The BlackBerry Priv has been something of a secret phone (thanks to the underwhelming announcement made by the company CEO), but it seems to be an experiment of sorts for BlackBerry, whose falling profits would motivate the company to do almost anything to have a phone that brings quick sales. Many believe that the company\u2019s use of Android on any of its smartphones testifies to BlackBerry\u2019s falling fortunes and its desperation to sell whatever it can \u2013 even if it must sacrifice a piece of itself and its OS to \u201cget the job done\u201d and brings smiles back to investors\u2019 faces.<\/p>\n
Well, we\u2019ve known for some time that the BlackBerry Priv would be released on all four carriers, and we heard this news courtesy of retired leakster and Twitter member @Evleaks. Now, however, we knew that Canada would sell the Priv, but we had no specific timeframe for the Priv to start selling in the US. And, we hadn\u2019t yet seen the Priv appear on any carrier, despite @Evleaks\u2019s claim that all four major US carriers (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile) would carry the device.<\/p>\n
Well, we now have confirmation for at least one carrier: Verizon. A BlackBerry Priv has been spotted running on Verizon\u2019s network, with a notification that says \u201cEnhanced Verizon Store Visits.\u201d Now, this can only mean that the person in question decided to activate Verizon apps and came upon an app that tracks your smartphone when you\u2019re in a local Verizon retail store of some kind. At this point, though, it does confirm that Verizon will sell the device, since a device that isn\u2019t Verizon-compatible wouldn\u2019t have an \u201cenhanced store visits\u201d notification.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s said that Verizon\u2019s Enhanced Store Visits app will bring you items that you can purchase within the store to your smartphone, such as a phone case, for example, after you\u2019ve purchased a new smartphone.<\/p>\n
Verizon will get the BlackBerry Priv, but at this point, we don\u2019t know when. We do know that BlackBerry will ship the Priv from its own stores online on November 6th, however, meaning that the device could show up at the doorstep of US carriers any day now.<\/p>\n
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