anyone manage to get Blackberry Priv from Celcom?
This morning I went to Celcom asking for Priv plan and they said they are currently out of stock and they already stop selling the Priv for reason that they don't want to buy in stock for sale.

Then followed by saying they will have start Samsung S7E and able to get the device by end of this month.

I thought the overheating issue was gone after several updates since the launch?
Is it still happening ? Cos if that's the case then won't the battery get depleted so fast?

Guess I will get the device from T&L Telecom that's from Hong Kong. Anyone have any experience with them before?

This post has been edited by arbelnox: Mar 17 2016, 07:30 AM

Glad to know that. I just hope that with current batch production of Priv will have no more production issue.

True, the problems with those reviews are all solely done on initial release of the phones and not much follow up reviews after the updates.

I also read from the forum that Priv's is working very stable after couples of updates.

just ordered myself a unit from T&L Hong Kong. Hopefully can get it early next week.

Yeah, the reason that I'm getting the phone from them is that their price is so much lower than Malaysia price by nearly 1K, which is the actual price in every countries BUT MALAYSIA.

Besides, I read the review that it seems most order will be arrived in 3 - 5 days depending location. So, let's hope by next week I will get the phone then.

Just got my phone at 4pm just now.
Still doing the set up.

A little bit weird for the purchase from TL Telecom, as the box of my phone stated the phone is for "REGIONAL MALAYSIA"... where I remembered read from their page, they mentioned that their unit are supposed to be UK unit.
Even the wall charger given inside the box is 3-pin like Malaysia wall socket. And the date of packaging was on 1st week December 2015.

So, I'm wondering if there is anyway like certain service code to key in to check the usage of the phone?

Please advise.
Thanks

Yeah, I hope so.
Just that I didn't see the Brightstar warranty card within so also cannot be sure how they going to verify which warranty to be applied should one need it (touch wood).
So far the phone sure get hottie when doing whole bunch of updates since it is December device. Let's hope the heat issue will be less after getting everything set up.

on side note, does the battery charge indicator edge will dim when it sense total darkness?

This post has been edited by arbelnox: Apr 14 2016, 08:06 AM

I believe that's the beta program that user has to signed up in order to try out the MM update.
However, given that BB has hinted the release of the official will fall on early May, I would rather wait for the official updates. Won't want to take any risk to my daily driver at the moment.

What is the aspect that you value most on iPhone 6 first?
If camera is one important aspect, then you probably need to keep your iPhone 6.
Not to say Priv's camera is not good, actually it can takes fairly decent photos when in good lighting condition, however when it comes to actual shutter moment and focus, iPhone does the better job here.

And for the reviews that you read or view online, those reviews are quite outdated already, as at the time of their review, there hadn't been much updates to the phone itself.
Trust me, when you first get the phone you will definitely feel that performance on the phone out of the box is not satisfying, but when you installed all of the updates on the Priv, then you will enjoy using the phone like I do.

To me, it is the HUB experience that is useful for me as I need fast peek to all the messages in just one unified inbox and HUB nails it quite good (not up to the standard of HUB on BBOS 10 still).

Secondly, the keyboard, some may like it some don't as the touchscreen keyboard now has really improved, but i still like the feel of typing on physical keyboard as opposed to the touchscreen. With Priv, you get to enjoy the best of both worlds.

Hope this will help in making your decision.

I see. Priv's battery has improved quite a lot since the updates but still I doubt it is on par with iPhone 6Plus yet, i would say it is about 80% to what iPhone 6 Plus can get. Though for my daily usage that has 4 emails with push syncing, 2 hours of on screen time browsing or reading comics, half an hour call etc, I still manage to have about 58% last night around 11PM since i unplugged 530AM. So I would say Priv has fairly enough power for my usage pattern.

As for the mobile gaming, i can't say much as i seldom play mobile game but from my past experience, I would say most of the time for the same apps or games on both platform, iOS version will 99% excel than Android version.
Maybe it is due to OS Optimization or simply because there are too many fragments in Android so the coding on Android is not as optimized as iOS.

It is announced that official MM updates will be released starting 3rd May. So it is better for you to wait for official updates instead.

Does this issue happen all the time? Or just occasionally?
The Edge bar will not show if it detects the lighting in the room is dim or completely dark, while in well lit room, then it will shows the bar. And it won't always be there though, i think it is to prevent the burnt image on the phone.

I got mine form Ebay, brand SIKAI (quite recommended by folks in Crackberry forum there).

Other than that, I think you can find some tempered glass protector in Lelong and lowyat garage sales forum there.

I'm using SIKAI screen protector, bought from ebay.

I would say the naked screen feel and look the best to be honest, but still an extra protection to this expensive gadget is definitely worth the trade-off.

Now i'm waiting for my case to arrive.

it is Tempered Glass,but you don't feel like one when it is applied. I don't know why but my friend who sells phone said it is indeed Glass.

As for the camera, i would say the photo quality is quite good, but the camera experience / performance is the reason where it loses competition to other brand, but still for most of the shots especially still image then it will work very fine. Don't worry about the image quality.

It is normal to get real warming in first few days as the phone is busy downloading and settling down with all sorts of application stuff, i think part of the reason to the warmth is due to the material they used for the back plate, it feels like the heat take longer time to go off.
And yes, the MM update does help in reducing heat quite significantly, at least now the hottest part i mostly feel are on the sides of the phone.

As for the apps installation, i think it is because Blackberry opt to have the higher encryption level on every layer of access to the phone and that's why it takes longer time to get installed. I guess this is the compromise that one have to bear for the extra security the phone offers.

http://www.ebay.com.my/itm/181969557991?_t...K%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

This is the one I bought.


Are you buying from TL Telekom? If that's the case, the tracking will only shows when the device reached Malaysia. Usually 3 -4 workings days depends on your location, mine was 7 working days as I'm in Sarawak.

Indeed. Most of the reviews online that give bad ratings are mostly reviewed based on the initial release of the phones.

While if you have a look to the review of the actual users of this phone as daily drivers, most of them are very happy and satisfied with each updates provided to the phone.

I just hope that BlackBerry can keep up with this updates effort even after the 2 rumored phone are release later this year.

If they can do so, then I can foresee that my next phone will probably be still BlackBerry device.

You should give it a few days for the system to get settled with the software updated. I usually can get it last for 18 to 24 hours with normal usage, and even stretching to 40+ over hours with minimal usage.