Blackberry Passport

In the world of rectangular wide screen smartphones , a square phone might seem out of place and a bit odd considering that strange form factors died out years ago , but apparently Blackberry , a company who still holds on to traditional values like the QWERTY keyboard decided to bring back a square smartphone that looks strange and ultra powerful at the same time . Say hello to the new Blackberry Passport , this is Blackberry's latest "flagship" smartphone as it is the most powerful blackberry in production to date , the phone , which has a rather odd 4.5" display has a resolution of 1440x1440 and it has a keyboard that is touch sensitive so you can use it along side the touch screen on the phone in a fashion similar to that of a trackpad . The rest of the phone is quite impressive as well and with 3GB of RAM , a Snapdragon 801 chip , the new Blackberry Passport is also "top of the range" .The phone supports "Android apps" that can emulate itself onto the odd display size , the new Blackberry OS 10.3 has a built in Blackberry assistant , which works with natural voice recognition . The phone will be sold mostly via retailers as a unlocked device , but customers on major carriers can expect the device to start off at $249 with TELUS Canada taking the initiative . Read the rest of the specs below .

Display -4.5" 1440x1440 IPS display , 453ppi ,Gorilla glass 3 protection

OS - Blackberry OS10.3 + support for Android apps

Design -QWERTY smartphone , non -removable back 128 x 90.3x 9.8 mm ,194g

Connectivity - Nano sim , QuadBand GSM , Quad Band LTE .Cat 4 LTE speed support Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Bluetooth 4.0 LE , GPS + Glonass,NFC , DLNA ,WIFI Direct , WIFI hotspot

Processor - 2.26 Ghz QuadCore Snapdragon 800 SOC MSM8974AA

GPU - Adreno 330

Ram - 3GB

Storage - 32GB onboard storage + MicroSD card expansion upto 64GB

Camera(s) - 13 MP with 1080p recording at 60 fps ,Optical image stabilization ,LED Flash
2 MP front facing camera ,720p

Battery - 3450 mAh Li-ion non removable

Other - 36 hour battery life

Price - $500 for a limited time at Blackberry's online store , $660 MRP , Will be available in Europe , U.S and selected Asian and Middle Eastern countries (30 countries) .Contract price - $250 in Canada

Written by Rakitha for MasHD

Source - GSMArena

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