want to try the phone first before decided to buy one.

The email, BBM twitter are integrated with Priv Hub.


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have you guys watched this review yet? i really like the design but with this kind of software, i'm starting to doubt it. hopefully the Marshmallow update will improve it.

The best method is to actually go and try it for yourself. My impression is that its a 1+1, as in stock Google experience until you actually start using BlackBerry Apps.


Just like how swiftkey vs blackberry flow keyboard is. When BlackBerry released their keyboard SwiftKey retaliated by having their own predictions above the words, because that was exclusive to BlackBerry, and when BlackBerry released it for Android it became fair game.

There are tonnes of EMAIL management program, but nothing beats the Hub. The Hub to me is the better, organized, less messier notifications. You can still set (since its android) to have top down notifications or mitigate them all to Hub.


Too bad BlackBerry doesn't actually "rent out" their APKs (there was a plan called "BlackBerry Suite for Android". Or else I would have done it from day one and made full video of it, and why you should consider BlackBerry suite for Android or buy a Priv straight away if you're comfortable with the Android operating system.

Oh don't get me wrong man. I have no problems with what their software is offering. It differentiates them from the many Android devices. What i was doubting is the performance consistency as mentioned and demonstrated by the reviewer. At times it seems inconsistent; sometimes laggy, sometimes smooth, the trackpad is sometimes inverted, etc. Small issues that may build up to be an annoyance (like how old BBs can hang due to heavy BBM message flow). Stock Android seems to be consistent these days so maybe Blackberry will have to pay more attention for their Marshmallow release

Had a few min of play time with the Priv in HK airport. Was selling for HK$6400+. Will that be the indicative pricing here too?

While a few min won't qualify as a review, I must say the camera is the best among all BB phones ever released. Sharp and color was ok. Focusing not too slow as what was reviewed by others.

Physical keypad will take some time to get use to it. Small buttons and feels quite crammed. Maybe coz I've been so used to touch screen keypads....

Over all, a solid unit as BB is well known for.

Will see if the phone will get some good response here.

That one i'm not sure since I haven't really got a chance to use Priv as a daily driver (no loanee units LOL).

However, from what I've gathered, BlackBerry has at least commit themselves to a monthly upgrade cycle for software and firmware, so I suppose it'll be a good thing.

Next week Priv will launch in Malaysia!
Oh my, can't wait for it. Hope the price is not more than 3.1K.

If Celcom bring it in, I hope they will bundle it with free BlackBerry accessories/phone.
Like they do with Z30 Launch Event 2 years ago. Bought Z30 with plan, FREE Z10.

BlackBerry should not sell it above 3K, that's a big no. If they wanna survive, they should price it competitively, it would still be acceptable if it's priced at like RM 2699 or better if cheaper, at least still could get some attention from the storm of flagships from Sony, Samsung, Huawei, Apple etc.

I seriously hope the price will be reasonable, weak currency is not an excuse if they price it above 3K. I've been waiting for a BlackBerry phone running Android for ages now, and now it's here, hope that they won't ruin it with the pricing.

Unboxing of Blackberry Priv from youtube. with TETDED Case
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoCafI4UmLY


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I doubt Priv will be under RM3K, just don't see it happening.

The price...