[Empyrean]

I think it's phonetic... so it's pronounced "Venice" (like "tennis" but with a "v")

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[imcrackedout]

The fact that there has to be a discussion over the pronunciation of "Priv" proves that "Priv" is a stupid name. Whoever the phone namer is at BlackBerry needs a Macho Man Savage elbow from the top rope.

OOOOOOH YYYYA, X's 5
The phone namer is in the wrong field of work, and I just hope that this is not the official name.
There's a half dozen ways to say this stupid word, so Priv has to the be the dumbest name ever, so I don't know what they are thinking, even a stupid gimmicky name like the "Glide" is better.

[7onZ]

I thought Priv is usually pronounced as /flɒp/ ?

[pomidor]

... Whoever the phone namer is at BlackBerry needs a Macho Man Savage elbow from the top rope.

That was funny

[yhamaie]

I was wrong.

So, may we conclude that Priv is pronounced like the first four letters of PRIVacy?

---------- Forwarded Message ----------
From: Media Relations
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 13:48:44 +0000
Subject: Re: BlackBerry Priv - how to pronounce the name of the device
To:

Hello there, it's Priv as in privilege.

‎Let us know if you have any other questions!

Thanks,

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BlackBerry Reports Fiscal 2016 Second Quarter Results - Press Releases

“At the same time, we are focused on making faster progress to achieve profitability in our handset business. Today, I am confirming our plans to launch Priv, an Android device named after BlackBerry’s heritage and core mission of protecting our customers’ privacy. Priv combines the best of BlackBerry security and productivity with the expansive mobile application ecosystem available on the Android platform,” continued Mr. Chen.

[fattyacid]

Its P E R V.

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[pomidor]

Fucq all of it!

I'm just going to call it Blackberry Slider.

[rbvl]

I suppose "Priv" could be a shortening of "privileged"