10-20-15 10:10 PM
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  1. ankenn's Avatar
    ankenn
    I want to be absolutely sure that the slider won't get all loose and insecure after a while. Imagine trying to type while the phone keeps closing up. Not fun.
    10-20-15 02:23 PM
  2. jlaros's Avatar
    jlaros
    If it's built anything like the late Torch, I wouldn't be too worried!

    Posted via CB10
    10-20-15 02:31 PM
  3. dc2000's Avatar
    dc2000
    5,000 clicks until it needs an oil change.
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    10-20-15 02:33 PM
  4. BriniaSona's Avatar
    BriniaSona
    Originally Posted by jlaros
    If it's built anything like the late Torch, I wouldn't be too worried!

    Posted via CB10
    If it's built like the Torch was I'm going to use it as a WMD. The Torch was unstoppable.
    Doggerz likes this.
    10-20-15 02:36 PM
  5. WT44's Avatar
    WT44
    Originally Posted by ankenn
    I want to be absolutely sure that the slider won't get all loose and insecure after a while. Imagine trying to type while the phone keeps closing up. Not fun.
    Yes, and you can name a million other things that everyone wants to be absolutely sure will not happen: e.g. double typing, paint not coming off, no smoke escaping from under the buttons and so on.......
    10-20-15 02:43 PM
  6. so crow's Avatar
    so crow
    If anything does happen to the slide function will be one expensive hard job to fix.
    10-20-15 02:50 PM
  7. Iggy City's Avatar
    Iggy City
    Originally Posted by dc2000
    5,000 clicks until it needs an oil change.
    What if I use synthetic?
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    10-20-15 02:50 PM
  8. MO3iusONE's Avatar
    MO3iusONE
    the slide mechanism isn't secure at all. It's vulnerable, I hear people can hack into it due to the lack of security and then things can happen.

    Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk
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    10-20-15 03:58 PM
  9. peter0328's Avatar
    peter0328
    I hear it has a hardware root of trust. So definitely secure.

    Posted via CB10
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    10-20-15 05:49 PM
  10. webmeister's Avatar
    webmeister
    LOL!

    Posted via CB10
    10-20-15 06:17 PM
  11. early2bed's Avatar
    early2bed
    Don't worry - if it starts sliding down by itself, all you have to do is get a little stick about the right length and prop it up when necessary.
    10-20-15 07:04 PM
  12. zyad's Avatar
    zyad
    You can buy a hypervisor protector for it on ebay.
    $5 from Guandong shipped. 2 weeks later.

    Posted via CB10
    10-20-15 07:04 PM
  13. ksigma's Avatar
    ksigma
    I had a chance to play with it and seems to be innovative. It's not spring loaded and seems to be using some type of magnets to hold once the plkb is exposed. It should have very high reliability.

    Posted via CB10
    10-20-15 07:14 PM
  14. Drenegade's Avatar
    Drenegade
    It's definitely going to be a potential point of failure. Let's hope BlackBerry has addressed this.

    Posted via CB10
    10-20-15 08:36 PM
  15. mithrazor's Avatar
    mithrazor
    Originally Posted by ksigma
    I had a chance to play with it and seems to be innovative. It's not spring loaded and seems to be using some type of magnets to hold once the plkb is exposed. It should have very high reliability.

    Posted via CB10
    Nice. Makes my concerns about the reliability of the silder go away.

    Posted via CB10
    10-20-15 08:46 PM
  16. World War Z30's Avatar
    World War Z30
    I know my dad is still using the old Torch and the screen still works great. Is the mechanism in the same way on the Priv?

    Posted via BlackBerry Passport
    10-20-15 08:52 PM
  17. ubizmo's Avatar
    ubizmo
    Makes me think back to my Sidekick and the way that screen would swivel out with a kick. I'd pop that thing open thousands of times and stayed solid. The weak point was the stupid track wheel.

    The Priv slide looks pretty good to me: a nice simple straight motion. Unless the QA is terrible (always a possibility) it should be fine.

    I don't plan to buy one unless the price drops quite a bit but I'm not concerned about the slider mechanism.
    10-20-15 09:01 PM
  18. MO3iusONE's Avatar
    MO3iusONE
    In all seriousness. I hope the build quality is top match. Blackberry has a lot riding on this, I can't picture them skimping on the build quality since that could result in a lot of return and upset customers.

    Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk
    10-20-15 10:10 PM
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