BlackBerry Passport

BlackBerry Passport

Rather than going with the rounded looks of previous efforts seen with recent BlackBerry smartphones such as the Q10, Q5, and Q20, the Passport flaunts a hard lined design that’s more right angled along the corners. Typical of a BlackBerry, the Passport employs a portrait style QWERTY keyboard. However, this time around, they’ve minimized the layout by shrinking the row of buttons to a mere 3 – as opposed to the 4 we’re normally accustomed to seeing. Additionally, numbers and punctuations aren’t available through the keyboard, but they’ve been turned into virtual keys that sit above the top row for quick access.

DESIGN

• Device type:
• Smart phone
• OS:
• BlackBerry
• Dimensions:
• 5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 inches (128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm)
• Weight:
• 6.86 oz (194 g)
  the average is 4.9 oz (139 g)

DISPLAY

• Physical size:
• 4.5 inches
• Resolution:
• 1440 x 1440 pixels
• Pixel density:
• 453 ppi
• Technology:
• LCD
• Colors:
• 16 777 216
• Touchscreen:
•  
• Multi-touch
• Features:
• Light sensor, Scratch-resistant glass

CAMERA

• Camera:
•  
• 13 megapixels
• Flash:
• LED
• Aperture size:
• F2.0
• Features:
• Back-illuminated sensor (BSI), Autofocus, Touch to focus, Optical image stabilization, Face detection, Burst mode, Digital zoom
• Camcorder:
•  
• 1920x1080 (1080p HD) (60 fps)
• Features:
• Optical image stabilization
• Front-facing camera:
•  
• 2 megapixels

HARDWARE

• System chip:
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 8974-AA
• Processor:
• Quad core, 2200 MHz, Krait 400
• Graphics processor:
•  
• Adreno 330
• System memory:
• 3072 MB RAM
• Built-in storage:
• 32 GB
• Storage expansion:
• microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC up to 64 GB

BATTERY

• Capacity:
• 3450 mAh
• Not user replaceable:
• Yes

MULTIMEDIA

• Music player:
• Filter by:
• Album, Artist, Playlists
• Speakers:
• Earpiece, Loudspeaker

TECHNOLOGY

• GSM:
• 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
• UMTS:
• 850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz
• FDD LTE:
• 700 (band 13), 700 (band 17), 800 (band 20), 850 (band 5), 900 (band 8), 1700/2100 (band 4), 1800 (band 3), 1900 (band 2), 2100 (band 1), 2600 (band 7) MHz
• Data:
• HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, EDGE, GPRS
• nano-SIM:
• Yes
• Positioning:
• GPS, A-GPS, S-GPS, Glonass

CONNECTIVITY

• Bluetooth:
•  
• 4.0
• Wi-Fi:
•  
• 802.11 a, b, g, n, n 5GHz, ac
• Mobile hotspot:
• Yes
• USB:
•  
• USB 2.0
• Connector:
• microUSB
• Other:
• NFC, DLNA, Miracast, Tethering, Computer sync

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OTHER FEATURES

• Notifications:
• Service lights, Music ringtones (MP3), Vibration, Phone profiles, Flight mode, Speakerphone
• Sensors:
•  
• Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass
•  
• Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

AVAILABILITY

• Scheduled release:
• 24 Sep 2014