Blackberry Priv launched in India at a whopping price of Rs. 62,990

Blackberry India today launched its first Android smartphone, the Blackberry Priv priced at Rs. 62,990.

Apart from ridiculous pricing, the BlackBerry Priv doesn't offer much difference in terms of user experience. Although the design is pretty unique especially with that slide out physical keyboard.

Coming to specs, the BlackBerry Priv packs most of what you'd find on any 2015 flagship. A 5.4-inch quad-HD AMOLED display, Snapdragon 810 octa-core processor with 3GB RAM, 32GB expandable storage.

There's an 18MP rear camera here capable of recording 4K videos and a 5MP front-snapper. Coming back to software the Blackberry Priv runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop with some Blackberry services built in which make the experience even clunkier.

At a time when Samsung's KNOX suite is building a name for itself as a secure layer over Android and Apple's closed ecosystem with iOS, Blackberry's Android smartphone isn't expected to find many takers. Given the exorbitant pricing, there are very slim chances of an interest i. The Blackberry Priv apart from the nostalgia element to it.