BlackBerry Priv - Top 5 Things to Know 

Wow, welcome back BlackBerry! I knew you could do it.

I want a non-physical keyboard version of this, priced at $549 max. I'd buy it in an instant. Anrdroid or BB10 doesn't matter. Why you may ask, I'm not too deep into BB's physical keyboards, but I have used the Z10 and Z30. There were many occasions where I wrote entire emails/texts without actually "typing" a single word - just flipped the words up as they came. It learns what words I use often and gets smarter at predicting over time. Totally genius.

Great to hear a more balanced review of the Priv. So many reviews are repeating the same old preconceived circulating stories. The phone is fast and fantastic. Solid build, feels great in the hands. The on-screen keyboard is the best on the market, unparalleled predictive typing! Best sound on the market (for those of you who still use it as a phone!). Too bad it gets so hot! If Blackberry can improve power management and round off its corners, they will have achieved a comeback rarely seen at this scale in this brand driven, image conscious, corporate world! Congrats again TechnoBuffalo for your objective review!

I think Blackberry could make an awesome smart watch..

That Blackberry fireplace, VERY nice touch!

I read some of the reviews, the PRIV is the best BlackBerry Camera, it take detailed photos and shoots great videos. While in low light, by adjusting a little bit of the exposure or using the flash, it can take quite good night shots. Its a versatile camera, overall are good.

camera and is it better then the note 5..I need a business phone

It kind of looks amazing... at least really interesting.. I have the S6Edge+ and love the immersiveness of the curved display. I also love the idea of scrolling through stuff using the keyboard. So it has a curved-sides amoled screen, front facing speakers, Cyanogen like allure (amazing), seems a good 18 MP camera, a physical touch sensitive keyboard, is still thin and keeps your information private. Can't wait to see the full reviews pop up.

That looks like an excellent phone, better than the new iPhone and Samsung. I wish I could have got the new blackberry

they keyboard i thot sucked but after using it and forcing myself to re learn it...its actually pretty amazing. I feel like i got my old bold back.

Goodbye Samsung! Hello Blackberry!

I love this phone...very productive and has a sleek look...and with front speakers...finally a phone with the speakers in the front than the back

Please list the features brought over from BB10 and in depth details on known security enhancements (Stock android vs Knox vs Black phone comparison)

You left the microwave open...

The BlackBerry Priv like all Blackberries are work horses! Thanks for your review on the BlackBerry Priv. I went out and bought one.

lol the fireplace part cracked me up. I have an HTC M9, never had a problem with heat. it seems no matter what processor you use, some of them just get really hot.

I may just switch from an iPhone to this.

Try holding down on a key. It lets you shortcut to anything on any key - really cool.

I saw this in the AT&T store today. It felt nice in the hand. keyboard is great. camera focuses pretty quick. $729 off contract though -________-

Make sure to mention the pop up widgets in the review..very convenient!!!

Hey, how about the battery? is it as good as Leap, P'9983, and Q10? All blackberry devices get warm. that's not an issue for me.

Next year for a build that's almost stock. Other channels say it is BUGGY and CAMERA is too slow. Mostly all software problems. Blackberry needs to get it together!

The Q10 gets very hot to. In this case it must be the big engine under the hood that's making it warm up like this.

The exact same phone, minus the heat issue, PLUS a stylus as of the note series... And its ON!!

This is my second Priv in 2 months. Unfortunately, both have failed after a few weeks with booting up. It get's stuck in a loop and I have to end up flashing the phone to get it work. Hard reboots does not help

will they be pushing their on screen keyboard to the play store? i kinda want it on my device.

...sounds like a silly question, but @ the 2:50 mark...what is the brand/model name of the ph. holder? (BTW...picked up the Priv this morning...LOVE !!)

Do you see an issues with matching it up with the LG Urbane and I do like to Skype from the shower so is it waterproof...

how you like the cam? both front and rear

none of the reviewers were mentioning about the heating issues, could your unit be defective?

How about the music player and the quality of it? I played with the phone in a store and couldn't find a default music app. Just google play music. And that app takes too long to get to an area for actually selecting songs to play.

At 9.4 mm I wouldn't call it thin relative to other phones (for example the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus at 6.9 mm) but not bad for a slider design.

Since the last update mine doesn't get warm at all, & it's speeded up considerably.

yeah swiping in from the side to open stuff is useful. But why do you need curved edges for that?

Hi Jon Yes can you please cover the speaker quality, I had the passport and that was amazing, and the call quality, oh and has this Priv got a Steel frame like the passport?

Got my priv just today and yes it is very warm, but the rest are awesome, just switch from BlackBerry Passport, and both phone have great built, got difficulty with the keyboard need to practice more

Since it's now running on android, does the priv have emojis you can send without copying and pasting from a website and that other non blackberry users can see? Looks like the emojis tab when you're texting but no one that's done a review has clicked on it surprisingly

I really like physical keyboards, but I also want a good camera. Tough choice between the Priv, GS6, or 6P

Does the Priv have Nouget or split screen yet on T-Mobile?

Thank you for the honest review. SInce it gets really warm, I guess I would give it a miss . :D

Awesome video. You guys are getting better daily. Good stuff. I am curious how the phone temp will eventually affect the life of the physical keyboard and if it has any gaming power at all.

think the heat issue can be fixed with software update?

Why is nobody talking about the fact the phone has front facing speakers

I think it's time for TechnoBuffalo to make the transition to either 1080p60 or 4k videos.

+TechnoBuffalo Has the heat problem improved? I tried one out and it was very hot doing simple things.

