BlackBerry Priv Android Phone Launched in India at Rs. 62,990

BlackBerry on Thursday launched the Priv in India, its first Android smartphone. Priced at Rs. 62,990, the BlackBerry Priv will be available via Amazon India and offline retail stores from Saturday.

To recall, after going up for pre-orders in October, the BlackBerry Priv went on sale in the US and Canada in November last year.

The Android 5.1.1 Lollipop-based BlackBerry Priv features a 5.4-inch QHD (1440x2560 pixels) Amoled display and sports a pixel density of 540ppi. It also bears support for a glove mode. Under the hood, it is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 hexa-core processor (1.8GHz dual-core Cortex-A57, and 1.44GHz quad-core Cortex-A53) clubbed with 3GB of RAM and Adreno 418 GPU.

Bearing 32GB of built-in storage, the BlackBerry also bears a hot-swappable microSD expansion slot (up to 2TB). An 18-megapixel rear camera is at the rear with optical image stabilisation, PDAF, dual-LED flash, and 4K video recording. A 2-megapixel front-camera is also on board, and offers HD video recording.

As for connectivity options, the BlackBerry Priv support 4G LTE (with the US variant only showing support for India's FDD-LTE Band 3), Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac with Direct functionality, Bluetooth 4.1, 3.5mm audio jack, Micro-USB, NFC, and GPS/ A-GPS. The smartphone bears an accelerometer, magnetometer, gyroscope, time of flight (ToF) sensor, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, altimeter, and activity monitor. A massive 3410mAh battery backs the device, rated to deliver up to 22.5 hours of 'mixed usage'

BlackBerry Priv specifications

• 5.43-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD AMOLED dual-curved display at 540 PPI with Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection
• 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 600 MHz Adreno 418 GPU
• 3GB RAM, 32GB of internal memory, expandable memory up to 2TB with microSD
• Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop)
• 18MP rear camera with dual-tone Flash, OIS, PDAF, f/2.2 6P lens, 4K video recording, 6DOF video stabilization
• 5MP front-facing camera, f/2.8 aperture, 1.7 micron pixel size
• Dimensions: 147 (184 opened) x 77.2 x 9.4mm; Weight: 192g
• 3.5mm audio jack, Front-facing speaker and 3 microphones
• 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4GHz and 5GHz) MIMO, Bluetooth 4.1 LE, GPS, NFC, USB 2.0 with Slimport
• 3,410 mAh battery with up to 22.5 hours battery life with mixed use, fast charging