BlackBerry Priv with Android to launch in India on January 28,2016

 

BlackBerry will launch its first Android-powered smartphone ‘Priv’ in India on January 28,2016

 

 First unveiled in October, Priv marks the BlackBerry’s foray into Android-based smartphones

 

BlackBerry’s shift to Android is being seen a move aimed at helping the ailing company to return to popularity. Once an iconic business phone, BlackBerry has lost out to Google's Android and Apple’s iOS-based smartphones.

 

Blackberry Priv was priced at $699 in the US (about Rs 47,000) and could be priced around the same in India when launched.

The phone comes with a 5.4-inch display and is powered by a 1.8 GHz hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 3GB RAM and 32GB of internal memory (expandable by up to 2TB). The single SIM 4G phone runs Android Lollipop OS and sports 18MP rear and 2MP front camera with 3,410 mAh battery.