BlackBerry boasts about the Passport's square screen

08 July, 2014
On its offical blog, BlackBerry goes over all of the benefits of the Passport's square screen.

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  • sqillas
  • niH
  • 18 Sep 2014

" single line in a book is 66 characters. Traditional, rectangular smartphones can only display 40 characters on a single line. The Passport by comparison can show 60 characters on a single line" Why not 66 characters c'mon Blackberry?!

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    • Nick
    • IB8
    • 11 Sep 2014

    PC, 09 Jul 2014Unstable OS? Are you kidding? I guess you haven't really us... moreBB10.2 update was a great upgrade to BB10. The 10.3 update will be revolutionary. BB10 is the most elegant OS to date. Absolutely nothing beats BB10 at this time.

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      • Sean
      • t7X
      • 13 Jul 2014

      I would buy this phone...It looks cool and unique...

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        • PC
        • q{F
        • 10 Jul 2014

        AnonD-209094, 10 Jul 2014Dafaq?? BlackBerry, privacy? Thats hilarious, BB is the mos... moreHow is BBM causing a violation of privacy? It's like saying having to have a phone number is a violation of privacy.

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          • AnonD-209094
          • vaN
          • 10 Jul 2014

          Dr Daaa, 09 Jul 2014Let's all just go baaah and continue carrying around the sa... moreDafaq?? BlackBerry, privacy? Thats hilarious, BB is the most privacy violating phonemaker ever, especially with BBM and also with PIN msgs, really horrible and disrespectful behavior towards their already few customers. If you want privacy i suggest iPhone or some Nokia models, or Android, sure Google loves to violate your privacy but the worst parts can easily be stopped or disabled.

          ON BB10 there is no option to stop it or disable or uninstall the privacy violating stuff, you cant even log out, imagine that! You are forcefully becoming an always online BBM user with no way out. You are really shafted with BB10, the ONLY way to stop it is to disable/delete your BB ID from the phone, which means your BB phone will not be even remotely fully functional, you cant install apps from BB World and so on, you cant even trace your lost pone without it (though losing a BB is not much of a loss anyway)

          BB gives you a choice between being shafted or screwed, you lose either way. Buying a Z10 was the most stupid purchase i ever made.

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            • AnonD-209094
            • vaN
            • 10 Jul 2014

            Zed, 09 Jul 2014heard 24hour format of time ?Are you that dense? It is 1337 aka LEET, and leet is something you definitely are not.

            "The term leet is also used as an adjective to describe formidable prowess or accomplishment, especially in the fields of online gaming and in its original usage – computer hacking."

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              • Rouxenator
              • frk
              • 10 Jul 2014

              I'd rather use the 21" Panasonic tablet with 4K screen

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                • Anonymous
                • bJb
                • 10 Jul 2014

                no longer one hand operation

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                  • Nxa
                  • SHg
                  • 10 Jul 2014

                  But does it fit in your shirt pocket? :P

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                    • genjichoi
                    • vcA
                    • 10 Jul 2014

                    reminds me with Lg Optimus Vu!

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 6vw
                      • 10 Jul 2014

                      This is brilliant! I want this unique BlackBerry smartphne for play also! It is like a phablet or a small laptop in your pocket. I love this! The Blackberry Classic also! 'BlackBerry10 the Very Fast and Most Secured Mobile OS yet!' If you want High Class Security, Choose BlackBerry!'

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                        • PC
                        • q{F
                        • 10 Jul 2014

                        Anonymous, 09 Jul 2014The real question for Blackberry is: how many of these are ... moreNot more than 1 million.

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                          • maximus
                          • 6XU
                          • 10 Jul 2014

                          BB passport must be 90-92mm wide atleast.

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                            • Shawn
                            • NT9
                            • 09 Jul 2014

                            ryboto, 09 Jul 2014Do people fit the Note 1/2/3 in their pockets? Then based o... moreThe Note 1/2/3 are not as wide as this phone, at least going by the reference shot.

                            Let us, for a moment, just pretend that the Note 1/2/3 are the same width as this. This phone is quite a bit shorter than the Note 1/2/3, so there is virtually no benefit of having a passport when the Note 1/2/3 is more convenient and overall a better phone because of this rectangular form-factor. It's like taking a Note and cutting the top of the screen off. How do we benefit from doing that at all?

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                              • Zed
                              • Sqj
                              • 09 Jul 2014

                              AnonD-188708, 09 Jul 2014notice the time on the s4..heard 24hour format of time ?

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                                • bomchicken
                                • QLy
                                • 09 Jul 2014

                                I dont know, I like it

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                                  • AnonD-188708
                                  • S4n
                                  • 09 Jul 2014

                                  notice the time on the s4..

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                                    • Dr Daaa
                                    • pwS
                                    • 09 Jul 2014

                                    Let's all just go baaah and continue carrying around the same "I willingly pay Google with my privacy devices" or the iSheep phones. Shame on BlackBerry for innovating while safeguarding people's privacy.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • inZ
                                      • 09 Jul 2014

                                      The real question for Blackberry is: how many of these are you planning/expecting to sell? I live in Indonesia, one of BB's last strongholds, but I really can't see the average BB junkies choosing this over the other more familiar form factors. Or ditch their old bit still functioning devices. People here buy BB to chat, not work with spreadsheets.

                                        Looks like a double door fridge...