BlackBerry Priv appears in hands-on with specs revealed and possible release date

Even though they know they won't know the new Blackberry 10 this year, enthusiasts remnants of the brand may still have reason to be excited. Of course we are talking about Blackberry Priv, first device Android developed by the company. The new device promises to bring the first line in terms of mobile security to the “wild west” of the operating system Google.

That Friday, british retailer Carphone Warehouse posted a small hands-on making, do Blackberry Priv where you can see in more detail some of the features of this long-awaited smartphone. "This device brings together everything you love about the Android system with the best known qualities of a Blackberry in a single device” explains Warehouse in the video presentation.

Then the video shows details like the curved touch-screen display of the Blackberry Priv, similar to that of Galaxy Edge S6, with the addition that on the new device QWERTY keyboard also works as a trackpad. As for the features, the Blackberry Priv should bring a screen of 5,4 inches quad HD and a camera 18 megapixel rear with LED flash, while the front will have 2 megapixels.

Inside should run a hexa-core processor Snapdragon 808 1.8 GHz, with 3GB of RAM with 32 GB internal storage, as well as a microSD card slot that can expand this potential to plus 2 TB of data. The operating system will be Android Lollipop 5.1.1, without expectations for the release of the version marsmellow. In addition, a battery with 3.410 mAh promises to give good autonomy to the new device.

A Blackberry announced that it should launch the priv No. UK on the 6th of November and that the device will be available via online purchases (pre-sale has already been announced) and partner operators. In the meantime, you can check out a preview of the Blackberry Priv in the hands-on of video below: