[po10chill]

Shame you didn't buy BBRY Call options last week....

Invest with your brain not your heart. I like Blackberry to much to invest unbaised. However I did buy RDS.B at 47 about 2 weeks ago and sold it at 56 at couple days ago. That made me more than enough to buy a couple Privs outright.

[tickerguy]

US $599 it'll sell. That's comparable to the other higher-end devices and right up the alley of where it has to be.

[Alain_A]

With the additional ram, bigger and better edge screen, better camera, and physical keyboard, it should be worth waaay more than $50 over the Nexus.

PassportSQW100-4/10.3.2.2789

Not, if the kb is plague with double typing

[Alain_A]

US $599 it'll sell. That's comparable to the other higher-end devices and right up the alley of where it has to be.

Which would be $800+ for CDN. Only few would buy.

[anon4226395]

Invest with your brain not your heart

I must confess to having bought quite a few contracts, and the number of Priv equivalent? Well into double figures

[po10chill]

I must confess to having bought quite a few contracts, and the number of Priv equivalent? Well into double figures

Lol nice.

[anon4226395]

Which would be $800+ for CDN. Only few would buy.

I honestly dont believe it'll be a FOREX based price conversion. I hope and expect 599/699 us/can. Thin markets in Europe may experience the opposite. However BB may not have a lot of wiggle room for Canuks depending upon their costs. I'm hoping for the best for my wonderful Canadian friends

[Alain_A]

I honestly dont believe it'll be a FOREX based price conversion. I hope and expect 599/699 us/can. Thin markets in Europe may experience the opposite. However BB may not have a lot of wiggle room for Canuks depending upon their costs. I'm hoping for the best for my wonderful Canadian friends

I surely hope you're right.

[00stryder]

Not, if the kb is plague with double typing

I thought this was established as a software issue, and thus BB10-related? Hard to see it translating over to an Android-based device, just because it's designed by the same company...

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[conite]

I honestly dont believe it'll be a FOREX based price conversion. I hope and expect 599/699 us/can. Thin markets in Europe may experience the opposite. However BB may not have a lot of wiggle room for Canuks depending upon their costs. I'm hoping for the best for my wonderful Canadian friends

The LG G4 is $700 CAN at Telus. The Priv is worth a lot more than the LG.

The S6 Edge is $750 and the S6 Edge+ is $960. Spec and feature wise, it should fit near the high end of this gap.

PassportSQW100-4/10.3.2.2789

[Alain_A]

I thought this was established as a software issue, and thus BB10-related? Hard to see it translating over to an Android-based device, just because it's designed by the same company...

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I thought I read somewhere that people had to replace their kboard to fix the problem.
I remember having the double typing on the 9700 and i always thought that was me that was pushing twice or not pushing properly. At that time I did not know anything about the double typing.

[ptdsb]

Surely they will want to market it in plenty of time for Christmas sales for many countries at least?

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[ToniCipriani]

The LG G4 is $700 CAN at Telus. The Priv is worth a lot more than the LG.

PassportSQW100-4/10.3.2.2789

When the G4 launched back in June, the exchange rate was still 1.23. They probably set the Canadian price around when it was first launched globally, back in April, when it's 1.2. It's standing at 1.29 now, and that 0.09 isn't exactly chump change.

$599 x 1.2 = $718.8
$599 x 1.29 = $772.71

That's almost a full price bracket just by exchange rate alone.

[FCSC]

I thought this was established as a software issue, and thus BB10-related? Hard to see it translating over to an Android-based device, just because it's designed by the same company...

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It's a hardware problem, that in some cases can be alleviated by software.

A software fix will fix the symptom, not the issue.
A hardware fix (replacing the keyboard) fixes the actual issue.

I really really really hope the Priv keyboard will be without the double type issue, but I won't be surprised if it has it.

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[ToniCipriani]

I thought I read somewhere that people had to replace their kboard to fix the problem.
I remember having the double typing on the 9700 and i always thought that was me that was pushing twice or not pushing properly. At that time I did not know anything about the double typing.

Well if my controllers knowledge back in university still works, double typing is due to bouncing of mechanical switches. When a key is pressed, the analog signal looks something like this:



You either use higher quality switches that doesn't bounce as much (hardware fix) or use timers to smooth it out the analog signal before you register a reading, by delaying the read or re-read it (software driver fix).

Over time and wear, bouncing does gets worse.

[Alain_A]

When the G4 launched back in June, the exchange rate was still 1.23. They probably set the Canadian price around when it was first launched globally, back in April, when it's 1.2. It's standing at 1.29 now, and that 0.09 isn't exactly chump change.

$599 x 1.2 = $718.8
$599 x 1.29 = $772.71

That's almost a full price bracket just by exchange rate alone.

On Sept 24 the exchange was at 1.36670

[anon4226395]

On Sept 24 the exchange was at 1.36670

Its now 1.30

[Alain_A]

Its now 1.30

Which that stupid thing changes every day. It seems that when I take out US cash I always end up paying well above 32%

[Mr4aces]

The Priv sits somewhere (spec wise) between the S6 Edge and Edge+. They retail for $679 and $779 from TMO. Add to that the slider mechanism and keyboard.

The LG G4 is $609/$629 at Best Buy on Verizon/AT&T. Same specs minus the keyboard and curved screen.

I can't imagine the Priv going for less than $649.

$599 would be a steal.

PassportSQW100-4/10.3.2.2789

+1
Yes under $650 would be a steal. Good value.

PIN 829A "You're only known for the worst thing you do" DSO 1978

[attaturk]

I'm pretty sure it's gonna be priced very similar to the Samsung S6 edge. That phone is roughly about $750 to buy out here in Canada from most carriers.

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[StephanieMaks]

I thought I read somewhere that people had to replace their kboard to fix the problem.
I remember having the double typing on the 9700 and i always thought that was me that was pushing twice or not pushing properly. At that time I did not know anything about the double typing.

It depends how committed BlackBerry is on bringing the Real BlackBerry Experience to the android market.

[dkreeg]

Exactly the same 3GB RAM, chipset and cpu as the Moto X Style/Pure ....16GB Moto X Pure for $399

Motorola Moto X Style vs. BlackBerry Priv - GSMArena.com

[po10chill]

Exactly the same 3GB RAM, chipset and cpu as the Moto X Style/Pure ....16GB Moto X Pure for $399

Motorola Moto X Style vs. BlackBerry Priv - GSMArena.com

But would you really buy that over the Priv?

[dkreeg]

But would you really buy that over the Priv?

No, but Blackberry doesn't need to win me over

[ToniCipriani]

No, but Blackberry doesn't need to win me over

I have a feeling the Priv will only be available with 32GB, or maybe even 64GB (wishful thinking, though). So in that regards the Moto X is actually up to $499.

Moto X Pure Edition now available in 64GB version for $599.99 | Ars Technica

If anything 16GB will be dreadful to use in Android. It's not until Marshmallow they will start allowing apps to be placed on micro SD again.