In addition to the launch in India, BlackBerry has also announced the Priv is headed to South Africa, although pricing details have yet to be revealed. South African carriers announced to be offering the Priv as of next week are MTN, Vodacom and Cell C. Pricing will be confirmed by those carriers within the coming week.
As soon as we hear word on that pricing, we'll be sure to let you all know. Interestingly enough, the Priv can already be purchased through Orange in South Africa for R14,218, but that's straight up pricing whereas picking it up from MTN, Vodacom or Cell C, should cost less with carrier offers.
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MTN, Vodacom and Cell C to offer the BlackBerry Priv in South Africa
That works out to +-€850.00. That's not too bad, will be looking at it.
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Nice, can't hardly wait for Priv to arrive in Nigeria
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Niiiiiice
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I'm in CPT and also got a passport, best phone Eva. My bro got a Priv ordered via Orange and he loves it over his Note specially with the keypad
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Here you go.
Small sample size, but some testimonial evidence right here... ^
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Let me know how he feels about priv keyboard. I will part with effort with my passport but will be nice from a passport user to see what the priv is like
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I'm also in CO been trying to get a Passport on upgrade on MTN and they keep telling me they can't source it. I was then thinking that I would possibly get a Priv but unfortunately that pricing puts it out of my reach, I'd rather buy another laptop with that money.
Why BlackBerry? Because I can!
I know 3 people in Cape Town plus my passport, and 2 in Durban.
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i know 1 guy in Gaborone with passport, i have bumped into 2 people with passport, very scarce.
I have one of the original Passports. I've never seen another in Cape Town although I'm told they exist. I cannot see the Priv selling more than a few with a price tag in excess of 14gs. The contract packages that our mobile providers offer are pathetic compared to other countries. 200 meg data would not last me much more than 12 hours.
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There's plenty around but you hardly see them because they are not owned by the big and small kids who live life frequenting the malls. When people including the know it all salesman at mobile stores see mine they are amazed and want to hold it. Something you will never experience with any other device.
I guess FREE would be too expensive.
"A cow pie ain't something you bring to the county fair "
Sales expected to reach as high as eleven phones!
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Price for 2 PPSE.
Vodacom wants R4350 to cancel my current Z30 contract so I can get the Priv, I'm only due for an upgrade in December so I can't do a premature upgrade as my upgrade date is too far out. Really sad... somebody donate 4 Grand, or maybe get Zuma to payback the money
"It is better to die for an idea that will live, than to live for an idea that will die" -Steve Biko
....sad, but with the pricing of the Priv in every country and all the comments I'm coming to the conclusion that Mr. Chen doesn't want the handset division to succeed so he can get rid of it.
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Why people talk about expense? Prive is all about privacy.. those who want to enjoy android customisation and BlackBerry security, they will buy it for sure.. every one say it's expensive but no one talk about what is has to offer... this is a steping stone for BlackBerry... hope they succeed in this and make more phone...
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It doesn't have much to offer other than a sliding keyboard. Privacy is just as good as any other Android phone out there.
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Uhm, I don't know about "Privacy is just as good as any other Android device" you might want to revisit that fact...
"It is better to die for an idea that will live, than to live for an idea that will die" -Steve Biko
Um you commented in the news article about Priv releasing in India about price.
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It has nothing special to offer.
Samsung galaxy S and Note series are better in every aspect.
The Priv is just an overpriced junk piece of plastic with a lame and buggy OS.
Chen killed the handset division
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Um overpriced junk piece of plastic?
WTF you think every Samsung and Apple product are?
The Priv does offer encryption and security no other android device has. It's just all android fools see is instead of the "new" snap dragon 820 it has the 808. It's not always about specs with a BlackBerry. It's about the communication experience and security.
So go by your poser iphone with its duel core processor that they call an A9 or whatever, troll and pretend like your getting a deal.
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Haha... :-D
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I take it that you don't have much experience with TouchWiz. Oh...and guess which lame and buggy oS Samsung Galaxy S and Note series run?
That's expensive. There no chance that I will spend so much on a Android phone. Good luck BlackBerry! I will stick to my Passport. I'm still not convinced that the Priv is worth the price.
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What's happening unlocked price of junkroid Priv?
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The PRIV still is a niche product, especially with such a high price tag. There won't be enough people out there buying the PRIV. 5 Million sold devices is something they're never gonna make.
PRIV sales are so good that they are moving towards abandonment of BB10 sooner, including transitioning government devices to secure blackberrys running Android
http://rapidmobile.biz/blackberry/opinion-blackberry/blackberry-are-tran...
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It's too expensive for the specs. I guess it's goodbye BlackBerry, hello Note 5
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I believe another phone has low specs. It's called the iPhone 6. Yeah, let's not buy that phone either
Priv or the Xperia Z5????
If you live in a specs world, you must be upgrading with every new snapdragon processor revision! Experience >Specs
Blackberry Z10 was the beginning. The Z30 is my upgrade
That's right.
And "that BlackBerry typing experience" is top notch...!
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Cheapest contract for MTN is going to be R519 with 100 minutes, 500mb and 200 smss(lol).
At exchange right now that equals to $760 total after the 24 month contract.
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Works out cheaper then Orange.
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