[The Register] Blackberry Priv : Enterprise Android in a snazzy, functional package

[The_Unbeliever]

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Review If somebody told you six months ago that the best Android phone of 2015 would have been made by BlackBerry, you’d have thought they were a bit mad. BlackBerry didn’t really make phones any more, and what phones it made were marketed as a secure alternative to the Mad Max badlands of Android.

And if anyone had dared suggest that BlackBerry would produce a contender for ‘Phone of the Year’, you’d assume they were totally deluded. Didn’t BlackBerry itself admit it has created niche products for government and regulated industries?

But, amazingly, neither proposition seems unreasonable today.

BlackBerry’s new Priv is the real deal in two ways.

In recent years, sophistication has been sacrificed for simplicity. Back in the 1990s and early noughties, PDAs and smartphones competed on rich features, to tech savvy users. The “consumerisation” of technology in the post-iPhone era has led to software being dumbed down. The Priv is not only a very rare thing – an enterprise-focussed Android – but more besides: it attempts to bring a professional grade software stack and features to a top line and beautifully designed consumer product.

Rest of the review can be found here : http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/06/blackberry_priv_review/

 

[ahoudet]

I'll try one out someday . Looks great!

 

[SCHUMI-4-EVA]

More software control in Android? YES PLEASE!

It's utterly retarded how my Nokia's Symbian firmware knew more tricks than Android (and in some cases still does)

 

[hj2k_x]

This looks promising indeed.

I used to love my old blackberries, back when they were still a thing. Despite all their significant flaws.

Wonder when the service providers here will start getting stock...

 

[Tahir Ally]

This looks promising indeed.

I used to love my old blackberries, back when they were still a thing. Despite all their significant flaws.

Wonder when the service providers here will start getting stock...

Cell C already has it as coming soon in their latest deal booklet.

It should be available in South Africa early 2016.