The Canadian smartphone company is quite popular for its mobile security due to which it cannot fulfill the request of the Pakistani government.
According to Android Authority, Blackberry Ltd has decided to pull its newest addition to the Blackberry family, the Priv. Since Priv has mainly been designed around extreme privacy, the government had a number of concerns and was asking the company to grant a backdoor access to the encrypted network.
The reason for the Pakistani government to ask for such a favor was so it could ‘spy’ on its citizens to keep a check on their activities. The smartphone company could have approved this request of the government and would have gotten a chance to increase its sales in the country and earn revenue but it chose to announce the exact opposite. Apart from announcing its pull of Priv smartphone from the country’s market, it also told the reason for this act, which was the country’s political condition.
Blackberry’s reputation has always circled around having the most secure mobile network and mobile security. It has managed to gain an excellent reputation in all the markets and just to settle in the Pakistani market, it could not let go of that reputation that it has built in years. In order to keep its brand reputation, the Canadian smartphone company is not ready to compromise on anything.
The new Priv smartphone has been lagging in the United States in comparison to other places. Since the new smartphone’s release, it is in such high demands that it is always out of stock in mobile stores. The Android powered smartphone soon after its release was sold out from most of the store in the United States. Due to the shortage of the smartphones in most of the stores in the country, the company had to delay a number of orders for a number of its customers.
Priv is priced $699 and has amazing specifications that have managed to attract a huge amount of customers to buy the product and test it. Along with having amazing specifications, the device also has a good storage space of 32GB with a 5.4 dual curved screen. The biggest specification that was leaked of the devices was its battery life. It can last up to 22.5 hours with its 3410 mAh battery.
Additionally, the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority announced a ban on Blackberry Enterprise Service in summer 2015, which was supposed to be executed on November 20, 2015. The sole reason for this ban was as usual the ‘security concerns’ of the government. Privacy International, just before this announcement was made by the Canada based company, issued a report to warn the ISI, Pakistan Inter-services agency.
BlackBerry Ltd. is determined to launch Android-powered cellphones. Analysts anticipated that introducing Android phones would empower the company to retain itself in handsets business.
BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ:BBRY) is looking forward to introduce new gadgets at the ending of this year perhaps, as it is focusing on these two smart phones. Although it is not confirmed that both the phones will run on either Android configurations or only one of it will follow Android.BlackBerry news stated that the company is working on a smartphone, named as Venice, which is expected to come with a slider. According to some sources, the mobile is based on Android operating system and it will run on the Android Lollipop version, which will show considerably fast processing. The slider in the body design is implemented for both the options – physical keypad and the touch keypad.The inclusion of slider is anticipated for the physical keyboard to bring the versatility and variety of options in the smartphone, as the Chief Executive Officer of BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ:BBRY) had hinted before regarding cellphone at the Mobile World Congress.According to the leaked photos, it is observed that the company is going to release the cellphone with the 18-megapixel camera, curved and furnished edges, and the most important aspect, the Android interface based on Lollipop processor.It is also heard that the Snapdragon 808 chip, the processor with the speed of 1.8 gigahertz, will power the device and it also contains a 5 megapixel front camera – one the most improved front camera among all the Blackberry mobiles. Moreover, other rumors state that the new version has a display screen of more than 5.3 inches and 3GB of Random Access Memory.On the other hand, apart from Venice, there is another report about company’s progress towards the invention of another phone, known as Prague, on which it is working. This further creates a confliction that either it is adoption by Blackberry or not.Both smartphones, Venice and Prague, will be released in future, it is difficult to predict which one of these phones will be the Android runner. This set will resemble with the model Z3 and will not contain the touch and physical keypad together, as the rumor reports. The physical keypad is the main attraction for the android users. Excluding the physical keyboard from the phone might not amaze the users.The time will decide the fate of these smartphones, but the expectations are high. The company remains positive about the progress of these products. The corporate giant holds a significant brand name in market, which makes it a center of attraction for the smartphone competitors.
