Yes they actually say "only at carphone warehouse" which is generally code for "the carriers might pick it up if its sells".
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Yes they actually say "only at carphone warehouse" which is generally code for "the carriers might pick it up if its sells".
Any time a product is mentioned, it is advertising, negative or positive.
It's a pretty meaningless statement to me right now. We will see.
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Specs are good.... but they are not amazing.
Camera impressive... compared to what? Old BB10 devices? Many today are more interested in the front camera... and that is way under the MP of most of those other Flagships.
Cheaper than some of the other flagship's on the market.... maybe the ones with the bigger screens and faster processors.
If someone wants a smartphone with a keyboard, and is willing to pay extra for it.... they will look at the PRIV. But the average consumers.... I'm confident they aren't even going to give it a second look after seen the price.
Never mind if there are any performance issues with the Slider mechanism or with the software components that BlackBerry had a hand in..... really need to wait and see some reviews and benchmarks to know where the PRIV really rates as a device. Bunch of positive reviews and it might get "some" traction. Bunch of so-so reviews due to beta software and it won't take Chen nine weeks to figure out the PRIV isn't going to sell 5 Million.
When comparing prices (and we don't know exact figures yet for different regions) remember that you will be paying a premium for 64G and 128G "flagships" that do not offer expandable storage. 32G is fairly constrained these days (it sure wouldn't work for me). You can add 64G external to the Priv's 32G internal for about $20. Honestly, I don't think I would even consider a "flagship" without expandable memory - or else I would shell out for the biggest one. We all KNOW you will eventually want more storage down the road than what you have if you skimp at purchase.
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It will outsell bb10 as long as they don't price it at stupid levels.
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Not an exclusive, they are just the first retailer in the UK to be able to sell it. My guess is that the first shipment to the UK is going to them. They are correct at the moment in their statement. The unlocked mobiles page is just a placeholder that says it's coming soon. CPW usually get new handsets over here before anyone else by a few days.
Z30STA100-2/10.3.1.2582 O2 UK
No analysis of high end market?
No numbers for existing android high end sales?
Etc..
Are you guys wanting to guess or to predict?
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This device has huge potential: BlackBerry has patented software concepts and hardware that is not being licensed to other vendors that are a competitive advantage for BlackBerry.
The Keyboard alone is going to bring a lot of users back to BlackBerry hardware, but there's one thing that concerns me:
Will DTEK backfire? I mean, most Android users are blithely using Android and oblivious to how much private data and tracking information is being sent to various advertising and big-data companies, and to Google itself. Will DTEK expose this in a manner that makes users balk? If it does its job properly (blocking unwanted data transmission) will apps not work, putting BlackBerry back in a marginalized "my favourite apps don't work on BlackBerry devices" position?
Let's find out! This should be FUN!
Fun for me as an observer... I will NOT shell out 7 benjamins as a guinea pig... there are enough fanboys right here to do that dirty job for me...
But not for �579, average Joe will add few more quids and will buy IPHONE
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Since a there was no price point specified in the poll, I operated from the point of it being that of the newest leak of $880, based on two sources, one of which is a primary distributer, and assuming that price remains static for the first year of launch, I'm projecting:
Q1 (encompassing launch, Black Friday and Christmas): 750 - 900k
Q2: 450 - 550k
Q3: 200 - 250k
Q4: 150 - 200;
Total fiscal 2016: 1.55 - 1.9mn
A decrease in price of $100 will increase that number to 2.5 - 2.6mn proportionally over the fiscal year, $200 decrease to 2.9 - 3.2mn, $300 (or to roughly $599 as a selling price), 3.7 - 4.2mn. Just based on the brand positioning of BBRY, the lack of high-value differentiators in the broader consumer market, and the probability of the cross-platform Experience Suite releasing during FY2016. Just spitballing, of course, I could well be wrong.
That justification doesn't fly any longer, at least not on the Android side, now that Marshmallow has built-in support for SD card readers that not only allow for expandable storage but also permit using SD cards as slaved drives via an extensible filesystem mechanism that permits the safe running of apps. Granted it's something that the Priv will have as well, but it's no longer a differentiator of value.
I need a little tech lesson here. I have an android 4.03 tablet with 8gb on board & a 32gb microSDHC on which reside most of the apps I have on it & the latter run just fine off the card. One frustration with my BlackBerry Passport is the inability to run Android from th card freeing up the phone space. I haven't run into a problem sending documents & photos to the card...
So what does marshmallow bring to this, exactly ??
Given that, I wonder about the possibility of meager sales. What price drop tranche would be the tipping point for BlackBerry to discontinue production of the Priv? Any ideas...
Sorry, I don't get what you are saying. If there is no SD card slot, are you referring to an external reader?
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Of course, there are a plethora of cheap SD card readers for Android devices. Granted that's an extra step but the so is fishing a SIM ejection tool from your pocket to change the card in the Priv.
Why would I be fishing for a sim ejection tool (I've never used one). I stick a big SD card in and leave it there. Sorry, not interested in external readers.
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That depends entirely on internals to which I am not privy, but I would posit that that depends entirely on BBRY's forward operating plan, i.e. growing their handset user base vs maintain the existing user base whilst growing the enterprise/MDM segment cross platform vs soft landing their hardware division and transitioning to a purely software model.
Can't see my dear old Mum, hunting around her handbag (purse) for her external card read/writer, cuz she wants to bang off a few Gig of hi res video lol
Depends on how much media one has. I have nearly 100GB of music alone that I generally keep with me, to say nothing of other sorts of media and other files. I changed cards frequently when I was still using my Z10.
And yet they put an SD card slot on a phone with 32GB of internal storage but capable of shooting 4K30 for some other reason than the scenario you mentioned? And once done, that card is useless till swapped.
So get a 128GB card.
I have a 64GB in mine which is holding me okay. I never really remove it. My media is always available. Dealing with an external reader just would not work for me.
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Your post estimates double sales by dropping price by $200. If you spreadsheeted that, can you crunch some profit numbers if the BOM was $250? Which is more profitable?
Fair enough. My point is that it's possible and generally simple for Android flagships without built-in slots to use external storage, so the slot isn't something that I consider to be a high-value differentiator.