BlackBerry Priv - Blackberry Mobile Phones: Technical Specifications, Features and Reviews
Submitted By Asha Manoj on 30 July 2016
- Manufacturer : BlackBerry
- Model : BlackBerry Priv
- OS : Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
- Network : GSM / HSPA / LTE
- Dimensions : 147 x 77.2 x 9.4 mm
- Weight : 192 g
- SIM Type : Nano-SIM
- Available Colors : Black
The BlackBerry Priv is a slider smartphone developed by BlackBerry Limited. The smartphone features a 5.43 in (138 mm), 1440p AMOLED display, which is slightly curved around the horizontal sides of the device. The rear of the device is coated in a "glass weave" material. The keyboard is touch-sensitive and can register sliding gestures across its keys for scrolling, text selection, and autocomplete suggestions.
The device's bezel also features dedicated camera and Convenience buttons. The Priv utilizes a hexa-core Snapdragon 808 system-on-chip with 3 GB of RAM, consisting of four low-power Cortex-A53 cores and two Cortex-A57 cores, and includes a non-removable 3420 mAh battery which BlackBerry claims can last for 22-and-a-half hours of "mixed use".
The Priv includes 32 GB of internal storage, with the option to expand the amount of available storage using a microSD card up to 2 TB in size. The device features an 18-megapixel rear-facing camera with phase detection autofocus and optical image stabilization, and a 2-megapixel front camera.
Hardware Specification
- Processor : Dual-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A57 & quad-core 1.44 GHz Cortex-A53
- RAM Size : 3 GB
- Internal Storage : 32 GB
- Expandable Storage : microSD, up to 256 GB
Display Specification
- Display Type : AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Display Size : 5.4 inches
- Touchscreen : Yes
- Display Resolution : 1440 x 2560 pixels
- Display Multitouch : Yes, up to 10 fingers
- Display Protection : Corning Gorilla Glass 4
- Main Camera : 18 MP
- Main Camera Flash : Yes
- Main Camera Auto Focus : Yes
- Main Camera Video Recording Resolution : 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps
- Front Camera : 2 MP
Battery Specification
- Battery Capacity : Non-removable Li-Ion 3410 mAh battery
- Talk Time : Up to 24 h (3G)
- Audio Playback Time : Up to 73 h
Connectivity
- Standby Time : Up to 420 h (3G)
- Operating Frequency : 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHZ, 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 MHZ
- Connectivity Internet : Yes
- Connectivity 3G : Yes
- Connectivity WiFi : Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
- Connectivity WiFi Direct : Yes
- Connectivity Bluetooth : v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
- Connectivity NFC : Yes
- Connectivity USB : microUSB v2.0
Location Technology
- Location GPS : Yes
- Location Glonass : Yes
Sound
- Alert Types : Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
- Loudspeaker : Yes
- Mobile Earjack : 3.5 mm
Audio and Video
- Video Playing Format : MP4/H.264 player
- Audio Playing Format : MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FlAC player
Sensors
- Gyro Sensor : Yes
- Accelerometer Sensor : Yes
- Proximity Sensor : Yes