BlackBerry Priv

hey all, how are you guys still enjoying the phone? Is the physical keybaord as good as the old ones? Any issues?
 
Salt said:
hey all, how are you guys still enjoying the phone? Is the physical keybaord as good as the old ones? Any issues?
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Still enjoying mine. I hardly every use the physical keyboard (but I do have big fingers, so I find it a bit too small). Android is still pretty rubbish as an OS compared to BB10, but I'm quite used to it. I only have two issues: the Bluetooth in Android 6 won't connect to my car head unit (also running Android); 5.1 was fine; and the phone gets slow and reboots about once a week.
 
Claymore said:
Still enjoying mine. I hardly every use the physical keyboard (but I do have big fingers, so I find it a bit too small). Android is still pretty rubbish as an OS compared to BB10, but I'm quite used to it. I only have two issues: the Bluetooth in Android 6 won't connect to my car head unit (also running Android); 5.1 was fine; and the phone gets slow and reboots about once a week.
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Do you reboot it or does it reboot itself once a week?
 
Salt said:
Do you reboot it or does it reboot itself once a week?
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It reboots itself. Suddenly gets really slow and hot, and then restarts. I do run a lot of stuff, but I can't see any obvious culprit if I look at CPU usage.
 
Claymore said:
It reboots itself. Suddenly gets really slow and hot, and then restarts. I do run a lot of stuff, but I can't see any obvious culprit if I look at CPU usage.
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Did you get your security patch update for August?
 
Much better pricing on the priv at vodacom, if everyone hasn't moved on already. Down to 399 for cheapest contract.
 
Claymore said:
Still enjoying mine. I hardly every use the physical keyboard (but I do have big fingers, so I find it a bit too small). Android is still pretty rubbish as an OS compared to BB10, but I'm quite used to it. I only have two issues: the Bluetooth in Android 6 won't connect to my car head unit (also running Android); 5.1 was fine; and the phone gets slow and reboots about once a week.
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It's the other way around, your issues with that phone are due to Blackberry and not Android.
 
Drake2007 said:
It's the other way around, your issues with that phone are due to Blackberry and not Android.
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How do you figure that? (Especially since the Bluetooth bug is common mostly on the Nexus phones).

The latest updates seem to have stopped the unexpected rebooting.
 
cenredash said:
Much better pricing on the priv at vodacom, if everyone hasn't moved on already. Down to 399 for cheapest contract.
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PRIV is now R299pm on a Flexi 150 package with 10Gbs data once off
OR R349pm with a Vodacom Power Tab 10 + 500mb for 24 months(sim for the tab).

32Gbs Sandisk micro sd included in sales package(limited stock).Thats a total of 64Gbs of storage.
 
Tahir Ally said:
PRIV is now R299pm on a Flexi 150 package with 10Gbs data once off
OR R349pm with a Vodacom Power Tab 10 + 500mb for 24 months(sim for the tab).

32Gbs Sandisk micro sd included in sales package(limited stock).Thats a total of 64Gbs of storage.
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sigh, I should have waited two more weeks and I'd have saved another R50/month, oh well. That is a good price though.

My other worry is that it was running out of stock at quite a few places at the last price.
 
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That deal is extremely tempting... I'm just not sure I want another android at the moment, having just moved off the G5
 
Anyone can review the priv how it's performing with marshamallow ? Is it better? I heard they were quite a few issues with lollipop
 
Athanc said:
Anyone can review the priv how it's performing with marshamallow ? Is it better? I heard they were quite a few issues with lollipop
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Much better; smoother, more stable, better battery life. The one downside (for me) is that there's a Bluetooth bug in Marshmallow that prevents connectivity to certain car head units, including mine.
 
I am officially another proud owner of a Blackberry Priv cant wait for updates to finish so I can start setting up. :love:
 
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