BlackBerry is all set to announce its first ever Android phone, BlackBerry Priv by the end of 2015. Today, the Canadian smartphone maker has showed off first official images of the phone.
The latest photos that come directly from the company shows the phone from the front and with side profiles. One of the photos shows the physical QWERTY keyboard while other two are the side profiles, that show the slider in action. The power button is seen on the right side of the phone in the center while separate volume rocker buttons are present on either side. Along with the slide out keyboard, we can also see the loudspeaker grill at the end of the QWERTY keyboard. The micro USB port and the 3.5mm audio jack is present at the bottom of the device.
BlackBerry Priv (Venice) rumored specifications
- 5.4-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD display
- 4-row BlackBerry slider keyboard
- Hexa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 ( 4x 1.44GHz ARM A53 + 2 x 1.8 GHz ARM A57 ) 64-bit processor with Adreno 418 GPU
- 3GB RAM, 32GB of internal memory, expandable memory with microSD
- Android Lollipop
- 18MP rear camera with dual LED Flash, OIS, PDAF
- 5MP front-facing camera
- 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4GHz and 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.1 LE, GPS + GLONASS
- 3,650mAh battery
The BlackBerry Priv is rumored to launch on all the four major U.S. carriers, Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon in November.