Following a period of AT&T exclusivity, it looks like the BlackBerry Priv may be coming to T-Mobile in late January, according to a new report. Revealed in an internal schedule for T-Mobile sent to PhoneArena (seen below), the carrier is apparently planning to release the "BlackBerry Venice" on January 26. As you'll recall, Venice was the codename for the BlackBerry Priv before its official unveiling.
Currently, the only way to secure a BlackBerry Priv in the U.S. is either through AT&T or unlocked from BlackBerry or Walmart. Verizon also stated in November that the handset would be coming soon to its network, and that variant was recently spotted at the FCC, though no release date has been announced.
There's definitely no official word from T-Mobile just yet, and dates can change. However, if the above calendar is to be believed, it looks like T-Mobile users can look forward to grabbing themselves a Priv fairly soon.
Source: PhoneArena
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BlackBerry Priv reportedly heading to T-Mobile on Jan. 26
"Priv"
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All I wana know is, what about tha BlackBerry Passport??? I prefer that phone over tha new Prive. My hands are too big & I hate full touch screen phones. Keyboard all tha way.....
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Goodbye Samsung GE6...
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NEWS!! So after being shuffled around, I finally spoke to the proper Dept and powers that be at T-Mobile today.... and it is CONFIRMED! The Priv will be released on the 26th. The T-Mo personnel will start training on the device around the 21st or 22nd. They do not know if there will be pre-order availability on the device till a few days before. I was told to call back approximately 5 days prior to the 26th to receive ufurther instructions. It will be available in most stores that same day, or you can have it shipped. PRIV here I come!!!!
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BTW, they have it in their system as the BlackBerry Priv, not the Venice.
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CB, where's the article about the EFF confirming that Binge On is throttling and no (customer friendly) "optimization?"
An old image of a future calendar more or less, or it would have been called BlackBerry Priv. XD
Typed using my BlackBerry Classic running 10.3.2 on WINDmobile HSPA+
Omg if Tmobile is up to date in the PRIV..im in the door.
CexiiVirgo
Perfect!
Posted via CB10
Priv is awful.
I'm selling mine in order to return an original passport
Battery is terrible
It's ugly
Camera is slower than slow
Hub simply doesn't work properly
There are so many things wrong with the priv. I'm a die hard BlackBerry fan and I've fallen out of love with the device in the space of a month.
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I am so waiting for the Priv to come to Verizon!!!!!!!!
Appreciate the help
Do anyone know when the Blackberry Priv is launching in South Africa?
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Thank you god finally I've been waiting for this
I can see T-Mo getting behind the Blackberry Priv. Reason being it's Android based and would be easier to integrate into their network. I can see them pushing this phone, maybe not as much as iPhone, but I'm sure if you ask them about the Priv, you won't get that BB is going out of business nonsense.
BB10 phones I don't think have been terribly hard to integrate, partly because BlackBerry is such a carrier-friendly OEM: they block unsanctioned tethering, carriers didn't have to worry about post-rooting circumvention, and don't forget all the "testing" they undergo. Conversely, Apple releases devices/OS updates and tells carriers "figure it out." Then T-Mobile's having to put out carrier settings updates, retroactively whitelisting OSes for voLTE and WiFi calling, etc. BlackBerry isn't like that.
!@？'
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Any idea once the carrier will offer the phone, will unlocked Priv on T-Mobile get any updates from the carrier or it will still be from Blackberry? The reason for my question is that on BB10 the carrier customization did happen and phones would show the logo of the carrier at start up and had some if their apps.
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Happy New Year all you Berry lovers.
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Happy New Year!
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Nice!!!
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I have TMobile, and they do not show no Love to BlackBerry.. only BlackBerry they carry is the classic.
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I don't know if I can give up BlackBerry Blend and BBM video. Still contemplating the purchase of this phone
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Very good news!
Guys bought a blackberry priv and sold my Samsung s6 edge +. Bummer it was better to hold on to Samsung.
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Why? I'm abt to sell my Edge (non +) to get this...
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Now that's good news.
