Verizon BlackBerry Priv could be available to pre-order this week

Himanshu, 01 March, 2016

Looks like Verizon will begin taking pre-orders for the BlackBerry Priv this week. Replying to a user query on Twitter, Jeffrey Nelson - who is the VP of Communications for Verizon's consumer and enterprise businesses - effectively confirmed that pre-orders will go live on March 3.

@tvnzs @BlackBerry @VerizonNews fingers crossed!
— Jeffrey Nelson (@JNels) February 29, 2016

This comes less than a couple of months after Nelson revealed that Verizon will start carrying the Android-powered handset "by the end of March (if not sooner)." The Verizon variant was certified by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in December.

Reports say the carrier will start selling the device on March 11, which is the same day when Samsung's newest flagships - the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge - will be released worldwide.

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Reader comments

Carlos
02 Mar 2016
M@{

Availability of phones at operators and with good prices is an important affecting the sale.

Anonymous
02 Mar 2016
QwI

Too damn late

Anonymous
01 Mar 2016
xEc

So they could add more bloatware and carrier logo everywhere. That's what Verizon does, they spent all their time on stupid stuff like this rather than moving their network out of the CDMA stone age and into something that's widely accepted...like G...