BlackBerry Priv Verizon variant stops by FCC

Himanshu, 24 December, 2015

Less than a couple of months after Verizon confirmed that it will start carrying the BlackBerry Priv "soon," the carrier variant of the device has been spotted at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

As you might already know, the Priv is currently an AT&T exclusive in the US. However, in a recent earnings call, CEO John Chen had said that the Android smartphone will be more widely available in the country once the 60-day exclusivity agreement with AT&T ends.

Back in October this year, a random BlackBerry Priv unit (shown above) running on Verizon's network was spotted online, although at that time there was no information on if and when a Verizon variant will be available.

There's still no information on when the Verizon Priv will be launched. However, given that the handset has been spotted at the FCC with short-term confidentiality release date as January 20, we can expect the launch to happen sooner than later.

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Reader comments

MOH
22 Jan 2016
rg2

Have both AT&T (Blackberry Z10, now Samsung S6) and Verizon (blackberry Z30) I lkose more calls on AT&T and maybe a call here or there on Verizon.I have used the Z30 in India, Greece, Italy, Caribbean, Mexico Australia on the Verizon network ...

Dymer
25 Dec 2015
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No Androids on BB please,or be democratic and do both,create the phone model and make some wih Android and some with BB10 OS,cause you already lost one fan of BB,but I sure after you did Android on BB not only one fan...

blackberry
24 Dec 2015
4Zk

I would like to get a blackberry, but Verizon, could not even get connected with my apple IPHONE- drop calls- disconnect- out of service- blackberry stick with ATT= Verizon Wireless- would be a lost- I had to cancel my service- and had to pay 3...