BlackBerry Priv Running Android Revealed With Its Old QWERTY Keyboard

By Technobezz

First Published on October 17, 2015

This article is 9 years old.

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BlackBerry Priv is soon going to be on your hand, we already saw the leaked images and video of the upcoming smartphone and now the first official video of the handset is revealed from BlackBerry.

This is the first BlackBerry smartphone to run Google’s android. Besides running a rival OS, another highlight of the BlackBerry Priv is bringing back the traditional BlackBerry QWERTY keyboard.

It does not mean that the phone’s touchscreen will not support on-screen typing; however, you can also use the slider keyboard. This is mainly aimed at those who were missing the physical keyboard of BlackBerry smartphones.

You might be thinking that the phone will look outdated with the old model keyboard, but the internals are up to date with a 5.4 inch screen, 3 GB RAM, 1.8 GHz processor and 18 megapixel rear camera. The internal storage is 32 GB which can be extended up to 2 TB.

The price is not revealed by the company yet, but it is expected to launch by the end of this year.

The below video shows the BlackBerry Triv with its phycal keyboard.