Posted via CB10
It's no longer there and I'm not sure if it was ever there
Yes Verizon version can't come soon enough
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You forgot to include Best Buy as a source for the Priv in the US. They sell the AT&T version on contract and the unlocked Shop BlackBerry version.
I hope this gets confirmed for T-Mobile. Would love to see this great phone get into more hands.
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Sweet
Q5 OS10.3.2.2474
T mobile carrying the Priv is a compelling reason to leave Sprint. I think T mobile will pay your etf and device balance.. Correct?
Not Four Years But A Lifetime.
Yes, but there are requirements like you having to buy your phone through T-Mobile. Make sure you research a switch thoroughly, especially loopholes.
AT LONG LAST!!!
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Well if you get one, you better pound out book 3!
Finally!!! As for those of you complaining about T-Mo's delay of releasing BB10 updates as opposed to the unlocked phones, I agree.... BUT, the Priv update releases will happen much quicker as the OS is Android based, making configuration and compatibility to T-Mo's network & services much easier.
Posted via CB10
I have a TM branded Z10 using CB OS10 protocols without losing any functions, including wifi calling.
.. so there is apparently no compatibility reason for TM not to offer OS10 upgrades.
Only, TM is lazy and directs their support to better selling other Android and iP phones
Finally, my passport is on its last leg.
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+1 on that!
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I sure hope this is accurate. I can't wait to get my hands on a Priv!
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Wooohooo!!! Looks like Daddy is getting a new phone!!!
And before any of you try to be clever, when I say "Daddy" I mean myself.
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Awesome!!
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Would be great if while they printed T-Mobile boxes they'd change the name to Venice.
All in all I think it's pretty good of John Legere to run with the phone when it makes him cringe to hear the word "Priv" being uttered aloud.
Z30STA100-5 / 10.3.2.2876 / T-Mobile USA
Too late.
CA Governor on Passport SE
Too late for what?
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Nice job TMobile!
ѕσ ѕнσят нє нαѕ тσ ѕтαη∂ ση α вσχ тσ кι¢к α ∂υ¢к ιη тнє αѕѕ.
Why would they refer to it as the Venice when everyone knows it's now call the Priv? Is there a slim chance that the Venice is actually a different device?
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T-Mobile knew long ago that they would sell this device before it was officially name the "Priv". That's why they refer to it as the "Venice" which was the unofficial title. I seriously doubt it will be a different device than what has already been released. I guess there could be a slight possibility that T-Mobile asked for slight cosmetic modifications like AT&T did with the Passport. But I doubt it.
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What about Australia?
Z30STA100-2/10.3.2.2876
Glad to hear it. More carriers the better.
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I've been checking crackberry every day waiting for this post! Glad it's here
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Me too lol
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Great news!!
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T-Mobile is my carrier and I am glad they will be getting it. But I did not wait for them. I bought mine unlocked from ShopBlackBerry. When I took it to the local T-Mobile place to get the right sized sim card etc. the workers there were quite intrigued and said they were really hoping T-Mobile would carry it. I am so glad I didn't wait.
Do you have wifi calling with your unlocked Priv, Sigewolf?
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T-Mobile COO had said that the Priv (-1 model only, IIRC) would have WiFi calling and voLTE out of the box. This was announced when there were no official indications that T-Mobile was picking up this phone, so it would have applied to unlocked phones.
Thanks Raino. You're always a great source for information!
your the man raino, well respected.
Yes, I have wifi calling with my Priv on T-Mobile.
Well and Amazon, and B&H and Best Buy...
BlackBerry Z30 Chenpion
LOL! "Chenpion"
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Wow, it is coming to T-Mobile! Priv is hot. I bought from AT&T and loving it. This thing rocks after software update. I use the physical keyboard more often. I have never used physical keyboard in my life, but after got the Priv I'll never look back. I wish BlackBerry makes 9 inches tablet with slide out physical keyboard. That would be the killer device one side fits all.
Nice Very Nice. I guess all those Hail Marys worked
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Any idea on what the price is going to be?
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More than its worth
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What's that "uncarrier x data available for BlackBerry" on the 6th?
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Yes, what's up with that?! An actual benefit offered for BlackBerry users with T-Mobile's service?
