Blackberry Priv

[Sushubh]

the total number of units that would sell in india.

 

[SVK]

I guess Corporate clients may go for this, no matter what the price would be.

 

[Nishant]

Corporate client have moved to iPhones and never looking back.

 

[Sushubh]

BlackBerry’s first Android phone ships November 6th for $699 | Ars Technica

USD 699 plus taxes.

The Priv has a 5.43-inch 1440p AMOLED display with curved edges on the left and right of the screen. Internally, there's a 1.8GHz Snapdragon 808 SoC, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and a non-removable (and massive) 3410mAh battery. There's also an 18MP rear camera with OIS and phase detect auto focus, and a 2MP front camera.

 

[Nishant]

₹62,990 LOL

 

[Sushubh]

there is zero option for people who still want a phone with hardware keyboard. so this phone does provide a solid option for that segment of the market.

 

[Nishant]

I really doubt that segment is willing to pay 63k for a phone with keyboard. But let's see, anything can happen

 

[Sushubh]

the same folks paid 35-40K for their Blackberry OS powered phones. Even when much better phones were available for cheaper on Android. This phone offers the best of both worlds.

 

[Nishant]

That was when using Blackberry was more of a style statement, "Dekh be, uske paas Blackberry phone hai!"

 

[Sushubh]

Blackberry has not been a style statement since the launch of Apple iPhone. But then I have not done a regular job in more than a decade so I am probably wrong.