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I'm certainly late to the party, but i think i have the last blackberry device I'll ever own in my pocket. The hardware itself is excellent, I own a priv, and
by Cuuugi 9y ago
I'm certainly late to the party, but i think i have the last blackberry device I'll ever own in my pocket.
The hardware itself is excellent, I own a priv, and it's literally been driven over.
They have since outsourced their best feature, IMO (now using Chinese manufacturing).
They claim to have the most secure devices on the market, but i haven't had an Android update since February.
Perhaps most egregiously, they shared their BIS private key with the RCMP.
So, they don't care about security, privacy, and now build quality.
I'll buy something else.
- dddw 9y agoodd, since there have been plenty of updates.
- ToniCipriani 9y agoI don't know what build quality you were talking about, they weren't exactly known for that. I guess you forgot about dying trackballs, double-typing keyboards and lifting screens.
- maxsilver 9y agoIf your talking about the Priv, then : Updates: It still gets consistent security updates, as recently as last month. Build Quality: They already outsourced this a while ago, while maintaining high build quality. (The Priv was designed, but not assembled, by BlackBerry. This KeyOne is also designed, but not manufactured, by BlackBerry). Chinese manufacturing isn't inherently bad -- MacBooks and iPhones get made in China too. I understand and agree with your concern about the BIS private key, but in terms of execution, BlackBerry really has done as good job with these recent phones.
- Cuuugi 9y agoUpdates: I don't know what to tell you. I am running patch version February 5 2017 (While being fully updated). The Priv was the last device to be assembled by Blackberry. The first device to not be assembled by blackberry was the next phone (DTek50)
- metaphor 9y ago>> ...i haven't had an Android update since February. To be sure, I'm a Priv user and the Android security patch level on my phone is April 1, 2017.