At the time of its competitors compete to create a
smartphone that has a large screen design, thin body and elegant, BlackBerry
trying to bring unique products and completely new to compete in the premium
class smartphone via BlackBerry Passport.
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| BlackBerry Passport |
Blackberry Passport has a unique design shaped box (square)
resembles a passport book is equipped with a touch screen gorilla glass ratio
of 1: 1 and a QWERTY keyboard to the touch (touch-enabled). The latest
BlackBerry smartphone is equipped with a 13 MP camera and the latest supported
hardware technology quad-core 2.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 801, 3GB
RAM, and 32 GB of storage space that will support the weight of professional
performance.
Design
[128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm; 196 g; Touch-enabled QWERTY keyboard;
touchscreen; the lock / power, speakers, USB port, port stereo headset jack 3.5
mm]
Comes with a striking design that is unique and new,
BlackBerry Passport has a box-like design of the passport book that will
attract the attention of others when in use. The body of the box was used to
put the touch screen ratio of 1: 1 and 3 columns physical QWERTY keyboard on
the front, as well as sensors, secondary camera and LED.
With stainless framestainless make this smartphone feels
sturdy yet lightweight, making it comfortable to use for long. Back cover parts
that are used to cover the non-removable battery is made of a soft rubber
material with finishing mate. Sim card slot and an external memory located on
the upper back, right above the main camera, covered with a plastic cover that
can be removed.
3 media access keys (volume up, volume down and play /
pause) is located on the right side, while the lock / power there at the top
along with the headset port. While on the down side, there is a multiport USB
slim that can be used to refill the power, data transfer and access microHDMI;
and there are two speakers.
Display
[IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, corning gorilla glass 3;
1440 x 1440 pixels, 4.5 inches (~ 453 ppi); 16M colors; Multi-touch]
The touch screen measuring 4.5 inches square shaped, will
provide a new experience while reading a document, read messages, e-books,
playing games or while browsing the Internet. The screen can accommodate up to
60 characters per line, unlike conventional smartphone on average only able to
accommodate 40 characters per line. In addition, because the navigation
controls do on the screen, the screen is equipped with a large box is the
navigation will be more exciting.
The screen is high resolution and IPS technology, makes the
BlackBerry Passport comfortable to watch HD-quality video with a wide viewing
angle and screen quality is sharp and clear. Blackberry Passport equipped with
corning gorilla glass 3 to provide power protection to the screen from
scratches and the risk dropped or bumped.
Keyboard
[3 row QWERTY keyboard touch-enabled (Recognizes touch
gesture)]
BlackBerry Passport also has a selling point in the full
QWERTY keyboard that is different from the previous keyboard models. Passport
Blackberry armed with only 3 lines of the keyboard without the numeric pad or
special characters. Instead, the numeric pad and special characters can be
generated by using the line to four virtual keyboard on the screen.
Keyboard touch-enabled technology brings that allows to
perform other commands by touching the keyboard. As I was reading an e-book or
browsing or navigating in the Hub, the keyboard can be used as a mouse to
scroll through our fingers on the keyboard up / down. To delete a word / phrase
while typing, we just swiping a finger on the keyboard to bring up the left
after the previous pointer on the screen.
Passport BlackBerry keyboard also supports flick to choose
predictions words appear on the screen. The trick is to sweep your finger up on
the keyboard in the column that corresponds to the word prediction that we wish
to select.
OS and Interface
[BlackBerry 10.3]
The latest version of the operating system BlackBerry 10 BlackBerry
Passport brought this gives the change in terms of interface and features.
Display OS 10.3 noticeably cleaner in the absence of a black background on the
application icon. In addition, OS 10.3 now provides a homescreen that will
serve as a place for Active Frame when doing multi-tasking. BlackBerry
homescreen Passport capable accommodate up to 8 Active Frame.
OS 10.3 also bring additional menu settings, such as
features Account Management, Data Management and Advanced Interaction. Advanced
Interaction providing unique features that previously did not exist in 10.2.1,
which lifts to wake, Flip to mute and Flip to save power.
Besides the addition of the features, OS 10.3 brings
improvements in the Android Runtime her, so that 85% of Android applications
can run well. Also add the BlackBerry Natural Sound features that will adjust
the volume of the phone with the state of the environment and the distance the
speaker to the listener's ears.
BlackBerry Hub even more complete with the addition of features
Instant Action and Action Bar in order to facilitate access to the message.
Hardware
[2.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Quadcore 801; GPU Adreno 330; 3
GB of RAM; 32 GB Internal Storage, External storage up to 128 GB; Non-removable
Li-Ion 3450 mAh; Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, light sensor]
Targeting the premium segment and is targeted to support the
productivity of users, the BlackBerry Passport equipped with the latest
hardware technology the 2.26 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 801
and supported with 3 GB of RAM to provide fast performance despite smartphone
used in heavy activity.
To accommodate applications that are installed users,
BlackBerry Passport equipped with 32 GB of internal memory and supports
external memory up to 128 GB.
