Answer to Wireless Charging Priv in Canadian Market
Just got answered by Android Authority. In summary, we do NOT get the beef'd up Priv that Americans get. Our 1 or 3 model is still the same model.
BlackBerry Priv: Wireless charging or not?
However, things are a little weirder in Canada right now. It’s the same basic setup in that you can either buy your phone through your carrier or through ShopBlackBerry.com, but Canadian carriers are only selling the non-wireless-charging STV100-3. You can try to get around this by ordering what is described as a model STV100-1 from BlackBerry, but whereas that model’s US description explicitly mentions wireless charging, Canadian visitors to the site will find this feature conspicuously absent. It’s still called an STV100-1, but the device you receive in the mail won’t have wireless charging either.
After some pressing, an unnamed BlackBerry representative eventually acknowledged that cost “was a major factor” in deciding to put a slightly nerfed version of the Priv on the Canadian market.
Why is this an issue? The reigning theory is that it has to do with the current disadvantageous exchange rate between USD and CAD. BlackBerry apparently decided that it was a better move to remove a feature from the Canadian version of the phone to make the device cheaper to produce instead of eating the profit loss or raising the cost of the device in Canada.
So enjoy your sweet, sweet wireless charging, US citizens. Not all BlackBerry owners are so Priv-ileged.
From my own opinion, wireless charging is not needed when you have quick charge. I've been using the charger 2.0v made for the Playbook (can order from Amazon for $15CAD shipped) and it can charge my phone from 15% to 70%+ in under 30 mins.
Answer to all WIRELESS CHARGING Questions
Hi! Just got my Priv(U.K) Variant and it states in the manual
About wireless charging:
Some service providers support wireless charging for your device. You can charge your device by setting it on a supported charging mat instead of connecting your device to a charger.
You can use the following device models with Qi and Power Matters Alliance (PMA) wireless chargers:
� PRIV by BlackBerry STV100-1 smartphone
� PRIV by BlackBerry STV100-2 smartphone
� PRIV by BlackBerry STV100-5 smartphone