Blackberry Priv Release Date News: Coming Before the End of the Year
Blackberry finally confirmed that its first Android phone, the Blackberry Priv, will be released before the end of 2015. According to a report in Android Authority, the company made the announcement together with its quarterly results report last September 25. The phone, which was originally known by its codename "Venice," is the company's attempt for a comeback after it failed to make one with its line of phones with its own operating system, Blackberry 10.
Various leaks have revealed some initial details about the phone's specifications. What is known so far is that the phone will definitely be running on the latest Android OS and will be a slider phone, equipped with a physical QWERTY keyboard.
Blackberry describes the device as one that "combines the best of BlackBerry security and productivity with the expansive mobile application ecosystem available on the Android platform." The company's CEO John Chen proudly says that the device brings the "best in class security for enterprise customers," true to Blackberry's "heritage and core mission of protecting our customers' privacy."
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No word yet on its exact release date as well as price details. As to where it will be available, the release merely mentioned "major markets in-store and online."
Leaks about the phone's specifications have been going around the Internet. According to a report in Pocket-lint, the phone is rumored to have a 5.4-inch display, with a resolution of 2,560 x 1,440 pixels. Under the hood, it will have a 64-bit hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor running at 1.8GHz coupled with 3 GB of RAM.
The phone's cameras are rumored to be a powerful 18-megapixel rear-facing camera and a 5-megapixel selfie camera. The main camera is also said to be equipped with Optical Image Stabilisation or OIS.
The phone's is rumored to be released sometime in November and it is said to be coming to the four major carriers in the US. The report however cited that the company may opt to do a parallel global launch for the phone in other international markets.
