The chipset in question has been used in premium Samsung devices and has also been used by Chinese OEM Meizu in its Pro 5 smartphone. But for its future Android offerings, the Canadian firm may be planning to diversify its suppliers.
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Starting with the Passport, BlackBerry will give customers a $100 discount on the boxy smartphone, effectively lowering the price tag from $500 to $400.
Sadly, the handset has been detailed to be running Android Lollipop 5.1.1, which is extremely disappointing.
BlackBerry Priv is the Canadian company’s latest high-end smartphone, which ships with Android as its operating system out of the box. Until there is a confirmation from BlackBerry, we urge our readers to take this with a grain of salt. The handset in the test sports a 5.1-inch QHD touchscreen has 32GB of storage, 3GB of RAM, a 5 MP selfie snapper and a 16 MP rear camera. However, now, a new BlackBerry handset running the Exynos 7420 SoC has emerged.
On the other hand, there’s also the possibility that BlackBerry really is testing a prototype with the Samsung chip best known for being inside the S6 series. The screen’s resolution is 1140 by 2560 pixels (541ppi).
If the configuration above seems oddly familiar to Android owners, you are right.
The news came from htxt.africa, which reported that Nader Henein, the person in charge of advanced security solution in Blackberry Advisory’s Division, hinted that Priv may not be the last phone from the company.
However, it would be extremely beneficial for BlackBerry to incorporate an efficient chipset inside the housing of its next smartphone as equally as it would be for Samsung to gain another client.
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This can be achieved easily by someone who simply edits the build.prop file, causing the entry to look like a legitimate BlackBerry smartphone.
