Category: Blackberry

BlackBerry Priv Battery Life Test

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BlackBerry launched its flagship Priv smartphone running Android earlier this year for Rs. 62,990. We already brought you the photo gallery and benchmarks of the smartphone, here we have the battery life test results of the smartphone. It packs a 3,410 mAh built-in battery with support for fast charging. It has a 5.43-inch Quad HD AMOLED display, is powered by a Hexa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). Check out the test results below.
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BlackBerry Priv Benchmarks

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BlackBerry launched its flagship Priv smartphone running Android earlier this year for Rs. 62,990. We already brought you the photo gallery of the smartphone, here we have the benchmarks. It is powered by a Hexa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 64-bit 20nm processor that has two bigger ARM Cortex A57 cores clocked at 1.82GHz per core and four smaller ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.44GHz per core with 600 MHz Adreno 418 GPU. It has 3GB of RAM, 5.43-inch Quad HD AMOLED display and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores.

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BlackBerry Priv Photo Gallery

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BlackBerry announced the Priv Android Slider in October last year following which the phone was launched in India in January this year for Rs. 62,990. Let’s take a detailed look at the hardware and specifications of the first Android phone from BlackBerry in this photo gallery. Continue reading “BlackBerry Priv Photo Gallery”

BlackBerry Priv Camera gets slow motion, Launcher and Keyboard get several new features

BlackBerry Priv launcher and Keyboard

BlackBerry has updated its Camera, Launcher and Keyboard apps with several new features. The Camera app finally gets slow motion video recording at 120 fps, Keyboard app gets better predictive typing, accuracy, and control and the launcher gets enhanced user experience, including separate view of personal and work apps. Continue reading “BlackBerry Priv Camera gets slow motion, Launcher and Keyboard get several new features”

WhatsApp to end support for BlackBerry, including BlackBerry 10 and Symbian

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WhatsApp has announced that it will stop supporting BlackBerry, including BlackBerry 10, Symbian S60 and few other older platforms by the end of this year. WhatsApp turned seven years old last week. “As we look ahead to our next seven years, we want to focus our efforts on the mobile platforms the vast majority of people use,” said the company. Continue reading “WhatsApp to end support for BlackBerry, including BlackBerry 10 and Symbian”

BlackBerry Music Gateways Giveaway Winner Announcement

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Hello readers! We started the our BlackBerry Music Gateways Giveaway last month teaming up with BlackBerry India, to giveaway two BlackBerry Music Gateways and BlackBerry Merchandise. As promised, today we reveal the lucky winners. Before that, we would like to thank all the participants who took their time to participate in this giveaway. As a surprise we are giving away BlackBerry Merchandise for two winners, so there are four winners in total. Are you the lucky winner? Find out below. Continue reading “BlackBerry Music Gateways Giveaway Winner Announcement”

BlackBerry Priv Android slider launched in India for Rs. 62990

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BlackBerry has launched the Priv Android smartphone in India, as it had promised. It was introduced back in October last year, packs a 5.4-inch Quad HD AMOLED display, is powered by an Hexa-core Snapdragon 808 processor, runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) with BlackBerry’s own features and apps, 18-megapixel rear camera with dual tone LED flash, OIS, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.

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BlackBerry Music Gateways Giveaway

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Hello readers! Thank you for your amazing response for all our giveaways in the past.  FoneArena has teamed up with BlackBerry India once again for a new giveaway contest just in time for the launch of the BlackBerry Priv smartphone in the country. This time you can stand a chance to win two BlackBerry Music Gateways and one winner will get to win BlackBerry Merchandise. Continue reading “BlackBerry Music Gateways Giveaway”

BlackBerry Priv launching in India on January 28

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BlackBerry has sent out invite for the launch of the Priv Android smartphone in India on January 28th. It was introduced back in October last year, packs a 5.4-inch Quad HD AMOLED display, is powered by an Hexa-core Snapdragon 808 processor, runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) with BlackBerry’s own features and apps, 18-megapixel rear camera with dual tone LED flash, OIS, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “BlackBerry Priv launching in India on January 28”

BlackBerry CEO confirms commitment to BlackBerry 10, new Android smartphone in 2016

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Yesterday there was a report that said BlackBerry won’t launch any new smartphones running on its own BlackBerry 10 software in 2016 and could launch a couple of devices running on Android instead. Now BlackBerry CEO has confirmed that BlackBerry will continue to offer software updates for its BlackBerry 10 smartphones. He also doesn’t specifically say the company will be releasing any new BlackBerry 10 devices this year. Continue reading “BlackBerry CEO confirms commitment to BlackBerry 10, new Android smartphone in 2016”

BlackBerry to skip BB 10 OS this year, may launch two Android phones

BlackBerry is choosing Google’s Android OS over its own BB 10 for its upcoming phones. The Canadian smartphone maker said it plans to release at least one Android phone this year.

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BlackBerry reports $89M loss in Q3 FY2016, PRIV to be available in 31 countries by Feb 2016

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BlackBerry today reported a net loss (GAAP) of $89 million or $0.17 per basic share for the third fiscal quarter 2016 that ended November 28, 2015 on revenues (GAAP) of $548 million. Cash and investments balance was $2.71 billion at the end of the fiscal quarter, including the impact of the recent acquisitions of AtHoc and Good Technology at a cost of $636 million, said the company.

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BlackBerry releases first software update for Priv Android Slider

BlackBerry has released first software update for its recently launched Priv Android Slider smartphone. The latest update improves camera and performance.

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Blackberry to exit Pakistan – User privacy cited as the reason

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Blackberry was ordered by the Pakistani government to shutdown its operations in the country by November 30th. Since then, the order has been extended till the 30th of December after which Blackberry will exit the country.

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Blackberry Vienna Android smartphone renders surface – Features a physical keyboard

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Renders of the upcoming Blackberry Vienna smartphone have just surfaced and the phone seems to be packing a physical keyboard just like the Priv. However, the keyboard isn’t hidden and instead it has a candybar form factor much like the classic Blackberry. Continue reading “Blackberry Vienna Android smartphone renders surface – Features a physical keyboard”