Yes BlackBerry Priv slider smartphone that runs on Google's Android OS can be pre-ordered by those living in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada starting today. The handset is priced at $700 in the United States, $900 CND in Canada and £559 in the UK. As you can see, pricing for the Priv varies according to where it is sold.

If we should go by the US' pricing, the BB Priv would cost as much as N139,000 in Nigeria. Yeah the handset is more expensive than the iPhone 6S or even the Galaxy S6 Edge. This goes to show that BlackBerry is targeting enterprise users who wants security and wants to do more than only business on their phone.

Can they sell 5 million of the Priv before 2016 runs out?

Credit: http://www.wearobo.com/2015/10/price-of-blackberry-priv-android.html

In as much as I like black berry phones, this price is too much. .....FTC again but I swear am not jobless if you doubt it ask ifa i dedicate this today's FTC again to my beloved mum n siblings. ..you all are the best thing that has ever happened to me... with my lekan not left out

That price tag will scare a lot of BB loyalists, trust me.

That's funny, my taught though.

when It comes to bb u guys always complain about the price....Apple too overly priced its products and everybody keeps their mouths shut and just pays.

Bb been dead why not let this ghost rest in peace?

acenazt:
Bb been dead why not let this ghost rest in peace?

blackberry is not dead....It privé hou Apple sheerleaders wrong. just wait.

Techoftoday:
blackberry is not dead....It privé hou Apple sheerleaders wrong. just wait.

i want to believe that. But for now am sticking to my Sony Xperia

BB priv will be the best Android handset ever.

139000 for a BB phone? No way!

acenazt:
i want to believe that. But for now am sticking to my Sony Xperia

Do you know the irony of your comment? BB as a brand would probably outlast that of Sony's Xperia mobile division, going by the huge loss the later suffers every year.

wearobo:
That price tag will scare a lot of BB loyalists, trust me.

Priv (short for private) is an high-end blackberry device that combines the famed Blackberry security with an open source OS in the mold of Google's Android one, and was designed to target the RICH consumers, the creme de la creme of the society. This device is not for everyone, only for those that can afford it.

Blackberry are finally nailing their destiny down. I bet if this is true, then this may be the last phone BB will ever produced.

139000 for a bb phone and the op said it more expensive than iphone6s? Which kind weed this op on? Even 6s edge is more than 170k

Someone should remind me when the price dropped to #40k while thanking you in advance.

imsuboi:
All these broke _ass tecno fan boys would soon come here to bad mouth this machine.

Word of advice: Buy the one you can afford. Don't go broke trying to look rich. That's hustling backwards

and which phone are u using
Tell me it's iphone 6s or BB passport. maybe Samsung S6 edge

person no go rest again since 'someone' don buy UK used BB bold 5 (7,000)


mtcheew!

Uhm ok, jus lemme knw wen its arrives in Naija, wan' get some for my fellow nairalanders




d poster below me tho, dont mind her she is on some cheap weed

i wont buy it..... Seriously BB phones dont have a lasting battery life.

Nice to see blackberry fighting back. Just hope the phone is worth the hype.

iPhone 6 = 140k..samsung note 4 =85k...priv=135k


Total= 360k worth of phones.....no thanks




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Shuo, the phone na voltron?

Cool

That amount will get u a half plot of land in Ikorodu

nhot badt

It is affordable.
Good quality is not cheap commodity.

So churches have up to this savings and wealth in millions of dollars while most of the members live in abject poverty, they should preach to themselves before preaching others! Yes charity begins at home.
Why Nigerians are so heartless, ungodly and so insensitive to the plight of the masses, if not why would a church need a mansion or a private jet before it can preach the gospel of god, are they worshipping money or the lord? A question needs to be answered here. Why the money won’t be invested into the lives of fellow Nigerians
Did they forget the proverb that says that an idle man is a devils workshop or “a hungry man is an angry man, if they really want to change people they should start by changing their living condition.
Most causes of sin in our society are poverty, jobles
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Coming in up with a good cosmetic design with high price tag is one thing, equipping the device with chips and functionalities that is worth the price while at the same time satisfying the consumer is entirely another thing. I wonder why the OP didn't bother giving a detail of the specs of the phone; processor, RAM, camera strenghten, and very importantly everyone knows how disappointing BB has been when it comes to battery.
Well like their previous models, in less than 3months you would see a sharp and continuous decline in price when the short falls of the phone would come to limelight.

BlackBerry. The holy grail of smart phones. Been using different BBs since ages ago with no regret. It reminds of a sweet black girl with rich endowments

Crap phone