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BlackBerry Shows Off the Priv

Sep 29, 2015, 7:53 AM by Eric M. Zeman

BlackBerry today posted some official images of the forthcoming Priv smartphone. The Priv is a vertical slider that runs Android. It offers a full QWERTY keyboard and can be managed by BlackBerry's enterprise software, making it a secure handset for business users. The images shared by BlackBerry clearly reveal a curved display, similar to that of the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. BlackBerry will share more details about the phone in the weeks ahead.

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BlackBerry Priv (GSM)

5.4" display QHD+ resolution
Snapdragon 808 processor 3 GB RAM
3,410 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Hardware Text Keyboard, Headphone Jack (3.5mm), NFC, Wireless Charging

BlackBerry Priv (CDMA)

5.4" display QHD+ resolution
Snapdragon 808 processor 3 GB RAM
3,410 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Hardware Text Keyboard, Headphone Jack (3.5mm), NFC, Wireless Charging

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aeternavi

Sep 30, 2015, 8:41 PM

Called it

When I said several months ago that if Blackberry were to survive they need to push out an Android phone, people thought I was mad. Nailed it.

Vmac39

Well, considering that they have been using Android apps since they realized that they needed apps for their OS 10, it was no surprise.

Zpike

Sep 29, 2015, 8:56 AM

And here we all were

counting Blackberry out. But if someone is going to make a flagship device with with a slide-out Blackberry keyboard, you can count me interested. Where was this device 3 years ago?

T Bone

A Blackberry phone that runs Android? Wow, it really is the end. It's too bad, a world with only two smartphone operating systems is not a world I want to live in,

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WhySoBluePandaBear

Sep 29, 2015, 7:14 PM

Time to say goodbye

They need to play this outside their HQ on a massive megaphone. Sell your patients and run - or go the way IBM went.

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