![]() The top and bottom ones control the volume, and the middle one…doesn’t really do much. What’s also interesting is that there’s three buttons on the right side. It drove me nuts at first, but I eventually got used to it. I don’t know why BlackBerry chose to put the power button on the left side of the phone (I’m not left-handed). But to me, this is the trade-off in having a slider. However, I do get that plastic creaking when I put pressure on the chassis, and because you have moving parts, the screen ever-so slightly wobbles. The Priv feels refined, solid, and definitely shows BlackBerry’s phone-building experience. It’s lined with a silver ring that reads “Schneider-Kreuznach”, referring to the specialty optics (which we’ll cover in the Camera section).īlackBerry has not yet joined the metal movement, but I actually wasn’t deterred by the plastic build. While we’re on the back, towards the top there is a modest circular camera hump. While “sticky” may sound unappealing, it keeps the Priv from sliding out of your hand. The casing has a carbon fiber texture and is smooth and somewhat sticky to the touch. The back is not removable, so the SIM and microSD trays pop out from the top. From a top view, you can see that the sides are rounded, which makes for a great grip. Actually, I’ve come to like the design overall. Maybe if you’ve become skillful with this keyboard over the years with a BlackBerry, but newcomers will probably stay away from it (which is a bad thing, because that’s one of the Priv’s selling points.). You must use your fingernails with keys this small, and I just don’t find myself typing faster than on a virtual keyboard. If you’re doing to do a keyboard slider phone, do it in landscape. I’ll cut to the chase, a keyboard this small just doesn’t make sense. The screen slides up from its base in portrait mode to reveal tiny keys. BlackBerry’s did not give up its signature physical keyboard, and for what it’s worth, it’s one of the only Androids you can find today with the feature (the only flagship, certainly). The compromised dimensions are not in vain, though. It’s also not the lightest phone on the block, at 192g. For instance, the 5.7″ Note5 is 76.1mm wide while the Priv is 77.2mm. Although the 5.4″ display is kinda of in that grey area between reasonable and large sized phones, the Priv feels as much as phablet in hand as 5.7″ devices do. It’s a valiant effort, and the Priv actually turns out to be a great option in the slew of top-running Androids today. This new effort debuted with BlackBerry’s newest flagship, the Priv. ![]() The company was forced to throw away its precious mobile OS and join the Android bandwagon. But in the trying struggle, something had to give.
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