BLACKBERRY PASSPORT

 

Description

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 4.8 oz (136 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

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:
  • September 2014