PRIV (Black)

Just a brilliant phone. Pros 1. Feels premium. Looks different. Feels different. In a world where all android phones look alike, this one stands out of the crowd. Especially when you have the keyboard drawn out. 2. Slide out is cool - Slide out keyboard is cool. BB has brought this back. KB Is very useful as well. Serves as track pad as well which makes browsing and reading a joy. 3. Price - It was priced at 60 K which was ridiculous. I got it for 33 K which is a steal for such a secure and different phone. 4. Typing - Typing is a different experience altogether. Both on touch screen and physical KB. 5. Security - Phone is secure like hell. There's an inbuilt app DteK which actually shows which App is accessing what on your phone. Very imp in today's life. 6. After Marshmellow update, phone works like a charm. No lags or performance issues. Cons 1. Camera - Rear camera is good. Not the best. But still clicks amazing pictures. Front camera is very average. 2. Battery - Battery life drains out fast. Especially if you use WA and PayTm.

I got this for Rs. 31,318 in Feb 2017, the price has fallen to less than 30K now, also was available at a whooping discount at around 20K twice in May 2017, but I know it was launched at 66K. This is typical of Blackberry models having steep price fall with time. Coming to the phone itself, Pros 1. Excellent appearance and dpi 2. Carries touch sensitive sliding keypad, for those wanting the BB feel., also easier to scroll than from the screen 3. Very good built quality 4. Superb back camera taking stunning pics 5. Updates regularly. Cons 1. Heating issue, esp if you use while charging 2. Many errors like camera not working, front speakers not working after updates will occur, but a simple restart of the phone will solve the issue (those familiar with BB will do it) 3. A wee bit heavy 4. Poor front camera, though good a mere 2 MP lacks the crispy image. 5. Tough to find hard case for it I AM EDITING THIS REVIEW 6 MONTHS AFTER USING IT BECOMES SUPER HOT TO HANDLE, BATTERY DRAINS LIKE HELL IT BECOMES LESS THAN 40% AFTER OVERNIGHT 100%, IF USING BATTERY SAVER MODE TOO IT BECOMES 70%. ALSO WORST ANDROID OS ON TOP OF BLACKBERRY. THIS SURELY IS MY LAST BLACKBERRY PHONE. Overall buy it between BELOW 20K, worth any day than the cheap china phones, BUT DOESNT MATCH PREMIUM IPHONE OR SAMSUNG

The first phone that I fell absolutely in love with. The phone itself looks spectacular, the slider bit just adding to its superb looks. It felt unique, something that stands out from the rest of the crowd. It's like bringing a 67 Shelby to a modern day supercar event. However, as much as I loved the phone, it did have certain flaws. The first phone that came in had a gap between the screen and the lower body (with it being a bit more raised on the left side)- so everytime you use the touch screen to type, the upper body would tap onto the lower body. I got that replaced (great service by Cart2India and Amazon). The second set was all better- but the issue with the raised gap came back in a week or so. I'm not sure if the manufacturing standards had gone low nowadays. Maybe it was the use of metal bodies in the older days than plastic. Nevertheless, if you're looking for something extremely solid, this may not be the best idea. However, as for everything else- this phone has topped all other phones I've used to date; which is a lot of phones. Good work on this one Blackberry. Could've been better, but still- thanks for bringing back the good old times.

Ironically, this product is being reviewed six days after I had physically received it in great condition though Amazon site still says " its getting closer"! Blackberry Priv out of the box has been an unbelievably captivating experience. It is sleek, and a design marvel. Up on its feet, when I booted it up, it performed fast, snappy and stutter free. A lot of Blackberry magic have been carried down to an alien OS that Android is to Blackberry. I am truly impressed with the end consumer experience. With judicious choice of what one needs and what are disposable( a subjective referral point), I get well over 24 hours of battery life. Admittedly, the device tends to easily warm up in your palm; an undesirable spin off from Snapdragon 808. To my relief it is less warm in your hands than another flagship carrying the same SOC! I am sure, with the advent of Android Marshmallow anytime soon, we will see this phenomenon disappear with better battery life and snappier performance. The Physical keyboard takes a few days of constant use to get familiar with owing to a closer key configuration the design warrants. But, once that stage is overcome, it is a sheer joy to keep flicking the suggested words up. Adding up to the brilliance of the keyboard, we can as well customise the level of artificial intelligence in terms of word predictability! Lastly, the cameras. They performs as well as a Blackberry passport does and sadly nothing better. But Passport camera is not disappointing by any stretch of imagination. This is to my own conscience, an incomplete portrayal; but let me state that I might not have more negatives than positives to add. The price and affordability are again relative terms.

