If $699 is a hefty price tag for the BlackBerry Priv and if you can wait for another 2 months. The good news is that CEO John Chen mentioned some time last week that the BlackBerry Priv will be receiving a price cut this Feb 2016.
John Chen commented on the price cut after responding to a question posed by RBC Capital Markets analyst Paul Treiber. The price cut is supposedly to be announced some time during the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona that will happen from February 22nd to February 25th.