Posted via CB10
I noticed that too, very interesting indeed. Perhaps a promo that offers discounts on the outright price of phones (since T-Mo doesn't do subsidies anymore) that'll be extended to BlackBerry devices?
Posted via CB10
T-Mobile would never encourage outright buys. They prefer EIPs because they bind us (customers) to the carrier.
Another benefit of buying factory unlocked is that you get updates from blackberry directly and not waiting years for the carrier to approve them
Posted via CB10
I mean really those of you that wait for a carrier locked device could have just bought an unlocked one off amazon for the same price if not cheaper than t mobile installments. My z10 worked great on tmobile and it was unlocked. My passport works great on cricket and it's unlocked. The only reason I switched from t mobile was that service didn't work inside my apartment and at the time the BlackBerry leak I ran didn't have WiFi calling. But now I'm issue free on cricket for $35 a month
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I'm on Jump On Demand so my monthly installment will never go away so if I buy unlocked outright and bring it over I'll still have the installment for two years so it's like throwing money down the toilet. So the only way I can get the Priv is to turn in my Note 5 and Jump to the Priv in which case it wouldn't cost me anything. I'm sure there are many people in my shoes. Therefore buying unlocked is not an option for us.
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I'm not one of them, but it sounds like a LOT of people prefer installments...even if they end up overpaying in the long run. Despite the sub-prime risk, carriers are happy to offer EIP because it binds customers to them (while they proclaim "no contracts!")
Maybe all OEMs should get into EIP for phones. And start making their phones universal, or at least all-US (Big 4 compatible.)
I'll have a new phone as soon as it hits T-Mobile lol
Posted via CB10
BlackBerry can't even get a same day release anymore, carrier relation is at an all time low. I'm happy to see this announcement though
Posted via CB10
This isn't an announcement though... that's from a leaked internal company document.
Posted via CB10
And still no "official" word from Verizon on PRIV's release date...
My Marvelous BlackBerry Z30
Or from Tmobile, so nothing has changed.
Awesome can't wait
Posted via CB10
Can't wait for Verizon.
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Me either
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Ah, but you CAN wait, because you HAVE been waiting since November. I understand though, I'm right there with you. :p
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That is interesting. I would think carriers wouldn't bother with BlackBerry products in the US at this point if they didn't think they could sell some.
Posted via CB10
T-Mo will sell it well because it runs Android. I believe T-Mo has a younger customer base that demands a huge app ecosystem. As long as they let people know it's a BlackBerry that runs Android. It should sell well because of that & also because of the great form factor. Don't get me wrong...I'm a BB10 OS loyalist. But BlackBerry couldn't beat them so it joined them. I'm just praying that the success of their Android offering doesn't put a nail in the coffin of BB10 devices. Personally I'd be wild about Z30 or Passport successor that the user can dual boot with BB10 or Android. Now that would be the bomb. Give the gift of both worlds in one solidly manufactured BlackBerry device.
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Dual boot is never going to happen, android is too controlled by Google and BlackBerry 10 devices are too heavily encrypted
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Sadly you're probably correct. A guy can dream though.
Posted via CB10
Nail is already in the BB10 coffin....
If Chen had any plans for BB10, he would have handled things differently. Developers would have been told that updated tools were coming and users would not have been told that only two minor updates were coming.
T mobile screwed up 4 phone orders in 4 days. So I'm OK with AT&T,
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You're okay with paying fees? I remember paying tmobile 3 weeks late and still no fees. Lol. They are awesome!
Att will charge you a fee for everything!
Posted via CB10
Great! Now if T-Mobile will just get the 10.3 OS update out to the T-Mobile branded Q10 & Z10 owners. This 10.2 OS is ancient now.
Posted via CB10
I used to manually update my phone with the leaked os while on t mobile only thing is you might lose the WiFi calling feature if you do
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I have resisted updating to releases that are not T-Mobile approved because I don't really want to lose Wi-Fi calling. But I'vve grown very tired of waiting for the 10.3 OS to be released to us T-Mobile branded Z10 and Q10 users. Bla1ze told me that as long I I update to the 10.3.2.2789 release that I won't lose Wi-Fi calling. Now I just gotta figure out how to use Sachesi with out bricking my Q10.
