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user-inactivated  ·  3361 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Blackberry Venice

Video's not showing up for me either (and post link is pointing to itself like a text post). I'm on chrome on Android, if it matters.

I've been looking forward to this phone for a long time. I've been using Android for as long as I've been using smartphones, but I was really close to switching to a Q10 or Passport last time around. The keyboard scrolling mechanism on the Passport is awesome, I'm really glad that'll be on the Venice. The possibility of doing some actual writing and coding on a phone has me really excited.

One near-deal breaker for me will be if it doesn't have a removable battery, which I sort of doubt it will (Q10 and Passport didn't). I also wish it had USB-C, which I'm fairly certain it doesn't. My G3 will hopefully last me a couple more years, and I'm hoping standard GNU/Linux phones will be viable and available by the time I have to switch, but I'll be watching blackberry closely.