BlackBerry Passport review: Ticket to ride

15 October 2014
Canadian manufacturer BlackBerry looks to bring its no-nonsense smartphone approach in a form factor that is…unusual, to say the least. It’s a company that's no stranger lately to being in the red for quarters on end and the Passport is yet another attempt by...

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  • 20 Oct 2014

Anonymous, 20 Oct 2014Either you are trolling or serious but passport is the last... moreLol kid. Well thanks I will take it as a compliment. Men play games to you know.
Well Here's hoping I can use it for the odd game as I've just spent £500.00 last night on amazon uk to get it.
All work and no play makes hard worker bored.
But the sound is important to me.
I love BB OS. One of best along with Lumia.

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    • 20 Oct 2014

    AnonD-70078, 19 Oct 2014How badly distorted are games on this. Was seriously thinki... moreLmao Games?? Grow up kid. This is a business phone. Not a toy!

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      • 20 Oct 2014

      AnonD-70078, 19 Oct 2014How badly distorted are games on this. Was seriously thinki... moreEither you are trolling or serious but passport is the last thing you want to buy for games.

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        • 19 Oct 2014

        How badly distorted are games on this. Was seriously thinking about getting one.

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          • 19 Oct 2014

          Miroslav, 18 Oct 2014Docs To Go, Kingsoft Office ... LOL, why do you hurt yours... moreMicrosoft Office also work on BlackBerry Passport..I just forgot to mention it..Google knows that android runtime within BlackBerry 10 is do a great jobs..At least better than dalvik interpreter

          99% android apps run smoothly on BlackBerry 10..Comparing apps availability on BlackBerry 10 with other platform isn't relevan anymore..If you have problem with Google Service, don't you remember about Lucky Patcher? Hehehe

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            • 19 Oct 2014

            BlackBerry it's crazy i love it <3

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              • 18 Oct 2014

              AnonD-311955, 17 Oct 2014If default Docs To Go not enough for you, just install King... moreDocs To Go, Kingsoft Office ...
              LOL, why do you hurt yourself with that bad and broken office software? The only one that truly works is Microsoft Office, available on WP an IOS. Those 2 OS are truly about productivity.
              And again, passsport is bad android emulator. Black bars, emulation problems everywhere destroy this phone. And native BB10 software developers are gone, noone write native BB10 software anymore.

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                • 18 Oct 2014

                AnonD-320962, 18 Oct 2014There is no way android or apple compares in productivity. ... moreI don't know about snapchat but blackberry has instagram

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                  • 18 Oct 2014

                  AnonD-320962, 18 Oct 2014There is no way android or apple compares in productivity. ... moreTrue! You nailed it with that comment!! Instant am has nothing to do with productivity!! It's just a waste of time application. I'm using a z30 and a G2. Damn I'm in love with my Z30. People don't understand the unique features that blackberry brings out invites the market

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                    • 18 Oct 2014

                    AnonD-320962, 18 Oct 2014There is no way android or apple compares in productivity. ... more200 million people are instagram user...
                    And that's more than Blackberry users + BBM users combined...

                    Can you draw, taking an important note while calling, doing hand writing and scrapbooking while using passport?

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                      • 18 Oct 2014

                      There is no way android or apple compares in productivity. When you see android commercials, all they advertise is entertainment in google play like movies and games. Even in amazon commercials, it's all about amazon prime so you can watch your favorite movies and listen to music. Apple is all like, check your health with our heart rate monitor and count how many calories you burn per day and send it to your health professionals. Is that really necessary? Because they don't care. They just want to sell you prescription drugs so they make more money....

                      Blackberry has everything you need. Besides snapchat and instagram but honestly who needs that?

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                        • 18 Oct 2014

                        real ting, 17 Oct 2014Very silly ad how often do you really use that pen. S-pen is one of the reasons someone buy the note 4. I just hate listening to bold claim by bb user that their smartphone is the best for productivity while it's not.

                        BB10 maybe of the smoothest os out there (z10 battery crap - dont even buy it) and the only worth mentioning is probably just the z30 and passport.

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                          • 18 Oct 2014

                          AnonD-114756, 17 Oct 2014I don't believe you're a true BB10 user...The Note 4 is in ... moreI dont believe youre a true note user too... U think u're talking to 5 year old? You only said about office.. While note is not just about office, note is like paper not just office (my $100 android have office in it).. But the note 4 is about Scrapbook, taking picture about your work and highlight which important or which one need revision, not to mention drawing and hand writing, saving note while you call.. How u can draw on passport? I DONT BELIEVE YOU'RE A NOTE USER!

                          Multi windows - this one is surely handy can passport do that? because i know other bb10 os phone cant do this...

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                            • 17 Oct 2014

                            real ting, 17 Oct 2014Very silly ad how often do you really use that pen. I am a Note 3 user and I can tell you that I really use the spen. I use it when for whatever reason I have wet hands or when I'm eating and I can't use both hands, I use it when I want to note something on a print screen, I use it for scrapbook (I want to open a bussiness right now and I'm looking for a place. I look on internet, I make my choses, I save all to the scarp book and then I go to visit every place in person because I want to choose the best place for my bussiness). And I don't have to tell you that recently I fall in love with the hand writing which is awsome on the Note 3. And I also use the pen when I'm browsing the web because I don't have to zoom for selecting something on the screen.

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                              • 17 Oct 2014

                              Anonymous, 17 Oct 2014Blackberry fan boys ---yeah... I'm a bb user too but not a ... moreVery silly ad how often do you really use that pen.

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                                • 17 Oct 2014

                                If default Docs To Go not enough for you, just install Kingsoft Office apk .. I can install and run it successfully .. Blackberry Passport is real productivity phone .. Since OS BB 10 is capable to load android apps, I think apps gaps is no such big issue anymore .. As become manager of IT company, I'm really happy Blackberry Passport user .. No regret to buy this phone .. Trust me

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                                  • 17 Oct 2014

                                  AnonD-114756, 17 Oct 2014I don't believe you're a true BB10 user...The Note 4 is in ... more"All tasks are a lot quicker to perform on the Passport than the Note 4".

                                  I wonder how fast is the Passport because I know that the Note 4 is superfast. I don't have any of these two devices (yet!!) but I have a Note 3 and I know that it is (almost) impossible to replace the productivity of the spen and combined with the removable batterry makes it an awsome device for bisiness . I can't wait to "meet" the Passport. I never used a BlackBerry device but this one definitely has my attention.

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                                    • 17 Oct 2014

                                    In the Review it is mentioned that there is no 4k Support for Image Shooting, Well with the coming 10.3.1 passport will support 4k resolution.

                                    Please make a note of that

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                                      • 17 Oct 2014

                                      AnonD-318848, 17 Oct 2014Lol, please have you ever thought of productivity? If you h... moreLol, please have you ever thought of productivity?

                                      Yes I did. Those DocsToGo POS is destroying productivity. Again, passport is bad android phone, with no productivity tools.

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                                        • 17 Oct 2014

                                        Multi-language support on BB10 is awesome. Unlike other OS's where you have to specify which language you type in. You can select upt to three languages and just go. BB10 will figure out which language you type in and suggest along the way. This means you can use three languages in one sentence without selecting anything or stopping your chain of thought.