BlackBerry Priv support ends
BlackBerry has announced that it's dropping Priv from the list of Android devices currently enjoying support for monthly security updates from the company. The phone was launched back in November 2015, so the step is inline with the company's two-year support policy.
However, the company stressed that it will continue to fulfill all warranty obligations for the handset. Plus, in case a critical security vulnerability gets exposed, Priv users can expect a fix for the problem from the company.
"Should a critical vulnerability be exposed we will engage our partners as needed to develop and deliver necessary patches," the company said in a blog post.
BlackBerry also revealed that they'll will soon be introducing a trade-up program for current BlackBerry Priv users as well as those with BB10 and BBOS devices. The program will offer users discounts and incentives to upgrade their device to a new Keyone or Motion.
This brings us to another related news, where-in the Canadian company confirmed they'll continue supporting BB10 and BBOS devices for at least two more years. While that's definitely good, there's some bad news as well. The company said they "will be closing some ancillary services such as the BlackBerry World app store (12/31/2019), the BlackBerry Travel site (February 2018), and the Playbook video calling service (March 2018)" for current device owners.
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- AnonD-696124
- ix9
You may be right, last year was a wonderfull year too with the release of the oneplus 3/3T and many other flagships with the SD820. But i think the 835 is the sweet spot. There are more flagships this year than ever before. The release of the Raz...
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- 7j}
I thought last year was the best year for flagships. I have an OP3T myself. Last year we finally had a huge jump in performance, efficiency and thermal distribution. This year was more of an incremental update as noted by Qualcomm using the same chip...
- Red1892
- i85
Blackberry foolishly went up against Samsung and Apple in the Touch Screen arena and bet the family jewels after the ship had already sailed. The launch of the Q10 and Z10 was the beginning of the end in my eyes and they've never recovered from that....
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