BlackBerry Android Smartphones 2016: Unknown Device Spotted in Benchmark With Samsung Exynos 7420 SoC
The BlackBerry Priv is the company's first smartphone running on Android. It released earlier this month towing a 5.4-inch AMOLED display and powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 808 SoC. However, it seems like the Canadian mobile maker is expanding its chipset suppliers for future Android-based handsets.
SamMobile recently discovered a BlackBerry smartphone running on Android 5.1.1 and donning Samsung's Exynos 7420 SoC on the GFXBench database.
According to the benchmark listing, the unnamed Blackberry device sports a 5.1-inch screen with a 1440 x 2560 Quad HD display. Samsung's prized chipset is on board, containing an eight-core CPU clocked at 2.1GHz and the Mali-T760 MP8 GPU. There's 3GB of RAM along with 32GB of internal memory. However, support for hard disk expansion via micro-SD wasn't mentioned.
The handset is equipped with a 16-megapixel back camera capable of taking 1920 x 1080 Full-HD photos and videos. Not only that, it also has LED-flash, face detection, autofocus and touch focus. Even though the front-facing unit is only listed at five megapixels, it can still capture images with the same high-quality resolution as the rear-facing unit.
It should be noted that the aforementioned specs might seem surprisingly familiar. That's because those are the same specs featured on the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. Bearing in mind that it's easy to play games with benchmark results, this recent discovery should be taken with a wee bit of salt.
The sequel to the Priv could very well be the handset that bears the codename "Vienna."
According to Phone Arena, the smartphone appears to be a lower-ended version of the Priv complete with a physical QWERTY keyboard and three physical capacitive Android buttons. Sadly, there's still no word regarding when BlackBerry will officially announce the "Vienna."
As for the unnamed BlackBerry handset, if reports about it turn out to be accurate, it would join the Meizu Pro 5 as the only non-Samsung smartphones to be powered by the Exynos 7420 SoC.
Mobipicker noted that release date of the Meizu Pro 5 was actually a week behind schedule. The delay was largely due to the handset's defective NFC back cover, which was eventually fixed.
The Chinese manufacturer quickly announced that it would recompense customers, who have already pre-ordered the handset. Each one received free accident insurance for the device worth $31. Those who purchased the 32GB version got a free $20 headset. Meanwhile, those who went with the 64GB version were given the same headset plus Flyme coupons.
Overall, Meizu dispensed $1.5 million as compensation for the setback.
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