If you happen to reside in Australia and are interested in the BlackBerry Priv, you'll be excited to find out that it is now available through Optus. In January, BlackBerry released the Priv in Italy, Spain, France and other locations, and now Australia is the latest to join the fun. Optus will be offering the Priv on a range of post-paid plans, and if you would rather purchase it at full price, you can do just that.
At this time the Priv is not yet listed on the Optus website, so pricing information is not yet showing. If you are interested in picking up a Priv for yourself or your business, you can contact your local Optus store for additional information.
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BlackBerry Priv now available in Australia through Optus
This phone is a joke, the battery life is poor the processor is not faster that the passport, no peek and flow and the he keyboard is to narrow and the top row keys are very hard to get to and the phone gets very hot. I've had mine for two days and it sucks big time, they should take the BlackBerry logo off this phone. I'm taking it back to tmobile tomorrow.
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I was told Optus are sold out of their initial stock & will be up to 10 days to get more in. Individual stores may have stock on hand though.
Can't promise that's accurate though as salespeople can say all sorts of things.
Got mine yesterday.
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I don't care about the freaking Priv!
Priv here, Priv there, apps for your Priv... Come on. Stop talking about that Android phone.
Proud to own a Passport, and before a Z10, and before a 9900 and before a 9000.
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Guys can anyone tell me what is the exact price of priv in US market
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OPTUSMOUS PRIV!
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GOGOGO!! :D
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Can somebody confirm which model it is? St-100, 200 or 300?
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Mate. Ask OzDude
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I'm using samsung at the moment. Can't wait to get that phone. It's amazing
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When they ask "why BlackBerry?". You should tell them that Crapple sucks ****, and why would anyone who has half a brain choose a company's product who had the most bugs of 2015, over 3000. BlackBerry didn't even come close to that.
Long Live BlackBerry
Who told you that crap? I ordered Priv online lastnight on personal plan not business....
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Me too. Ordered yesterday at 10.00am, received it today at 7.30am. Great service from Optus
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Better check my letterbox.
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Congrats Mate. Enjoy the device.
Blackberry Priv on Etisalat 4G Network
He does... as the Privster, or Privert...
;-D
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Ahhh, I guess I shouldn't have just renewed my contract with Telstra. On the bight side, at least I got one of Telstra's last remaining BB Classics.
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http://www.optus.com.au/shop/mobile/phones/blackberry/priv
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6 phone per hour is not bad.
Passport SE on Etisalat 4G Network propelled by 10.3.2.2876
Ha! Touched my good man...touche!
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Sales expected to hit as high as 6 Phones!
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Nonsense comment.
We've got more Privs than that in our small BlackBerry Australia BBM user group already ... :-)
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Alright...here's the deal. Like the Passport the Priv will only be offered on a business plan. That being said, it does not mean that anyone can't buy it or has to have a business to get the device. It only means that as a consumer, you will have to buy into a business plan which is generally more than what the average consumer can afford.
The device is on an order basis and will be shipped into the store for pickup. The bigger Optus store has the Go as oppose to the smaller stores. Inquired about the devices yesterday but did not have the time to sit and follow through on the order. However, I will do so over the phone as I refuse to pay a breach of contract fee.
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OzDude got his on a consumer plan... :-D
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Had an online chat about an hour ago. Didn't know about the phone till I mentioned it. Then asked the age old question 'why BlackBerry? ' before trying to make me switch to iPhone. Didn't know which stores might have a demo model. Finally even asked if I was ready to switch over but hadn't even answered any of my queries.
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Called them this morning, they didn't know anything about it. Called them after work today, they knew all about the priv (the business centre). Ordered mine and from what I could tell the customer service guy was already accustomed to selling the device 'you guys know what you want' was the main talking point of his conversation.
$57 a month. 500meg for $40 + $17 a month. I've got a heap of plans with optus which allows us to share data across a fleet of q10's , it'll work out nicely.
Am guessing anyone who wants it will need to pay for the next plan up.
That said i'll be putting my Telstra sim in it. the difference in network speed between telstra and optus make the difference between a fast device and a slow device. Kind of sad.
Doesn't really matter if you spend most of your time hooked up to wifi I guess.
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What's the price..is it higher than Singapore
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Here is the plan pricing: http://www.optus.com.au/business/mobile/phones/blackberry/priv
Actually pretty decent pricing! That $67 plan for unlimited calls, sms & 1.5gb data is decent. Equates to $21.20/month taking away the $1099 (assume that is the cost inc GST) cost of the phone. Larger plans not so decent value but still okay, however you could get the phone outright and get a $40 prepaid/BYO plan with more inclusions and still work out cheaper.
It's already the 4th there?
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$995 outright from Optus - not sure about plan pricing, but I would assume along the lines of S6 and 6+ plans. This is business only plans, regular consumers will need to buy outright, unless you have an ABN - then you can get one on a business plan.
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Passport was $899 RRP, and you got it for $816 at Optus as outright price.
:-)
So in essence "only" a hundred more on top of RRP?
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It's $923 from Optus
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Optus is the worst company here in Australia. Very few people will purchase it.
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I reckon Vodafone is worse than Optus...
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Vodafone was the worst. Then they spent billions on improving their network coverage.
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Still not as good coverage though
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Does anyone know the outright price?
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I've seen it mentioned being $1099
Just ordered mine for $923 from the store
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Can't see it on the Optus website yet.....
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Il be in all the Optus stores today and I can almost put money on it that no one will have it! F u Optus
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And most of the sales rep wouldn't even have a clue it exists and think we're crazy.....
> Passport/Classic user, but still reminisces the good old 9900 days...
OK, but I think after you paid for this phone. Six months later, the price will be half down. Let's watching.
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so what!? Sales will be low anyway...
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Where is Prem?
STV 100-1 AAD250
I'd say sleep lol.
I think it, Penny(the Passport) spits it out.
I was thinking the same thing, but I'm pretty sure he's very happy with his Passport (BB10).
;-)
He still is. Would like to get the SE, because of the apparently better antenna, but no funds at this stage...
:-)
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He says "There's a crack in the berry right now". Maybe he's waiting to reply to the right comment because the subject itself is not very interesting.?. Who knows?!
Posted on the site that compares excessive phone use to a crack cocaine addiction!
The Crack in the Berry is the split Android - BB10 camps...
I like looking towards the future, but things we have are good and worth keeping! :-D
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I was thinking the same thing, thought he would have been the first to comment on this post.
The power of the force and the passport.
He will go for the device but I believe he still having a contract for his BB10 device. I am also eagerly awaiting his expert comments.
Passport SE on Etisalat 4G Network propelled by 10.3.2.2876
Nope, no contract. I'm an outright boy... ;-)
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Oi
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Fair dinkum
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Whattayerreckon, mate?
;-D
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