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The latest 10.3.2.2876 and WiFi calling + T-Mobile confirmed working. No worries to lose WiFi calling with it.
I got my Z10 and Z30 running it and Wi-Fi Calling works on T-Mobile. Check the forums.
Z30STA100-5/10.3.2.2876 CB10
Shoot me a link & help a fellow BlackBerrian out. I need to know what to do with Sachesi so I don't ruin my faithful Q10.
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I'm really nervous about using Sachesi. Isn't there like 3 different files to install? Radio & 2 other things? Sorry for sounding dumb but I have no experience manually updating any electronic devices.
Posted via CB10
I've been updating using Sachesi all along. It's easy. I'm on Verizon and I get updates the day they're announced.
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I totally understand how you feel. This is the guide I used the first time: https://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/BlackBerry-10-OS-Device-Software...
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Thanks, Wolf! I'll check it out.
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You can also use Darcy's Tools to create an autoloader in like 5 minutes. My weapon of choice. ☺
Posted with my Super Happy Fun-time Q5!
We don't autoload here... we blitz it, my friend.
Data, especially contacts, is too valuable to trust it to BB Link and the Contacts app... :-)
• There's a Crack in the Berry right now... •
Uh...
OS Version 10.3.2.2876 with Radio 10.3.2.2877 breaks Wi-Fi Calling... however, installing Radio 10.3.2.2814 (one version back) restores it.
Yes! I have an unlocked Passport on T-Mobile and Wi-Fi calling is active and works perfectly
Why don't you just update the phone yourself through link?
Posted via my BlackBerry Passport
BlackBerry Link does not give me an update. It simply says I have the latest software for my Q10.
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Where is sprint???
Posted via CB10
Same place they've been for years.... last place.
Lmao word
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+100
BlackBerry Z30 (10.3.2)
In a universe far far away?
BB10 or nothing!
I second that.
Posted via my BlackBerry Passport
Amazing
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Bwahahaha
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Lol.
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True that. Sprint sucks. However I may have heard that reason it's code name is Venice for T-Mobile because it may be slightly different..
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Lost in space
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They're mostly an iPhone company now
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Nope
Posted via the CrackBerry App via my BlackBerry Priv where I am out of toilet paper
Awesome news for the first carier to ditch those 2-year contracts.
Frosty White Q10/.2876 CB10
Would be nice for them to be the second to sell the Passport.
TMO Z10,STL100-3/10.3.2.2789
Booyah! On Priv @ TMobile...
Founding Member of "Club Z30 "..... the most exclusive club in mobile
If this is true...it means that AT&T's "exclusivity period" is ending on the Priv (Chen, actually, mentioned that they had a 60 day exclusive when he spoke after the last earnings call).
Verizon shouldn't be too far behind TMobile in selling the Priv.
Happy 2016..
Founding Member of "Club Z30 "..... the most exclusive club in mobile
How many Priv AT&T has sold?
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That's a privy number, as usual... :-)
• There's a Crack in the Berry right now... •
Key points
.. will TM fully support the Blackberry phones that they have sold and will sell?
.. will TM promote the newest Blackberry phones better than ATT? (ATT has not promoted these products, only show them on website or hidden in the stores without retail support).
Lack of support?
.. I have a TM purchased Z10 that is still due for a TM branded OS10 upgrade (I upgraded through CB links with no problem).
I second this! Tmo still has me on 10.2.2 on my Q10. My unlocked Z30 is doing just fine getting its updates auto or via bb link. It's taken me to (10.3+) without a hitch.
As for TMO to promo the Priv, uh... I wouldn't hold my breath, as they may do what they did when BB10 was released, TMO Reps seem to be encouraged to discourage one from purchasing BlackBerry devices and try to sway you towards iOS or Android. Then, it's best we all look to unlocked options instead, this way we don't get suckered into paying device installments (that add up to more, in the long run) + bogus device insurance that doesn't really cover anything that happens to your device, accidentally :(
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