I like the music you guys have been using lately in the background.

Best phone ever and the keyboards shortcuts are awesome for launching apps with a single letter key

Read that heat issue will be cooled with Marshmallow, software update. Another in depth review I read didn't indicate operating heat was an issue.

Hi Jon! Hopefully everything's going well? Well do you think that now blackberry will gain as much attraction like Apple, Samsung etc ?

i got my blackberry priv today .. i was soo happy to have it but after using for few hours i started to have some doubts about it ive been watching lots of videos about this phone for almost two or 3 weeks to know if i should buy it or no ... but i finally it bought it and costed me lots of money ... i will answer your questions guys 1- battery : battery life is kinda short you will have to charge it many times in one day , the battery dry so fast in less than one minute 2- front camera : its very bad when you take selfi specially using when you use snapchat .. its the worst camera for snapchat 3- back camera : not bad , and sure Samsung galaxy edge 7 and 6 much better 4- the heating : it heats so fast , you can feel the heat with any simple use 5- physical keyboard : its perfect the phone's colors : not so good .. kinda dark thats all for now .. because its the first day .. if i found anything else i will tell you guys if anyone has any question about it , ask me and i will answer honestly

I have always been a fan of the blackberry 10 OS and I still think it is by far the best. It is good to see that they brought a lot of the functionality to Android. No more downloading countless apps just to get the phone to do one thing. Now you are going to see Android fans switching over to BlackBerry and start saying BlackBerry is better when they have been saying Samsung was.

I haven't heard about the heat issue from other reviews I've seen yet. I blame you microwaving it first...

If I didnt just buy the 6P Id be buying this phone. I think BB did a great job. They built a phone that is functional, and looks amazing.

Also could it be just your review unit that maybe has a defect causing it to get hot?

how's battery life been? how would you compare it to the galaxy s6 edge or edge plus?

Will you be reviewing the V10?

I see you guys possess the infinity gauntlet whoa now that's power!!

I've seen a lot of people giving Blackberry hate over this phone and I don't know why. I haven't been this excited about a phone in a LONG time. I mean remember the Z10 and Z30 and everyone was like "Oh if only it ran Android..." WELL THEY ACTUALLY DID IT PEOPLE!

When's the international release date again? Also, the price tho... .w.

As a hardcore BlackBerry user (typing on my Passport as we speak) , and was very disappointed with BlackBerry switching to Android. However, after seeing the reviews I believe in terms of business it is a very wise choice. Blackberry needs the sales and I believe Android will provide this. I just hope they will keep BlackBerry 10 on the air and will bring new devices.

Help here plzz!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shall I buy Galaxy J7 prime or the blackberry Priv????? How to decide????? Please help

I have BlackBerry Z3 can I converted the verson to Android. BlackBerry its very complicated to used.

hi people so how is the priv now?any over heat or software issues in jun 2017? really appreciate an answer from priv user.thank you.

What phone doesn't get warm? My Nexus 5 from 2013 get hot as heck

Does it come with Brick Breaker?

Love the look of this phone.

The Blackberry keyboard really is awesome to type on, but, since it is Android, changing it is always an option for those that don't like it. When Blackberry first announced an Android phone, I was skeptical...but the more I see of this, the more I really want it. One big bonus is, this phone does have removable storage which seems to be fading away in phones (even Samsung has done away with it in their flagship phones)....

Great high level review of the Priv.

Does it have autotext feature?

camera quality? always been an issue for blackberry

Will the HTC one m8 ever get updated to marshmallow or at least sense 7?

been waiting for you BlackBerry!! hahaha... goodbye iphone!!

how does the flicking of the keyboard work??

a physical keyboard eh? my s4 needed a replacement and this might be it

You do know only the glass part of the screen is curved. The actual screen does not go over the edge as much as the S6 Edge does.

Will this be on Verizon?

Woah. A slider! I miss those.

i disabled all blackberry services except the keyboard and now the phone dosnt get warm anymore. no bb hub or anything but if your coming form bb10 your gonna be disappointed in the hub. like the op2 has the "shelf" and g3/g4 has there fitness app on the left side of the home screen thats where blackberry needed to put the hub. for now ill take the no heat over using the hub.

Prepare for a SW update from Samsung's Edge variants next year doing something like this

damn Priv videos just flooded my sub box

Do the review with a BB case on it

welcome back to the market Blackberry

phenomenal hardware...might just be worth the price. I'll be waiting for a price cut however.

played with one today and I don't like it overall. I'd rather get the htc a9.

annnnnnnd right when it seems everything is going right, it has hest issues. Darn! Still, very nice BlackBerry. Thanks for the video Jon!

really liked the fornat of this video, great work buffalos

The BB Priv Seems like a solid phone

I don't think it'll save BB but I'm getting it regardless. I can't wait

Gotta say this phone looks very professional. I mostly use WP and android 30% out the time(galaxy edge). Dnt really like android but this phone might just do it for me.

Does it have a fingerprint scanner?

Maybe it is from this distance. But the curved glass doesn't look as great as Samsung's. Any difference there. The curvature?

with the update it does not get warm

I'm watching this on a BlackBerry key one in 2021 and i still have my BlackBerry priv

I thought you were going to talk about the front facing speakers when you did the fireplace scene lol

the best phone today

the heat issue: is it worse than the LG G3?

Can v answer call with slide ?

bro, battery, what about battery life? this is pretty much the most important thing, how could you forget to mention.

have it for more that 6 months and not overheating at all... phone works excellent.

what about the battery life ?