Blackberry has rolled out Blackberry Priv or Priv by Blackberry, the company’s first Android smartphone with a sliding keyboard in the US, UK and Canada. The device is expected to hit other regions at a later date in Black colour option only.
The Blackberry Priv sports a 5.4-inch Quad HD AMOLED display, powered by an 1.8GHz Hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor with 3GB RAM, rear 18MP main camera with OIS, and runs Android 5.1.1 Lollipop OS with promised upgrade to Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
The device inherits a host of existing and new Blackberry apps and features such as Blackberry Hub and there is a new one called DTEK by Blackberry for Android that prompts the user when privacy is at risk and prompts user to act on it. According to Blackberry, Priv stands for ‘Privilege’ and ‘Privacy’.
BlackBerry Priv Specifications
• Dimensions : 184 (147 when closed) x 77.2 x 9.4mm
• Weight : 192 grams
• OS : Android 5.1.1 Lollipop OS (upgradable to Android 6.0 Marshmallow)
• Keyboard : Physical 35-key 4-row sliding keyboard; Contextual auto-correct, word prediction, and learning engine; Touch-sensitive gesture control
• Display : 5.43-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD AMOLED Dual-Curved display; Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection
• Pixel Density : 540ppi
4-row BlackBerry slider keyboard
• Processor : 64-bit Hexa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 ( 4 x 1.44GHz ARM A53 + 2 x 1.8 GHz ARM A57 ) processor
• Graphics : 600 MHz Adreno 418 GPU
• Memory : 3GB RAM
• Storage : 32GB built-in + up to 2TB via microSD
• Main camera : 18MP rear camera with dual-tone Flash, OIS, PDAF, f/2.2 6P lens, 4K video recording, 6DOF video stabilization
• Front camera : 5MP front-facing camera, f/2.8 aperture, 1.7 micron pixel size
• Connectivity : Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4GHz and 5GHz) MIMO, Bluetooth 4.1 LE, GPS, NFC, USB 2.0 with Slimport, 4G LTE
• Battery Capacity : 3410mAh Fixed Battery; Up to 22.5 Hours Battery Life with Mixed Usage; Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0; Qi and Powermat Wireless Charging
• Software Features : DTEK by BlackBerry security suite BlackBerry Hub, BlackBerry Calendar
• Others : 3.5mm audio jack, Front-facing speaker and 3 microphones
Pricing
The BlackBerry Priv is available in Black Colour option onlay at least for now and in terms of pricing, in the US and Canada, it costs USD $699 and CAD$ 899 respectively ; in the UK, it costs £559 in UK. When the Priv comes to Nigeria, it could cost between N140,000 – N170,000 in Nigerian Naira.
Image Sources: Expertreviews.co.uk
