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If cats always land on their feet, and toast always lands butter side down, what would happen if you strapped burnt toast to the back of a cat and dropped it?
We just published our review of the BlackBerry Priv (tl;dr, it’s pretty great!), but one thing we omitted was mention of wireless charging. That’s because our review unit, the same model sold by Canadian carriers like Rogers, Bell and Telus, doesn’t include wireless charging.
But you’ve heard that the Priv does in fact support wireless charging. So who’s wrong?
The answer lies in how BlackBerry is selling the Priv in Canada. As with most of its phones, there are two distribution channels, the carriers and its own Ecommerce portal, ShopBlackBerry.com.
The model sold through the carriers is STV100-3, which is the device you saw detailed in my review. The model sold unlocked through ShopBlackBerry is the STV100-1, which is identical save for one thing: the addition of wireless charging.
According to the company’s listing on its US ShopBlackBerry page, model STV100-1, the Priv lists “Dual mode Wireless Charging capable for Powermat (PMA) and Qi” under the Power Adapter category. On the Canadian ShopBlackBerry listing, that same model number omits any mention of wireless charging, though it does mention it is compatible with Quick Charge 2.0, Qualcomm’s Fast Charge solution for smartphones.
So what gives? We reached out to BlackBerry for clarification, and received this response:
“Only devices purchased via ShopBlackBerry in the USA will support wireless charging. They are both STV 100-1 models — however, wireless charging support is only specific to devices purchased via the USA ShopBlackBerry site.”
We pressed the company to justify the removal of wireless charging from its Canadian model, and a BlackBerry representative who didn’t want to be named mentioned that cost “was a major factor.” With the exchange rate as it is, BlackBerry felt it would rather remove a feature than risk being forced to raise the price above what is already an expensive $899 CAD.
So there you have it. If you want a BlackBerry Priv with wireless charging, befriend an American and get him or her to order it. With the wireless bands being the same, the US-sold STV100-1 will work on any Canadian LTE network.
TL-DR
No wireless charging for ALL Canadian Devices.
I don't think that article is correct, STV100-1 is listed as the model that has wireless charging , there no indications of sub variants of the device.
Also a tweet from MichaelClewley (blackberry employee) says ALL STV100-1 HAS wireless charging.
With that said , i know 2 people that gotten their devices already from the Canadian SBB but do not have a wireless charger to test it on , will confirm with you tomorrow as one of them is getting it in the mail.
"All PRIV devices purchased from ShopBlackBerry support wireless charging, regardless of whether they’re purchased from Canada or the U.S. (the STV100-1 variant). The site will be updated shortly with this information.”
When I initially read this article, I questioned the validity of it and thought they were writing the article based on here say and rumours due to the lack of info on BB's Canadian site.
It didn't make sense to me that they would charge $100 premium to have a device unlocked.
Then they got a "BB rep" saying this - "cost “was a major factor.” With the exchange rate as it is, BlackBerry felt it would rather remove a feature than risk being forced to raise the price above what is already an expensive $899 CAD."
MobileSyrup has always been a good source of info for me, so I accepted it as truth.
Now it's up to BB to update the info on their page to clear any remaining confusion.
If cats always land on their feet, and toast always lands butter side down, what would happen if you strapped burnt toast to the back of a cat and dropped it?
I'm not one to purchase insurance/protection plans, I think it's a scam and I've never broken a phone before. But after giving some thought to it, I paid about a grand for the PRIV and it would totally suck to shell out another for a replacement device.
I stumbled upon this, and I didn't know that Blackberry offered a protection plan for their phones. Basically for the PRIV it's $5.25 CAD monthly and $129 CAD deductible for a replacement device if you dropped it, spilled liquid on it, or anything resulting in the screen being cracked.
I've come to a conclusion to these shopblackberry/digital river bullshit.
1. It you be in your hands within 14 days prior to your order date in compliance to the batch ranging from Nov 6, 9, 23, 30.
2. Once it shipped , should not take more than 2 business days to get to your location.
3. Shopblackberry/digital rivers is a joke.
4. I want my priv, anyday now.
Today is a good day. Sold my Passport and I was lucky enough to be able to secure a unit from Amazon.com the other day. Had it shipped across the border and didn't even have to pay taxes coming back. Unit costs just about the same as ShopBB with the exchange.
First impressions:
-Gorgeous screen- I could look at it all day
-Keyboard feels mushy and softer to touch, doesn't click like the Passport's. But after some time and use, it has a nice feel to it and is reminiscent of the Bold keyboards with 4 rows. It's not better or worse compared to the passport, just different. Though I feel there are lags with the double tap gestures and when highlighting text
-Oh and the click you hear and feel when the device slides up...
-With a Qualcomm quick charger, this thing charges FAST. I was at 11% when I first wrote this and it hasn't been 10 minutes it's already at 25%
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I wanna see how the Vienna will look and feel might pick one up just for shits and giggles...always loved blackberry I mean just brings me back to the days of my curve 8900 and bold 9900 haha miss a physical keyboard. About time blackberry picked up android OS and talents they added some of their bb10 stuff as well
Any examples of what the Priv's camera is capable of?
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I'm just wondering, does anyone know if I can pick up a Priv from Rogers (cuz my friend is due for an upgrade) and be able to unlock it and use it on Wind?
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I'm just wondering, does anyone know if I can pick up a Priv from Rogers (cuz my friend is due for an upgrade) and be able to unlock it and use it on Wind?
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