Physical keyboard is not that friendly compared to other BlackBerry phones. Other than that feeling is awesome. Feels like a premium mobile. Can be used to show off to your friends. Battery lasts one day with normal usage. Edit: After using for more than 1.5 years Go with this mobile if you are super rich and you don't want to install any apps on your mobile because you have a personal assistant who owns iPhone or latest samsung or oneplus mobile which can hold as many apps as possible.

An excellent product that is a steal for its current price! Pluses: 1. External keyboard. Let's not fool anyone here. People are here to buy a phone with a hardware keyboard. And it doubles as a trackpad! 2. Flagship at a price that is a steal. 3. Screen: very responsive, brilliant multitouch, sharp, clear images, OLED ensuring brilliant contrast. 4. Security. Blackberry=security and this phone is no exception. I'm a paranoid security freak, and I actually feel safe with this one. 5. Software: Android+blackberry. And you do get the best of both worlds! The phone is brilliant if you are an executive/professional. Minuses: 1. Rot front camera. Even the back camera has more pixels than potential imo, but it helps. 2. Too big for small hands. Especially problematic if you have small thumbs. Not for the tiny handed ones, no matter what its pluses may be. 3. Needs a hard-shell cover. No two ways on this one - it slips out of breast-pockets easily, and is too fragile (aka, costly) to risk dropping. 4. Gets bulky with a hardshell cover (or at least BB's own cover). Simply put, buy for the keyboard, and don't buy if you have small hands.

The phone looks awesome and that's the reason I bought it over KeyOne. The interface however deserves only a 3 and a half stars. Too many redundant notifications. The display is crisp but not very bright unlike other blackberries. It is difficult to read under daylight. KeyOne is much brighter than this. The battery life is average, not bad. In the initial days the back up was on the lower side but slowly in a weeks time it has adjusted and can manage around 2 days. (I don't play games) The camera is very good and colour reproduction is nearly natural. The physical keyboard is impractical to use as the phone becomes long and difficult to balance. However it is more a style icon than a typewriter and it does its work well. Just slide up and you have all eyes on you. (That is one way of judging a phone :) The only reason I bought it over KeyOne was due to its stunning design. Given the option to re-buy a phone, I would still buy Priv over KeyOne even after all the hassles in the phones. I am adding a few photos taken from its camera. (Cropped) UPDATE Amazon is clearly cheating people by selling this phone under Indian warranty. The phone's charging port has stopped working and it will not switch on anymore. I went to the closest service center and they DENIED warranty because the IMEI number did not match their database. They are not willing to give a denial letter on their letter head instead they have given a warranty denial e-mail. Amazon does not accept e-mails and Blackberry is not willing to give denial letter on paper. The Amazon customer care told me that this is not the firat case with me. Well it means that Amazon is aware that there is no warranty on this phone and I am not the only person being denied warranty. Why the hell is Amazon still selling this phone under warranty? It's been two months and the phone is not working. Shame on Amazon and shame on Blackberry. Amazon has made it a habit to never follow up. I called Amazon customer care and reported the issue. They told me to wait for three to four days while the matter is being looked into and mentioned explicitly not to call them, rather they would call me and update me on the matter. After two weeks I called them again only to hear that my request was declined because they needed a service denial letter on paper. I called them again after a few weeks to tell them that hard copy of denial letter will not be possible. Again they told me that your matter is being escalated and not to call them, instead they will contact me. After a week or so there was no update and when I called them they said the same old story about a hard copy of service denial. You're acting sick Amazon. I am going to drag both Amazon and Blackberry to the consumer court and seek suitable compensations. If only I could be any less serious about about it. I am changing the rating from 4 stars to 2 stars primarily because after sales service and fraudulent warranty.

I saw the phone the very first day it was released and I was entirely flat. I yearned the phone so bad, but the price was shattering my wishes to own a BlackBerry device. Fast forward 20 months and today I type out the review of the BlackBerry Priv from the Priv itself. Its been a lot wait, but it was worth it. The looks, the feel, the weight, the slider, the QWERTY, the display, the audio quality, the signal reception... they are all top notch. I love each and every moment I am using the Priv. I wish we could overlook some of the small flaws BlackBerry Priv has like a lack of a bundled quickcharger, mediocre front camera, occasional hiccups; and focus on the beauty of the device. BlackBerry made an Android device, for me I'm living the dream! Cheers BlackBerry.

was not sure if I would like Blackberry's first full android phone. I really like it. I use it instead of my 7" tablet to read books, email is fine, screen is great.

