Please buy the PRIV

[skibnik]

Here's the kicker....BlackBerry may just release a Z30 style Android device if Priv sells well. They aren't giving up on BB10. BB10 isn't just about handsets, BB10 is the basis for their entire software portfolio. If people don't want an Android phone, there will be BB10 variants on the way as well.

Chen said there will be two more service updates for BB10 focused on enterprise and security, and no new BB10 devices are currently planed. The future of BB10 is still up in the air, Blackberrys mission now is to work closely with Google to steer Android towards security parity with BB10. When this happens BB10 and Android would "merge" (Chens words) when and/or if this happens BB10 then would basically be retired. As for an all touch Android device its doubtful that Blackberry would release one as the all touch Android market is too diluted, just look at HTC and Sony struggle at the moment. With the Priv Blackberry has a unique device to differentiate itself in the Android market, so I see them releasing a Passport and/or Classic form-factor Android device if the Priv is a success.

 

[huungryshark]

Nearly 800 Euro. That's nuts.
It looks like an Calculator from1980.
Big black heavy brick

Better buy THREE LG Flex 2 for that prize (well, nearly) Great Camera and rocking SD810.

Anyway, good luck BB and RIP OS10

Still love my red Z10 limited edition.beautiful device.
Oh and my Q5 red with black keyboard

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[medic22003]

Sorry, but your barking up the wrong tree. I don't want a CrapBerry phone, a PKB, definitely don't want a slider or a phone named after a outhouse. After Crackberry have putting Android down for years and till this day...and you want me to help save them?

You mad bro? They are just phones. Some of you people act like they violated your skin and shot your dog.

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[Hendri Hendri]

You mad bro? They are just phones. Some of you people act like they violated your skin and shot your dog.

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You should read threads postes on crackberry lol

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[cgk]

Chen said there will be two more service updates for BB10 focused on enterprise and security, and no new BB10 devices are currently planed. The future of BB10 is still up in the air, Blackberrys mission now is to work closely with Google to steer Android towards security parity with BB10. When this happens BB10 and Android would "merge" (Chens words) when and/or if this happens BB10 then would basically be retired. As for an all touch Android device its doubtful that Blackberry would release one as the all touch Android market is too diluted, just look at HTC and Sony struggle at the moment. With the Priv Blackberry has a unique device to differentiate itself in the Android market, so I see them releasing a Passport and/or Classic form-factor Android device if the Priv is a success.

it makes it sound like BBRY is still a player rather than just another OEM in android land desperate for share.

As for BB10 - it's dead.

 

[CarlGalgano]

You mad bro? They are just phones. Some of you people act like they violated your skin and shot your dog.

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Funny. I agree, in the end, its just a tool. Reminds me of a funny saying a coworker used to say "A fool with a tool is still a fool".

 

[skibnik]

it makes it sound like BBRY is still a player rather than just another OEM in android land desperate for share.

As for BB10 - it's dead.

IMHO I believe that new BB10 devices are dead, the current stable of Leaps Classics, and Passports will be sufficient for BlackBerry's current enterprise and government customers. BB10 has all the high level security certifications in place to satisfy that market. If the Priv is successful then perhaps Blackberry will release a Classic and Passport running Android.

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[20degrees]

They need to sell 5mil, yet they're only releasing on ATT in the US ATM....

 

[huungryshark]

Leap, Classic, Z3....Passport all didn't sell well.

It's a shame, BB OS10 was a nice OS but they stopped developing it some months ago a former employer told.
They have like two more updates finished and i guess they roll out OS13.3 next year and then it was it for BB10.It's no platform anymore.

Still playing around with my red limited edition Z10, best looking BB device everrrrr.

