BlackBerry finally confirms the presence of a smartphone based on Android OS. The presence of phone called the BlackBerry Priv – previously predicted Venice – it is confirmed by BlackBerry CEO, John Chen.
Confirmation was made by Chen when announcing Q2 2016 earnings report, in which he confirmed his name Priv. He said, Priv is a combination of safety and productivity of a BlackBerry with a large ecosystem of mobile applications owned by Android.
Furthermore, according to Chen, Priv made on the basis of BlackBerry mission to maintain the privacy of its users, in accordance with the selected name from the word ‘privacy’, quoted from Phone Arena, on Sunday (09/27/2015).
Priv is the flagship slider device that is not only positioned for ordinary users, but also for enterprise users. That’s because Priv claimed to have a high level of security.
Priv will be launched by the BlackBerry in late 2015, although until now there has been no official confirmation about the specifications of the device, except for the size of the screen is called by Chen will be 5.5 inches.
However, from the rumors that have been developed previously, the screen will have a resolution of 5.5 inch with 2.560 x 1.440 pixel resolution. QWERTY keyboard slider, with a 18-megapixel rear camera and 5 MP front camera. The processor is a Snapdragon 808 and 3 GB of RAM.