Blackberry Passport Review
Blackberry Passport Review
Screen
The phone has a 4.5-inch display. At over 3.5 inches wide, the phone is also wider than much larger phones.
Keyboard
The square screen takes up most of the phone, but there's a short three-row keyboard below the display. The space bar has gone into the third row between V and B, and a few other keys like shift and symbol are missing altogether. If you're a long-time BlackBerry user, the new layout can feel jarring and counter-intuitive at first, but the company is positioning the keyboard as one of the biggest selling points of the Passport.
You can flick up while writing a word to auto complete, flick down to reveal numbers and special characters, or swipe to the left to delete one word at a time.
BlackBerry also claims that its shape allows the phone to display 60 characters in a single row. Responsive design means that websites are quite easily read on other phones as well, including the BlackBerry Z10 which is this correspondent's primary phone. Our opinion may of course change when we have a chance to spend more time with the device.
The company also showed off some tweaks that the new BlackBerry OS 10.3 brings, including a dedicated home screen, and the Amazon Appstore pre-installed. There's also the BlackBerry Assistant, which can make appointments, read out your emails, search for contact details and more quite effectively.
Hardware
The build quality of the phone is extremely good. It felt solid but not heavy and the keyboard felt great. The screen is running at a resolution of 1440 X 1440 pixels (453 ppi), and there's a 13-megapixel camera that seemed to be pretty good. A 2.2 GHz quad core processor and 3 GB of RAM, along with 32 GB of storage.
The actual experience of using the phone was a little awkward thanks to its size. The BlackBerry World app store also remains pretty limited, although the Amazon Appstore also added in it. Not all Android apps are available on Amazon though, which could still end up being a deal-breaker for many.
- 4G LTE
- 2.2 GHz quad core processor
- 13 MP back and 2 MP front camera
- 4.5 inch screen with 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi)
- QWERTY keyboard
- 3 GB RAM, 32 GB ROM and micro SD card support
- Corning Gorilla Glass 3
- Blackberry 10.3 OS
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Blackberry Passport Review
Reviewed by Salman
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