This is the major issue with Priv some say zero issue with battery life and some like me have had my Priv on a charger three times today each time it hit 60%. Either way my Priv is going back and I'm going back on Passport. I'll let others anguish over the next year doing this or that hoping for a cure. Something works or it doesn't. I can even over look the super hot case at times like running nav or blue tooth music to car and I can lived with both sides of lower slide screen clicking, but I'm not going back to worrying if I'm near a charger.
was considering Priv, not so sure now, need advice
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This is the major issue with Priv some say zero issue with battery life and some like me have had my Priv on a charger three times today each time it hit 60%. Either way my Priv is going back and I'm going back on Passport. I'll let others anguish over the next year doing this or that hoping for a cure. Something works or it doesn't. I can even over look the super hot case at times like running nav or blue tooth music to car and I can lived with both sides of lower slide screen clicking, but I'm not going back to worrying if I'm near a charger.
I've used other orphan devices. It doesn't matter that much. Once you have the phone set up the way you like, you don't need a lot of new stuff. I bought the priv (last November) thinking there was a good chance it would be orphaned. I like it, and don't regret my purchase.
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That sounds like a defective product. Mine works great. I can go the whole day without charging. I pulled mine off the charger around 6:30 am and I get home between 6 and 6:30 pm and there is about 40% left. Also mine just gets warm at most. it does not get hot considering it is used often.
Turns out creating multiple Profiles on the PRIV for guests and work / family to have their own partition of the device makes the OS integrity become compromised and the security in DTEK is displayed as Poor
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What is great about the Priv is that it is powered by Google OS, but is wrapped in BlackBerry hardware. In my own opinion, I think it is the best of both worlds. Google Play has a plethora of apps and you should be able to find the equivalent (or better version) of your apps in there.
As far as hardware issues, every case and every individual phone is different: what is true for some users may not be true for you. But I get your worry: with the slide-out keyboard - though it's an AMAZING feature - there is definitely room for breaks and malfunctioning. But when you buy any device, you're always taking a risk that it may be easily broken or damaged. But BlackBerry is a special case because of the platform itself.
Chen said somewhere a while back that BB would be sticking to at least software if they do not make a sizable comeback in the near future (if I misquoted him/things have changed since then, I apologize - feel free to correct me! But I'm almost positive I read this somewhere on the forums here or on CrackBerry). And when you buy a phone on a contract basis, the company is obligated to give you at least your contract's worth of OS support, updates, troubleshooting, etc. If BlackBerry does go under or the company has more trouble, it is not as if your phone will just stop working. And even if something happens that you keep it for a long time and they stop putting out updates, your phone will still work - you just won't get any more software updates, etc.
All in all, the choice is yours and you should research the Priv and try it out for yourself to see if it really meets your needs. Actually, I would really suggest hopping on over to CrackBerry, as those forums are specially tailored to BB products and there are BB experts who can also assist you if you have any questions.
Good luck!
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As far as hardware issues, every case and every individual phone is different: what is true for some users may not be true for you. But I get your worry: with the slide-out keyboard - though it's an AMAZING feature - there is definitely room for breaks and malfunctioning. But when you buy any device, you're always taking a risk that it may be easily broken or damaged. But BlackBerry is a special case because of the platform itself.
Chen said somewhere a while back that BB would be sticking to at least software if they do not make a sizable comeback in the near future (if I misquoted him/things have changed since then, I apologize - feel free to correct me! But I'm almost positive I read this somewhere on the forums here or on CrackBerry). And when you buy a phone on a contract basis, the company is obligated to give you at least your contract's worth of OS support, updates, troubleshooting, etc. If BlackBerry does go under or the company has more trouble, it is not as if your phone will just stop working. And even if something happens that you keep it for a long time and they stop putting out updates, your phone will still work - you just won't get any more software updates, etc.
All in all, the choice is yours and you should research the Priv and try it out for yourself to see if it really meets your needs. Actually, I would really suggest hopping on over to CrackBerry, as those forums are specially tailored to BB products and there are BB experts who can also assist you if you have any questions.
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I wish BlackBerry Blend made a return for Android. That thing was useful!
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I find that hard to believe. Does that really make sense? C'mon man.
I added a user to my PRIV and checked my settings after and they were still excellent. Something else is affecting your DTEK rating.
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I have to ask: where in your contract is "the company obligated to give OS support" and such for the term of your contract? And which company is "obligated"? The manufacturer? The seller? The service provider? Only for hardware or software defects (determined by the manufacturer) will the manufacturer be committed to provide support specified in the product warranty for the term of the warranty, which may or may not align with the term of the purchase agreement with the seller - two entirely separate and unrelated documents. Your support may come from your retailer or service provider. But they can't push software that the manufacturer doesn't have to provide.
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Hi! I get that my comment was vague, now that I am reading over it. What I meant was, your carrier/provider must continue to give you the support of signal, etc so the phone can at least work and get data, signal and calls, etc for the length of your contract. On CrackBerry, we talk a lot about this kind of scenario, so I thought someone had said on there that BB would not just magically end one day and your phone wouldn't work. You'd still get support from your carrier, minus things like OS updates.
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That makes more sense. There are also some folks talking about the guaranteed updates thing in a PRIV thread at CB.
You're right in that an orphaned phone won't up and die when the OS support ends, just like Windows PCs didn't stop when Microsoft ended support for XP. And you can see someone every day still using their Samsung S3, which was marked EOL two years ago.
You're right in that an orphaned phone won't up and die when the OS support ends, just like Windows PCs didn't stop when Microsoft ended support for XP. And you can see someone every day still using their Samsung S3, which was marked EOL two years ago.
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Sorry again for my vagueness! I was trying to remember what we discussed on CrackBerry and failed in recalling specifics! We've been talking about support, updates, etc for BB for a while now! Especially with BB 10.
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Is it a carrier or pure unlocked and u r now required to repost: after 14 days of solid use and not a day sooner! I can't stand those who do a review after two days! Yeesh! We are counting on u!
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It is pure unlocked. For my 14 day review begin the timer tomorrow, not today, OK?
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That is fair, looking forward to ur results. I'm interested in typical issues: is it hot, the one I had pre marshmallow, I could feel the hot air from three inch above phone, two, battery life: again mine would go from 100 to 67 percent in three hours doing nothing but simple Web browsing.
As far as I knew, the box wasn't ATT orange so I can only assume what it was but I did buy it off Amazon and it appears those are all ATT even if box is black.
The AT&Fee logo will tell you if it's on the back.
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