BlackBerry launched the company’s latest smartphone – BlackBerry Passport and it is available on Amazon.com at a price tag of $1059 and on Amazon.in at a price tag of Rs. 49,990. It features 4.5-inch diagonal display with a resolution of 1440 x 1440 pixels at a pixel density of 453ppi and the screen is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. It is powered by 2.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 MSM8974-AA processor which is paired with Adreno 330 GPU at 450MHz and 3GB of LPDDR3 RAM at 800MHz. It runs on BlackBerry OS 10.3 with new BlackBerry Assistant and has 32GB in-built memory which can be expanded further up to 64GB via microSD card. It features 13MP auto-focus rear-camera with 6DOF OIS, BSI sensor and LED flash. It has 2MP fixed-focus front-facing camera with video & image stabilization. The rear-camera capable of recording 1080p videos at 60fps and front-camera capable of recording 720p HD videos. It measures 128 x 90.1 x 93mm and features Nano-SIM card slot. It packs 3450mAh integrated non-removable battery which offers up to 30hours of mixed-use battery life and has connectivity features like 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, SlimPort, NFC, GPS + GLONASS.
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BlackBerry Passport From Amazon.com
BlackBerry Passport From Amazon.in
Discounted pricing of BlackBerry Passport
| Online Store | BlackBerry Passport |
| Amazon.com | $1,059.00 (Buy Now) |
| Amazon.in | Rs. 49,990 (Buy Now) |
Full Specifications of BlackBerry Passport
| Design | Size
Weight Navigation
Keyboard
Dedicated Keys |
128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
6.91 oz. 196 grams All-touch screen with intuitive gesture based navigation Touch-enabled keyboard Capacitive touch 3-row BlackBerry Keyboard, featuring contextual auto-correction, next-word prediction and a personalized learning engine that gets to know the way you type Volume Up/Down, Mute, Lock (for Power On/Off) |
| Display | Resolution
Screen Size |
1440 x 1440 resolution, 24-bit colour depth
4.5-inch diagonal, 1:1 aspect ratio |
| OS & desktop software | Operating System
Desktop Software |
Blackberry 10 OS
BlackBerry Blend software to bring the power of your BlackBerry smartphone to your computer and tablet |
| Performance | Processor
Memory Expandable Memory USB Ports |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 with 2.2GHz Quad-Core CPUs (MSM8974-AA)
3GB RAM, 32GB Flash Removable microSD memory card – slot located under back cover (up to 128GB) USB 2.0 high speed port – allows charging and data synchronization of the device with a USB cable |
| Power | Battery
Battery Life |
3450mAh integrated non-removable battery
Up to 18 hours GSM talk time |
| Camera & Video | Rear Camera
Front Camera |
12-megapixel auto-focus camera, Optical image stabilization (OIS), 5-element f2.0 lens, Back Side Illumination, LED flash, continuous and touch to focus, image stabilization, 5X digital zoom, 6DOF video stabilization, 1080p HD video recording at 60fps
2MP fixed-focus, Image and video stabilization, 3X digital zoom, 720p HD video recording |
| Multimedia | Image Formats
Audio & Video Formats Audio & Video encoding |
BMP, WBMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, SGI, TGA
3GP, 3GP2, M4A, M4V, MOV, MP4, MKV, MPEG-4, AVI, ASF, WMV, WMA, MP3, MKA, AAC, AMR, F4V, WAV, MP2PS, MP2TS, AWB, OGG, FLAC, VOBSUB
H.264, MPEG-4, H.263, AAC-LC, AAC+, eAAC, MP3, PCM, Xvid, AMR-NB, WMA 9/10, WMA10 professional, WMA-LL, VC-1, VP6, SPARK, PCM, MPEG-2, MJPEG (MOV), AC-3 AMR-WB, QCELP, FLAC, VOBSUB, VORBIS |
| Apps | Pre-loaded apps | Multimedia: Music, Videos, Pictures, Camera, Picture Editor, Story Maker Productivity: BlackBerry Hub (Email and Social Messaging), Universal Search, Calendar, Contacts, Browser, Text Messaging, Clock, Calculator, Documents To Go, Print To Go, File Manager, Adobe Reader, BlackBerry Remember (memos/tasks) Other: Phone, BBM (Voice and Video), BlackBerry World, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Games, YouTube, Maps/Navigation, Smart Tags (NFC), Setup, Help |
| Security | Password protection, screen lock and sleep mode | |
| Alerts & notifications | Tone, Vibrate, On-screen or LED indicator (Notification options are user configurable) | |
| Voice input/output | Hands-free headset capable, Bluetooth headset capable, Integrated hands-free speakerphone Stereo | |
| Network & connectivity | Network bands
Wi-Fi
FM Radio Bluetooth
GPS NFC |
FD-LTE 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,13,17,20 (2100/1900/1800/1700/850/2600/900/700/800 MHz)
HSPA+ 1, 2, 4, 5/6, 8 (2100/1900/1700/850/900 MHz) Quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) 802.11 b/g/n for 2.4GHz 802.11 a/n for 5GHz 802.11 ac for 5GHz 4G Mobile Hotspot Wi-Fi Direct Miracast FM Radio receive (headset as antenna) Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy (LE) Assisted, Autonomous and Simultaneous GPS Preloaded with BlackBerry Maps application and for e911 capabilities Support for User Plane and Control Plane GPS BlackBerry Tag with NFC technology enables communication between BlackBerry smartphones and other NFC-enabled devices with a tap |
| Sensors | Advanced Sensor | Accelerometer, Magnetometer, Gyroscope, Time of Flight (ToF) |
| Accessibility | BlackBerry Magnify, for customers with partial vision Face-to-face video chat with BBM Video Voice Control for sending messages, placing calls, search and more Adjustable screen brightness, scalable fonts Closed Captioning Support Rated for Hearing Aids: M4 | |
| Price | Amazon.com – $1,059 Amazon.in – Rs. 49,990 |
