

We're fans of a BlackBerry keyboard, but we found ourselves not using it, and the trade-off is extra weight and bulk that you might not really need.

That might appeal to those who think they can't live without it, but fancy getting into the wider world of Android. The biggest thing about this handset is the QWERTY keyboard that's uniquely BlackBerry.
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The BlackBerry Priv comes to the Android table offering something different and it delivers. This is distinctly different, clinging onto some of BlackBerry's most popular features, while firing with both bores into the Android space.

It's a silly name for sure, derided for its closeness to "privy" in the UK (a colloquialism for toilet) but the name is derived from privacy and privilege according to BlackBerry.īut this isn't just a "me too" smartphone. Having offered compatibility with Android apps for some time - including supplying the Amazon Appstore as a method of delivery - the company has now released its fully-fledged Android handset, the BlackBerry Priv. With BB 7 and then BB 10 not really capturing the imagination in the way that iOS and Android have, it was of little surprise when BlackBerry announced that it was heading to Google's mobile platform. (Pocket-lint) - BlackBerry has trodden a rocky path these last few years that has lead us to a point that some felt was inevitable.
