BlackBerry Passport
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| Manufacturer | BlackBerry Limited |
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| Slogan | "Work Wide" |
| Compatible networks | GSM, UMTS (including HSPA+), LTE |
| First released | September 24, 2014 |
| Related | BlackBerry Classic |
| Type | QWERTY Smartphone |
| Form factor | Squared |
| Dimensions | 128 mm (5.0 in) H 90.3 mm (3.56 in) W 9.3 mm (0.37 in) D |
| Weight | 194 g (6.84 oz) |
| Operating system | BlackBerry 10.3 |
| System on chip | Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 |
| CPU | Krait 400, 2.2 GHz quad-core |
| GPU | Adreno 330 |
| Memory | 3 GB RAM |
| Storage | 32 GB internal storage |
| Removable storage | Up to 128 GB microSDXC |
| Battery | 3450 mAH non removable battery |
| Data inputs | Multi-touch touchscreen, physical keyboard with touchpad |
| Display | |
| Rear camera | 13 megapixels, 1080p video capture, autofocus, optical image stabilization |
| Front camera | 2 megapixels, 720p video capture |
| Connectivity | |
| Other |
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Gyroscope, Magnetometer, Proximity sensor |
| Website | Official website |
BlackBerry Passport is a smartphone developed by BlackBerry Limited. Officially released on October 24, 2014, the Passport is inspired by its namesake and incorporates features designed to make the device attractive to enterprise users, such as a unique square-shaped display measuring 4.5 inches diagonally, a compact physical keyboard with touchpad gestures, and the latest release of the company's BlackBerry 10 operating system.
Reception to the Passport was mixed; critics praised the quality of the device's design, screen, and keyboard for meeting the company's goals of creating a business-oriented device, along with an improved application selection through the integration of Amazon's Appstore for Android (taking advantage of the Android software support provided by BlackBerry 10) alongside BlackBerry's own store for native software. Criticism of the Passport was focused primarily on its irregular form factor, with its width being even wider than most phablet smartphones, making the device difficult to carry and use one-handed due to its increased width, while its keyboard was criticized for having made a subtle but perceptible layout change in comparison to past BlackBerry devices.
In January 2014, BlackBerry Limited's new CEO John Chen indicated that, following the unsuccessful launch of BlackBerry 10 and its accompanying, consumer-oriented touchscreen devices (such as the BlackBerry Z10), along with the company's major loss of market share to competing smartphones such as Android devices and the iPhone line, the company planned to shift its focus back towards the enterprise market as part of its restructuring plan, and primarily manufacture phones that feature physical keyboards. In June 2014, Chen publicly teased two of the company's upcoming models, the BlackBerry Passport—a smartphone with a square display, along with a successor to the Q10 known as the BlackBerry Classic, incorporating the array of navigation keys featured on past BlackBerry OS devices.
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