By far the best phone I ever had. I always require a physical keyboard because it's works better for me than any digital keyboard but I like Android OS too! The Priv it's upgradable to Android 6.1, wish is still pretty decent by today. Also the phone it's decently fast and have enough memory to handle everything I have throw at it for now. Battery duration it's pretty good considering i'm a very heavy user. The only thing I wish on this phone is Android 7.0. I see the phone specs and I don't understand why Blackberry dont make it upgradeable since the specs can handle Android 7.0. Works perfect with ClaroPR (Puerto Rico) at full LTE speeds.

Ich habe das Blackberry Priv als Ersatz für mein Sony Xperia Pro gekauft. Ich wollte auf jeden Fall wieder ein Smartphone mit physischer Tastatur und Android System. Neu war mir das Priv eigentlich zu teuer. Ich hatte allerdings Glück und hab es Mitte Juli am Prime Day bei den Amazon Warehouse Deals zum absoluten Schnäppchenpreis erstanden. Ich war zuerst skeptisch mir ein Smartphone zu kaufen, das als 'gebraucht' eingestuft wird, dachte mir aber, dass bei 30 Tagen Rückgaberecht das Risiko gering sei. Ich habe es nicht bereut. Man sah zwar, dass der Karton schon mal geöffnet und wieder zugeklebt worden war, aber sonst waren das Gerät und die Verpackung makellos. Nun zum Gerät selbst: Das Priv fühlt sich sehr hochwertig an. Die matte, leicht gummiert wirkende Rückseite ist sehr griffig und es lässt sich auch nichts eindrücken. Alles fühlt sich stabil und gut verarbeitet an. Das Display hat eine tolle Auflösung und schöne Farben und es nimmt kaum Fingerabdrücke an, zumindest wenn man nicht grad mit klebrigen Händen drangeht. Ich muss es ganz selten mal abwischen. Der Akku hält bei mir 1-2 Tage, je nach Nutzung. Das Priv wird mal ein bisschen warm beim Aufladen, aber keinesfalls heiß. Die physische Tastatur lässt sich sauber aufschieben, ohne knarzen und wackeln. Allerdings kann sie die querliegende Tastatur meines alten Sony nicht toppen. Diese lag bequemer in der Hand und die Größe und Anordnung der Tasten war, für meine Empfinden, einfach besser. Man muss sich beim BB Priv erstmal eine neue Handhaltung beim Tippen suchen, da es durch die Länge bei ausgezogener Tastatur doch ein bisschen kopflastig wird. Die Tasten selbst haben einen guten Druckpunkt, und dass man die Wortvorschläge mit Wischgesten in den Text schnippen kann, ist eine feine Sache :) Die Software läuft flüssig. Die vorinstallierten Apps sind teils nützlich und teils hab ich sie durch bessere ersetzt oder meine Apps vom alten Smartphone weiterverwendet. Die Blackberry DTEK-App find ich ne gute Sache, man hat damit sicher im Blick, welche Apps auf was zugreifen. Die Kamera macht sehr gute Bilder, allerdings waren auch schon die Fotos meines alten Sony überraschend gut. Mein Fazit: Die Mängel, die in den anderen Rezensionen beschrieben wurden, kann ich nicht bestätigen, aber vielleicht hatte ich einfach nur Glück. Ich würde das Blackberry Priv auf jeden Fall jederzeit wieder kaufen.

después de mas de un año estoy contentísimo con el teléfono, es rápido, fluido, dura la batería, el teclado físico me encanta para usarlo en algunas ocasiones, la verdad que contentísimo, lo unico que le pongo una pega es a que tiene sistema operativo android, sistema que no deja de abrir aplicaciones en segundo plano constantemente, echo un poco de menos cuando eran blackberrys, porque eso no lo hacían, pero a día de hoy o tienes android, iphone o no tienes nada por intereses de algunas pocas compañías.

Arrivato in perfette condizioni e in breve tempo. Passo da uno Z10 con sistema operativo nativo BlackBerry a BlackBerry Priv con sistema Android Marshmallow. Sinceramente ci ho messo un po' di tempo per abituarmi, ma devo dire che a parte le prime volte che si usa, qua il sistema operativo Os10 è replicato con tanto di Hub. In più si possono configurare molte più caselle di posta ( io ne ho 12 ) rispetto allo Z10 e finalmente le applicazioni di Facebook e di Whatsupp girano da paura e dal 30 giugno il servizio funzionerà ancora !!! Per trasferire i contatti basta scaricare una App disponibile sia per Z10 che per Android. Unica pecca non esiste un software per la gestione da Desktop come BlackBerry Link o BlackBerry Blend etc. Per il prezzo che viene vale molto più di un Apple o di un Samsung. BlackBerry forever...