The new BlackBerry Passport's specs offer the same reliable features in an innovative, square-screen design.
A full reveal of the new BlackBerry's specs is scheduled on three simultaneous events in London, Toronto, and Dubai come September 24. This month is the month of new smartphones, with Sony, Samsung, Motorola, and Apple announcing new devices in a matter of days.
BlackBerry has a knack for setting its devices apart from the competition, standing by its QWERTY smartphone when almost everything else has moved on to touch. It isn't surprising that it'll continue through by releasing the BlackBerry Passport, with an innovative square screen.
With its 4.5-inch, high-definition display, the Passport feels and looks like an EBook reader, and initial reviews confirm the squared design is surprisingly comfortable to wield. BlackBerry considers the trend of rectangular displays a roadblock to efficient usage, hence the square screen.
The staple fare of available smartphones comes with rectangular displays, and users have to adjust the orientation of the device to view different content. The BlackBerry Passport's specs stand out in its shape, which approximates the optimal number of (66 per line) characters in a book.
The BlackBerry passport offers 60 characters per line, compared to rectangular phones' average of 40 characters per line. The difference will matter in reading books, managing documents, and even using Instagram, with photos a neat fit on the screen (yahoo.com).
Apart from the design (which comes in black or white finish), users can expect the BlackBerry Passport's reliable battery life. The QWERTY smartphone retains its physical keyboard, which is also touch-sensitive to ensure easy navigation, functioning like the touchpad on laptops.
The BlackBerry Passport's release date and price is yet to be confirmed, but the company isn't as secretive as its competitors when it comes to revealing details. The BlackBerry Passport's specs considered, its name is self-explanatory: "The format is inspired by a traveler's passport," confirms Brian Paschke of the design team (blackberry.com).
