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CW has a preorder page as well, but for contract only. No hints on phone only price.
Blackberry Priv
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Sites are reporting that you can buy it SIM Free from Carphone Warehouse at £579, although I am yet to see this for myself.
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i sure hope so. i've gone with the 6P, but i'm hoping next year due to the success of the priv we will be seeing a priv2
Really want to see battery and camera performance before pre ordering
Camera is the only thing I'd worry about. BB cameras have always been crap but they've never made a big deal about it like they have with the Priv. Battery is massive and the Passport has truly exceptional life.
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Wow this looks amazing, I love the elegance of BlackBerry phones, and that qwerty keyboard is fantastic, but with my favorite fully fledged OS Android? instant buy for me.
18 MP, Schneider-Kreuznach optics, optical image stabilization, autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash, camera looks great.
18 MP, Schneider-Kreuznach optics, optical image stabilization, autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash, camera looks great.
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The only thing holding me back on this (price aside, which I'm sure I'll soon man up over) is the uncertainty over Android updates... After my original Samsung Galaxy S (which I'm still rocking and is in dire need of replacement) I'm really rather concerned with lack of updates. For this reason, I'd put myself in a position of only considering Google devices or even leaving Android entirely and going for Windows Phone. Another option (at the other end of the spectrum) is the Wiley Fox range of phones that come with Cyanogen OS... At least they'll get updates for a long time yet.
I presume, too, that given the 'enhanced' security of this phone it will be somewhat more difficult for the development community to help to keep the phone up to date. (If some third party ROM can just be flashed on it does not really do the Blackberry security image any favours).
Blackberry + Android have no history and so it's a real gamble as to whether two years down the line you're stuck with an aged operating system. I mean it's going to ship with an OS which is already no longer the latest Android flavour so on the back foot to begin with...
I presume, too, that given the 'enhanced' security of this phone it will be somewhat more difficult for the development community to help to keep the phone up to date. (If some third party ROM can just be flashed on it does not really do the Blackberry security image any favours).
Blackberry + Android have no history and so it's a real gamble as to whether two years down the line you're stuck with an aged operating system. I mean it's going to ship with an OS which is already no longer the latest Android flavour so on the back foot to begin with...
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I'll be having one of these at some point as long as the battery is good. Couldn't give a rats behind about the camera so if its gash....so what!!
I need a hardware keyboard in my life again and this looks like it will fill the void!
I need a hardware keyboard in my life again and this looks like it will fill the void!
It won't. You can say what you like about BB but their hardware design and production is absolutely top class. The Passport and Classic are phenominally well built phones that don't feel cheap at all despite not being full metal bodies.
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I would love one of these. I didn't want to give up my old nokia n97 mini due to the fact it had a keyboard.... but £560? even if the build quality is top notch, its the fact Marshmellow isn't untill next year for this phone, with the fact security is the main focus surely being quicker on updates should be a must with that price tag.