Priv smartphone, the first BlackBerry phone running the Android mobile platform, is now available for purchase in advance in the US, UK and Canada.
The price reflects the high-end device. In the USA can be purchased for US $ 699 and is not compatible with Verizon, Sprint, and US Cellular operators. BlackBerry says it will begin distributing the units purchased in advance from November 6.
If you’re not familiar with the BlackBerry Priv, is the first device Canadian company to carry Android operating system instead of own developed by BlackBerry -. BlackBerry OS The phone has a screen of 5.4 inches, a 18-megapixel rear camera, 32GB of internal storage and option to expand capacity 2TB with a microSD card.
The processor 808 is a six-core Snapdragon. The battery has a capacity of 3,410mAh BlackBerry says that which translates to 22.5 hours of mixed use. The phone has a USB 2.0 (no type C) and Bluetooth 4.1 port.
Priv, true to the style of BlackBerry, cell has a physical QWERTY keyboard. The keyboard can be pushed into the Priv without add thickness to the device. BlackBerry, when it announced the phone a few weeks ago, said the phone name is “the privilege of privacy.”
John Chen, chief executive of BlackBerry, said the Canadian company have set a deadline for the recovery of the business of smartphone BlackBerry. Chen said that the BlackBerry mobile operations have to generate profits next year. “Otherwise, I think I have to think twice about what I do here,” he said during a conference in early October.
Chen’s words following a report from the Canadian company last month, indicating a continuation in the drop in sales of its smartphone . BlackBerry sold only 800,000 units in the quarter, a third of a year ago. At that time, Chen admitted he was disappointed with the performance of the handset business of the company.
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