As support for its productivity, BlackBerry Passport
equipped with super large capacity battery 3450 mAh which can not be removed.
With this much power, users do not need to worry about the incident quickly
depleted battery.
Internet and Connectivity
[GPRS, EDGE, HSPA, LTE; Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac,
dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspots; Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, LE; NFC;
Micro-USB 2.0]
As a premium smartphone, the BlackBerry Passport has a very
complete connectivity support. Starting from the data access capabilities in 3G
HSPA network to 4G LTE, the latest Bluetooth 4.0 class, WiFi modem also
supports data transfer tethering, to support NFC to transfer data with other
devices.
To facilitate the transfer of data to the PC and other
devices equipped with a slim BlackBerry Passport USB 2.0 port that promises
faster data transfer and supports USB On The Go technology and HDMI.
For mobile data access, BlackBerry Passport equipped nano
GSM sim card slot.
Features
[Amazon AppStore, BlackBerry Blend, BlackBerry Assistant]
One of the benefits of BlackBerry 10 is the ability to run
Android applications. It was used by the BlackBerry to cooperate with the
Amazon Appstore which will support Android apps accommodation in the Amazon
Appstore BlackBerry device 10 itself has become a built-in application in OS
10.3.
If you are an active user working at a computer or tablet,
you will not lose productivity whenever there are new notifications on your
BlackBerry using BlackBerry Blend. You'll get a notification message, read and
answer messages and private offices, and have access to documents, calendars,
contacts, and media in real fuel time in computer or tablet without first
having to switch to your BlackBerry device.
Blend while supporting new BlackBerry BlackBerry Passport
and BlackBerry Porsche Design P'9983, will further support all BlackBerry
devices 10 others.
BlackBerry Assistant is a development of the Voice Command
feature in OS 10.2. In Passport, Blackberry Assistant truly integrates
perfectly with the keyboard. On the homescreen, we just typing what we want to
find or open, it will be open through Universal Search by Assistant. BlackBerry
Assistant can also be accessed by pressing and holding the play / pause that is
on the right side.
Camera and Video
[13 MP primary camera, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus,
optical image stabilization, LED flash, 1080p; 2 MP secondary camera, 720p;
Geo-tagging, face detection, HDR]
BlackBerry Passport main camera resolution 13 MP with OIS
technology can be used to capture precious moments without fear of objects to
be blurry due to vibration. While the front camera 2 MP resolution is
considered sufficient to satisfy the needs of the user selfie. Thanks to a
powerful processor, the results of the camera is quite clear and satisfactory.
Passport Camera supported OS 10.3, has a UI that allows the
user to switch from the main camera to the front of the camera. In addition, it
is also a feature sugestion that will provide advice to use a mode
corresponding to the current environmental conditions will take a picture.
There Panorama mode, Burst, Time Shift; and no HDR feature and also Self Timer
which makes it easy to take pictures.
BlackBerry Passport capable of recording 1080p HD video at
720p with the main camera and a secondary camera. Users can also take pictures
while recording video if you find a good moment to press the shutter button
while recording video.
Multimedia
[MP3 / WMA / WAV / eAAC + / FLAC player; DivX / XviD / MP4 /
WMV / H.264 player; Photo Editor; Video editor; Story Maker; FM radio with RDS]
To accompany the productivity of users, the BlackBerry
Passport multimedia features were classified as complete. Starting from their
Photo Editor is available to process the image before distribution, until Video
Editor can edit video that we recorded or downloaded. Also a feature Picture
Hide to hide the image that are personal.
In addition, for the audio aspect, OS 10.3, which carried
Passport is now bringing a change in the interface. As well as adding features
and Play Next Equalizer makes music listening experience more exciting.
excitement listening to music is also supported by two speakers that deliver
great sound and clear even without using headset.Fitur FM radio was still there
in the Music menu options.
Not to forget, provided Story Maker which can be used to
create a video slide show and add audio from a collection of photos of us. In
Passport that carries the latest OS 10.3, there are features Automatic Story
that allows us to create a slide show based on the time and location of the
photos we took.
Please note, the screen ratio of 1: 1, while watching a
video on the BlackBerry Passport will display black bars at the top and bottom
of the video being played. It is natural, because the average video made with a
resolution of 16: 9.
Pros:
• Design pemium with the latest OS
• Keyboard sophisticated
• Primary 13 MP Camera
• Large battery capacity
Disadvantages:
• Design keyboard need adjustment
• Prices are relatively expensive
Conclusion:
Overall, Blackberry Passport is the latest brainchild of the
BlackBerry. Comes with different design concepts with other smartphones, the
BlackBerry Passport to class premium smartphone with specs offers. Wide square
screen and QWERTY keyboard sophisticated become another selling point that
makes this smartphone suitable for use by people who want to remain active work
on documents or writings while away from the office. The author even writing
this review was directly from the BlackBerry Passport. But with the wide
screen, it will be difficult to be operated with one hand. Battery resistance
is recognized very satisfactory, as long as we test the batteries can last up
to 20 hours with extreme usage.
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