Everything Specs
BlackBerry Priv is now almost two-years old smartphone, but it still offers fair performance. It’s a really big and robust smartphone, with its 5.4″ display, offering a crystal-clear and sharp 2K resolution. Oh, BlackBerry Priv also offers a physical QWERTY keyboard. While the Qualcomm MSM8992 Snapdragon 808 chipset and the Hexa-core (4×1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 & 2×1.8 GHz Cortex-A57) CPU are really great, Adreno 418 GPU is now outdated and will not perform that well in games. At the back of the phone, we have an 18 MP camera which is excellent.
The camera can record 2160p videos at 30 fps and 1080p videos at 60 fps. However, the front-facing 2 MP camera is lackluster; it should’ve been better. The 32 GB internal storage is solid, but not great and the amount of RAM is satisfying- 3 GB in total. BlackBerry Priv is an interesting smartphone with lots to offer, and although it’s old now, it’s upgradable to Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow), so there you go!
Announced Date | 2015, October |
Release Date | 2015, November |
Launched |
Dimensions | 147 x 77.2 x 9.4 mm ( |
Weight | 192 g |
Colors | Black |
Display Type | AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
Size | 5.4 inches (~71.9% screen-to-body ratio) |
Resolution | 1440 x 2560 pixels (~540 ppi pixel density) |
Display Features | Multitouch, Corning Gorilla Glass 4, Curved edge screen |
Primary | 18 MP, f/2.2, 27mm, Schneider-Kreuznach optics, OIS, phase detection autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash |
Secondary | 2 MP, 720p |
Flash | |
Video | 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps |
Camera Features | 1/2.4' sensor size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama |
Chipset | Qualcomm MSM8992 Snapdragon 808 |
CPU | Hexa-core (4x1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 & 2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A57) |
GPU | Adreno 418 |
RAM | 3 GB |
Card Type | microSD |
Internal | 32 GB |
External | up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) |
OS | Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) |
Technology Used | Li-Ion |
Capacity | 3410 mAh battery |
Removable | |
Fast Charging |
Alert Type | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
3.5mm Jack | |
Loud Speaker | |
Features | Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
Bluetooth | 4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE |
GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS |
NFC | |
Radio | |
USB | microUSB 2.0 (SlimPort 4K) |
Technology Used | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
2G | |
3G | |
4G | |
EDGE | |
GPRS | |
SIM | Nano-SIM |
Sensors | Accelerometer, altimeter, gyro, ToF proximity, compass |
Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM |
Browsers | HTML5 |
BlackBerry leap took my attention when i saw that it has a physical keyboard… yikes! It works well here and the display is second to none with 1440p resolution. The only downside is the Android 5.1 installed here, which i think isn't upgradable.