Announced back in June, BlackBerry has unveiled the Passport, a high end smartphone with a full size physical keyboard. The last smartphone the company has unveiled was the Z3, a midrange smartphone with a 5-inch display aiming for emerging markets. Now, the company is trying to win back its lost market as it unveils the BlackBerry Passport.
BlackBerry Passport specs:
- 2.26GHz Quad Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor
- Adreno 330 graphics
- 3GB RAM
- 32GB internal memory expandable via MicroSD up to 64GB
- 4.5-inch IPS LCD display (1440 x 1440 pixels) 453 ppi
- Corning Gorilla Glass 3
- Physical QWERTY keyboard
- 13 megapixel rear facing camera with autofocus, optical image stabilization, LED flash
- 2 megapixel front facing camera
- LTE, WiFi, WiFi hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
- 3,450 mAh Li-Ion battery
- BlackBerry OS 10.3
Here’s a hands on video of the BlackBerry Passsport:
The BlackBerry Passport will go on sale today on some markets and will be available in in some parts of Asia within two weeks. It will cost $599 in the US unlocked and SIM free which is around P26,000 converted.
