Blackberry Passport Announcement Thread 24/09/14

[Anonymous]

Good Afternoon!

With less that 30 minutes until the launch of the BlackBerry Passport I decided to setup this announcement thread as I'm not expecting an official thread from O2!

Please leave your constructive thoughts here to try and keep this launch info and members thoughts all in one thread. (If possible )

Please try to remain On Topic.

You can follow the launch in the BlackBerry Live Stream here: http://live.blackberry.events/

[Anonymous]

I agree with you, chances are if I want the passport I will have to payoff the last of my O2 contract and go else where.

[Anonymous]

BlackBerry Passport Summary

4.5" square screen

1440x1440 display

Gorilla Glass 3 enforced

30% wider than an average 5" all-touch device

Displays 60 characters across - others only manage 40 characters

2.2GHz Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdrafon 801 processor customised for BlackBerry

Adreno 330 GPU 450MHz

3Gb of RAM

32Gb of flash memory 

Up to 128Mb microSD card can be added

nanoSIM

3.5mm headphone jack

3450 mAh battery - 23 hours talk time, 18.5 days Standby

Weights 196 grams

2.4GHz 802.11 b/g/n and 5Ghz a/n + AC Wifi

Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy

NFC to support mobile payments AND file exchange

Wi-Fi Direct

Miracast

DLNA

Assisted, autonomous and simultaneous GPS

USB On-The-Go

Slimport for USB and microHDMI out

Active Leak Compensation  - adjusts the call volume based on how close your hold the device to your ear.

BlackBerry Natural Sound - dynamically adapts the sound based on your surroundings

Full QWERTY touch-enabled keyboard

Display includes "virtual keys" depending on what your doing

Touch-enabled means gestures can be used to navigate the BlackBerry 10 operating system, webpages, etc

Rear camera: 13.0Megapixel,  1080p 60fps video, optical image stabilisation, LED flash, 5-element f2.0 lens

Front camera: 2.0Megapixel, 720p video

Passport photo sample / iPhone 6 photo sample

Time Shift has been improved

Video editing available

Story Maker

Soft-touch finish on rear of black Passport

Porcelain finish on rear of white Passport

Active Leak Compensation - 'A microphone in the earpiece of the phone – part of the phone’s unique quad-microphone array – measures the sound pressure in your ear and adjusts the volume accordingly for consistent sound quality'

Amazon Appstore now available on BBOS 10.3 - Zoom In / Zoom Out to improve compatibility of Android apps

"Its cool to be square"

[Anonymous]

The BlackBerry Passport is available already in the ShopBlackBerry store for £529 SIM-free

http://store.shopblackberry.com/store/bbrryeu/en_GB/pd/productID.308082600/categoryID.67157000

[aldaweb]

So are you definitely getting one @Anonymous  ?

[aldaweb]

Clove is listing it at £485, have to see what others are selling it at.

[Anonymous]

I need to see one in the flesh and get a feel for the keyboard but in all likely hood this is the only natural upgrade option available from the Z10 until early next year at the earliest!

[Toby]

Great round-up PapaDug!
I'm tempted to add this to the 'Other Devices' section and float it, as its really helpful to BB users. What do you reckon? Happy either way.

[aldaweb]

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@Toby wrote:
Great round-up PapaDug!
I'm tempted to add this to the 'Other Devices' section and float it, as its really helpful to BB users. What do you reckon? Happy either way.

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Good idea @Toby 

[jonsie]

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@Toby wrote:
Great round-up PapaDug!
I'm tempted to add this to the 'Other Devices' section and float it, as its really helpful to BB users. What do you reckon? Happy either way.

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Let's hope O2 decide to start stocking Blackberry releases again...

[Anonymous]

Feel free to move the topic Toby if you feel it is better placed elsewhere?

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@jonsie wrote:

Let's hope O2 decide to start stocking Blackberry releases again...

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Yup...let's hope so!