BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) (TSE:BB)’s much talked Passport smartphone video has surfaced online following the multiple pictures that stormed earlier revealing specs and form factor of the phone. The video, also, shows the specs and features of the device in action.
BlackBerry Passport uses metal, plastic
The hands-on video has been uploaded by YouTube by an Arabic source. As per the video, the new device is designed using plastic and metal. On the USP front, the video reveals that the Passport is the first BB10 device with a three-row keyboard, which has a touch-sensitive input support. The source, also, revealed that apart from the personal voice assistant, the new device could also have improved video player and browser.
The new smartphone from the house of BlackBerry is expected to launch in September with an updated version of BlackBerry mobile OS, BlackBerry 10.3. Other specifications of the phone are 4.5 inches square display with a resolution of 1440×1440 pixels along with a three-row QWERTY keyboard.
BlackBerry Passport will be powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor with a clock speed to 2.5GHz. The new device will have 3GB of RAM and 32GB included storage. The device will sport a front camera of 3.7 megapixel, and rear camera is expected to be of 8 megapixels. The handset will sit on 3450 mAh battery, 200,000 Android apps through the Amazon app store with over
Some compelling specs for users
BlackBerry 10 is touch friendly, but Passport is a step ahead with a slim keyboard for alternate keys and shortcuts, as well as trackpad/mouse for toggling and controls. With the help high resolution track-pad user will be able to offer better movement, precise control compared to only touchscreen phones.
Passport smartphone will be able to show 60 characters in a line, in comparison to most academic textbooks that show 66 characters in line and rectangular phones show just 40 characters in a line. So, the Passport can be easily used for reading e-books and surfing the web. Also, there is no such thing like optimizing the view by tilting the screen as Passport can offer optimum view of the content displayed horizontally or vertically.
CEO John Chen notes that Passport is made specifically for the businessmen keeping in mind what they want from a phone.
