BlackBerry Priv

BlackBerry Priv
Codename	Venice
Manufacturer	BlackBerry Limited
Slogan	Privilege Privacy.
First released	November 6, 2015
Related	BlackBerry KeyOne
Type	Smartphone
Form factor	Slider
Dimensions	H 147 mm (5.8 in); H 184 mm (7.2 in) (opened); W 77.2 mm (3.04 in); D 9.4 mm (0.37 in)
Mass	192 g (6.77 oz)
Operating system	Original: Android 5.1.1 "Lollipop"; Current: Android 6.0.1 "Marshmallow"
System-on-chip	Qualcomm Snapdragon 808
CPU	Dual-core 1.82 GHz Cortex A57; Quad-core 1.44 GHz Cortex A53
GPU	Adreno 418
Memory	3 GB
Storage	32 GB
Removable storage	Up to 1TB microSDXC
Battery	3410 mAh Li-Po non-removable battery; Qi wireless charging supported on (STV100-1),(STV100-2) and (STV100-5)
Display	5.43 in (138 mm) AMOLED; 2560x1440 pixels, 540 PPI;
Rear camera	18 megapixels, 2160p video capture, phase detection autofocus, OISsmiled QLED
Front camera	5 megapixels, 720p video capture
Connectivity	List Wi-Fi: 802.11 a/b/g/n 2.4/5 GHz ; Wi-Fi Direct ; Wi-Fi hotspot ; GPS ; Bluetooth 4.1 ; Micro-USB 2.0 ; NFC ;
Data inputs	Multi-touch touchscreen, physical keyboard with touchpad
Website	blackberry.com/priv

The BlackBerry Priv is a slider smartphone developed by BlackBerry Limited. Following a series of leaks, it was officially announced by BlackBerry CEO John Chen on September 25, 2015, with pre-orders opening on October 23, 2015, for a release on November 6, 2015.^[1]

The Priv is the first BlackBerry-branded smartphone that does not run the company's proprietary BlackBerry OS or BlackBerry 10 (BB10) platforms. It instead uses Android, customized with features inspired by those on BlackBerry phones, and security enhancements. With its use of Android—one of two smartphone platforms that significantly impacted BlackBerry's early dominance in the smartphone industry—the company sought to leverage access to the larger ecosystem of software available through the Google Play Store (as opposed to BlackBerry 10 devices, which were limited to native BB10 apps from BlackBerry World and Android apps from the third-party Amazon Appstore running in a compatibility subsystem), in combination with a slide-out physical keyboard and privacy-focused features.^[2]

The BlackBerry Priv received mixed reviews. Critics praised the Priv's user experience for incorporating BlackBerry's traditional, productivity-oriented features on top of the standard Android experience, including a notifications feed and custom e-mail client. Some critics felt that the device's physical keyboard did not perform as well as those on previous BlackBerry devices, and that the Priv's performance was not up to par with other devices using the same system-on-chip. The Priv was also criticized for being more expensive than similarly equipped devices in its class.^[3]^[4]^[5]

^ "Priv, The Android Phone With A Physical Keyboard, Goes Up For Pre-Order". TechCrunch. AOL. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
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