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[PaRob]

I would buy this phone if the slider was landscape instead of portrait. I hate texting in portrait mode because it's hard for me to hold the phone & type with my thumbs and just using index fingers is too slow. I checked the specs on this phone. With the keyboard extended it adds almost another 1.5 inches to the length of the device. Closed is 5.79 inches & open is 7.24 inches. That's a long phone! So I'm sitting here holding my Note 4 and trying to invision my phone being a little over an inch longer & trying to hold it an inch lower than normal to type. I really think the extra length is going to make the phone top heavy. Don't forget the keyboard is going to be thinner and lighter than the rest of the phone because it has to be recessed. I am looking forward to reading reviews once people get theirs & start using it. I would love to have another phone with a landscape physical keyboard. If this phone sells well, perhaps they will release a future model with one.

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[huungryshark]

Agree. I do texting in landscape most of the time.
And it feels so nice on a curved screen with no buttons around

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[pmccartney]

I would buy this phone if the slider was landscape instead of portrait. I hate texting in portrait mode because it's hard for me to hold the phone & type with my thumbs and just using index fingers is too slow. I checked the specs on this phone. With the keyboard extended it adds almost another 1.5 inches to the length of the device. Closed is 5.79 inches & open is 7.24 inches. That's a long phone! So I'm sitting here holding my Note 4 and trying to invision my phone being a little over an inch longer & trying to hold it an inch lower than normal to type. I really think the extra length is going to make the phone top heavy. Don't forget the keyboard is going to be thinner and lighter than the rest of the phone because it has to be recessed. I am looking forward to reading reviews once people get theirs & start using it. I would love to have another phone with a landscape physical keyboard. If this phone sells well, perhaps they will release a future model with one.

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It's not the keyboard that slides out from the bottom, shifting the weight of the phone upward.
It's the thin screen that slides up to expose the PKB. The bulk of the phones weight is still I the lower part when the PKB is exposed.

There have been more than a few reviews now, where the user stated it feels well balanced when the PKB is used.

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[huungryshark]

But why in portrait mode? 95% of the time I'm typing in landscape mode on a smartphone

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[Chaplain_Clancy]

But why in portrait mode? 95% of the time I'm typing in landscape mode on a smartphone

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The key to that answer is context. If you're typing in landscape mode, you're not doing a long e-mail. Portrait mode allows you to keep more of the content on the screen as you're typing so that you can keep things in context. That was the design thought behind the width of the Passport. Keeping information in context. Having used a Passport for a year now, I must say that they were right. Being able to see more of what I am doing on the one screen is much more efficient and productive.

 

[Dunt Dunt Dunt]

But why in portrait mode? 95% of the time I'm typing in landscape mode on a smartphone

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Cause that is what the BlackBerry keyboard was designed around.....

I know a number of people that also would have preferred a Landscape Slider like later dumb phone and like the original Droids of old.

This isn't a device meant for mass market appeal (just the price should tell you that), the question is how many still want a keyboard? If you do, this is probable the best option you will find, as everyone else has given up on keyboards.

 

[Jdane07]

But why in portrait mode? 95% of the time I'm typing in landscape mode on a smartphone

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Really? I can't remember the last time I typed in landscape on a phone lol

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[Geodude074]

The key to that answer is context. If you're typing in landscape mode, you're not doing a long e-mail. Portrait mode allows you to keep more of the content on the screen as you're typing so that you can keep things in context. That was the design thought behind the width of the Passport. Keeping information in context. Having used a Passport for a year now, I must say that they were right. Being able to see more of what I am doing on the one screen is much more efficient and productive.

I also type 95% of the time in landscape mode, it's more comfortable and I type faster.

Also your idea of context is incorrect, the ratio of the screen will simply shift from 9:16 to 16:9, you barely lose any context, if any. The nice thing about physical keyboards is the screen doesn't turn into a virtual keyboard, meaning you get to see why you're texting, instead of just a big text box.

 

[anon(5630457)]

I have small hands and I can't type in landscape mode on my Note5 without getting a cramp in my hands.

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[Dunt Dunt Dunt]

I have small hands and I can't type in landscape mode on my Note5 without getting a cramp in my hands.

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Most of the Ladnscape sliders of old.... were not nearly as large as the NOTE.

 

[Sleepwlkr45]

I'd love to. Make them make Sprint sell it.

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