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Nothing wrong with any of it in general however go look at pretty much any Android review whether phone or OS and they're all about specs, speed, camera, overall quality, and the like with the skin/launcher getting third or fourth billing. In essence, these "leaks and reviews" are treating the Priv like any other Android phone when us BlackBerry diehards want the reviews to treat the phone as if it "were" a BlackBerry.
The topic may be beat to death by now but it is safe to say that if someone handed most of us a Priv the very first thing we would do would be to go straight to the Hub.
As for iPhone leaks, well, Apple typically does not reveal a product until just before launch, if even that. I mean, you could buy a new Mac Book Pro today and literally the new model will become available tomorrow. That's how they move inventory; by stopping those who would hold-out for the new model from holding out. It doesn't matter with the iPhone crowd anyways. An iPhone 7 could come out today and half of those who recently got the 6S Plus would buy it today no questions asked. And for what-ever reason iPhone launch dates have become big media events.
Look, I am not being nit-picky; it is nice to have these leaks and first reviews. However, the Productivity Suite was made known through official BlackBerry video 8 months ago. It is itself no secret and why they would want anyone to hold back on it is ludicrous considering that along with the security/privacy features the Hub itself is going to be one of the main differentiators between the Priv and other Android handsets.
I am starting to lose my interests in the Priv as I keep remembering more and more of why I do not like Android. You know, BB10 looks and feels like a BlackBerry OS even though it is night and day compared to the legacy BBOS. You just know that you are on a BlackBerry for better or worse. All I want to know is how much BlackBerry nuance is going to go into the Priv, which practically no Android/iOS/Win Phone user is going to think to look for let alone likely to not even notice. Granted, I will eventually find out at or near launch but once again BlackBerry seems to be making the same mistakes as in the past: leading us on with only half a carrot. By the time they give us the other half some of potential Priv buyers are going to have moved on.