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First IRL photos of Blackberry "Venice" leaked. The sliderphone comeback.

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At this point BB's Venice, its first Android phone has been striped of all confidentiality. From specs ,concept renders ,videos, and that the device possesses a hardware keyboard has been leaked. The next logical step remaining, photos of the device itself, and here it is in all its glory with high resolution photos! (high enough to be a bit pixelated, doesn't help that they are .jpg, they look better in the source article)
 


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Important to note is that the leaker says this is a prototype device and that the hardware shown isn't completely final, but is very close to being complete. To reiterate from previous leaks and rumors, the phone specs included a Snapdragon 808 SoC, 3GB RAM and a 18MP sensor with two tone flash looking at the photos.
 
Leaks point that "Venice" should have a general availability for release on November in the US for the big 4 carriers, other details like pricing and international availability haven't been leaked, yet.
 
Source: The Verge

 

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I would seriously pay top dollar for this phone, despite how versatile a touch screen is, you simple can't type more 10 words on a touchscreen and not get annoyed doing it, that keyboard and Android has to be the saving grace of BB. While it would be better to have more competition on the software side of mobile with BB OS, you can't compete with the juggernaut Android has become, not even emulating Android apps were enough for BB to comeback, hell even MS that has been in the game longer that Android itself (Windows mobile is almost as old as XP) is starting to try and use Android itself to lure people and developers to its platform, if that isn't proof how dominant Android has become i don't know what else could be.

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fuck what everybody says. it looks fucking sexy.

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Why would you need a keypad with a touchscreen?

Try to type more that 10 words on a screen and not get frustrated, that's why.

 

Edit: also if you look at the keyboard, it doesn't have any navigation keys at all, its really there just to type text with it.

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That shits fucking sexy as fuck omfg.

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Why would you need a keypad with a touchscreen?

 

Some people like the feel of a mechanical input, plus it leaves more room on the screen.

 

This phone is gloriously ugly tbh

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Looks good, but I would use a  touchscreen keyboard. #touchpalLyfe

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It's funny how in a day and age where keypads on phones are more relevant then ever, almost no flagship phones actually have them.

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Why would you need a keypad with a touchscreen?

for typing 

games too maybe 

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Give it a Dvorak key layout and I'm interested.

 

Edit: Not for everyone, just have Dvorak and other layouts as a customization option when you purchase.

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If it slid in the other way, I would have picked it up in a heartbeat. I guess I'll wait then for someone to do this.

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I don't even have words for this:

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I f**king want, I want so bad.

 

sorry to not quote all who said this, but whatever..

 

I've missed the keypad since I went to a smartphone.

 

Physical tactile response > force feedback

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THIS. IS MY NEXT PHONE. Is the battery removable though? ohmy.png
 

Why would you need a keypad with a touchscreen?

 
I would. And so would so many business people right now still using a BlackBerry. It's slide out anyway so no big deal.
 

sorry to not quote all who said this, but whatever..

I've missed the keypad since I went to a smartphone.

Physical tactile response > force feedback


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THIS. IS MY NEXT PHONE. Is the battery removable though? :o

 

 

I would. And so would so many business people right now still using a BlackBerry. It's slide out anyway so no big deal.

No one knows, but i would lean towards a sealed one looking at the photos, TBH with how common external batteries have become that feature stopped being a deal breaker for me, what would really kill it is a sub 3000mha battery, that would be a real deal breaker IMO.

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I Like this device, looks to be amoled which is nice. Clean android skin, that keyboard... don't really care but the device itself looks very solid.

If they focused on security that would be a selling point.

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for typing 

games too maybe 

Typing of the death on a phone, that would be sweet with this phone.

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If they focused on security that would be a huge deal breaker.

Why? that's literally the only thing BB still has, besides mobile keyboards.

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I cant lie I REALLY want this.

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 I WOULD SLIDE THAT GIRL BACK AND FORTH UNTIL THE HINGE BREAKS

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Why? that's literally the only thing BB still has, besides mobile keyboards.

well I worded that wrong. I meant selling point xD

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By the looks of it, seems to be a mono speaker. *sigh* The amazing stereo speakers on the Z30 were one of my favorite features about it.

 

 

Why would you need a keypad with a touchscreen?

for typing 

games too maybe 

 

I used to do a lot of GBA emulation on my MyTouch 4G Slide using the keyboard and it was actually great fun :)

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