Expect the first BlackBerry Priv discount to come in around MWC next year

While a host of Android device manufacturers have new flagships in store for MWC early next year, BlackBerry is reportedly only prepping a Priv discount.

BlackBerry’s next Android handset should still be higher-end, but maybe with more mid-range pricing

We've got the Priv; what can we expect from the next BlackBerry Android phone? CEO John Chen offers some insight into what sort of hardware to expect.

BlackBerry Androids “wouldn’t be a once-off”

We have confirmed a pivot in BlackBerry’s choice of software platforms. BB10 might be still in the stable, but it seems as though with a few pieces of baggage and one device already out, it seems that the Canadian OEM is ready to continue its Android drive.

Nader Henein, one of BlackBerry’s regional advisors for advanced security has said that the Priv “wouldn’t be a once-off.”

“[The license to use Android] is too expensive and it is a mass market product,” Henein said.

The partnership with Google to put forward Android [...]

BlackBerry Vienna potentially benchmarked with Exynos SoC

Can we call the Priv a success just yet? Maybe not just yet. After all, we don’t dispute the power of real numbers and we have a lack of them right now. We also lack concrete evidence of a further BlackBerry push for the Android ecosystem, other than an all-points render.

Add this to the iffy picture pile as five GFXBench runs dated from November 7 have been logged with a test device called the “Blackberry STV100-1.”

The BlackBerry Priv, by the way, runs under the callsign “STV100-x” and obviously doesn’t run with an Samsung-made Exynos [...]

An iPad, a BlackBerry and a watch phone walk into a bar | Pocketnow Weekly 174

On episode 174 of our weekly podcast, we're bringing the iPad Pro, BlackBerry Priv and LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE out to play. Join us!

BlackBerry “Vienna” may be another Android phone with keyboard

BlackBerry is still committed to BB10 support, but given the recently-released, high-profile and high-in-demand Priv, you’d think that the company seems a little torn in its software development. But it wouldn’t make sense for the Canada-based OEM to just go one-and-done with the whole Android deal, right? Especially considering that the Priv is considered as “step one” towards getting its devices unit back to profitability.

Enter the BlackBerry “Vienna,” a phone much like the BlackBerry Priv (codenamed “Venice,” so watch out for [...]