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News; BlackBerry Classic and BlackBerry Passport phones being released soon!

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During todays BlackBerry Q1 Earnings Call, the Blackberry CEO, John Chen, announced that the long awaitied BlackBerry "Windermere" is to be released in September sporting BBOS10.3.1 and with a new name: BlackBerry Passport.

 

Looking at the device it is a very wide phone and to be honest looks a tad "different". However with the rumoured spec of the device and the addition of the features in BBOS10.3.1  it should be a success. It will also be able to have 8 Active Frames open and placed in the style of Windows Phone 8.

 

* Big 4.5" 1440x1440 display

* 13MP rear camera

* 2MP front camera

* 3450mAH non-removable battery

* 3Gb RAM

* Quad-core Snapdragon MSM8974 processor

 

First_Look.jpg

 

In addition to this, it was confirmed that the BlackBerry Classic is still on track for a November release date. This takes the classic "Bold" form-factor with physical keyboard and trackpad and adds BBOS10.3.1 to what is the replacement for the Q10. No word on actual specs yet though.

 

Source: http://crackberry.com/blackberry-windermere-be-called-blackberry-passport 

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aldaweb
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I saw that on Crackberry and thought the passport looks a bit cumbersome Astounded

@AnonymousDo you thing you'd get one?

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Its, lets shall we say "different". Looking at it head on its bizarre but seeing the pictures in peoples hands then it changes context and seems to be quite a functional device. Its a bit of a retro look if you remember the old Palm Pilots. In certain mareket areas, those were very popular. Medicine for instance which BB now have a focus on  but definitely not one for the masses. 

 

As for the Classic, thats the phone they should have launched with for BB10!

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@sheepdog wrote:

 

As for the Classic, thats the phone they should have launched with for BB10!


I think you're right there, they could have brought more 9900 users over with that phone, though I do still like my Z10 Smiley Very Happy

 

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Just took the time to check out the pics in this article on a BlackBerry Passport that has been spotted "in the wild"...and I still really don't know if I like it! It just looks...strange!

 

I guess I'll need to see what its like once I've got it in my hand. ("thats what she said")

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I like how those photos have been taken with a potato camera!

 

Some far better (and clearer) pictures of the Classic along with some more information about it can be found here:

 

http://crackberry.com/blackberry-classic-caught-posing-camera

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Looks like there will also be a Porsche Design/BlackBerry P9983 launch event held in London next week in Harrods

 

http://crackberry.com/porsche-design-blackberry-p9983-london-event 

 

So if anyone has a few thousand pounds spare and want a butt ugly phone, you know where to head next week! tongue

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I do like the "Classic" look, I must admit.....
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The Z3 is lovely. The Passport is smaller than I thought too (which I prefer).
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