Blackberry Phones were the last ones who were left to adopt the Android software and the market. The Canadian tech company is now finally offering its smartphone Blackberry PRIV, which will run Google’s Android in place of the Blackberry OS. It is now available for pre-order at a price of $649. Right after the announcement of the new BB model, an online stimulator popped up on the internet which showed a number of features which will be found in the new smartphone. There are selective carriers in Canada that will be offering the new cell phone, one of which is Telus. So it is believed that the online stimulator might have been originated from it. Although the online stimulator has been taken down from the internet, there were a few members of the CrackBerry Forums who took screenshot of the leaked. On paper this looks like an impressive attempt by the once smartphone star company with a HD AMOLED display, a QWERTY keyboard and a QUALCOMM Snapdagon 808 processor. In order to regain the popularity of a premium smartphone, which it once was, the company makes yet another attempt with this new device. A number of people are expecting it be a commercial failure by Blackberry, but we are yet to find that out. Blackberry PRIV is expected to be in the market on November 6, 2015. Last week the company started taking pre orders for the device and had priced it close to iPhone line and Samsung Galaxy S series. The smartphone will be made available on that date in Canada, United Kingdom and the United States. In the U.S. the phone will be available for $699 and $899 in Canada. It is been marketed as the most secure smartphone that runs on Android. Despite of the fact that many others have introduced their products with secure systems but this will be a first for Blackberry who has always talked about being the main smartphone with device security. The CEO of Blackberry, John Chen stated that what he is doing by bringing this new device in the market is that its taking advantage of what the industry is offering but by doing so it will not move away from its core strength. From the comments that can be observed after the announcement of the new device is that there are not a lot of people in the market who will be willing to pay that high a price for this phone especially because of the fact that it has not been in the market for a while now.
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