The big new square BlackBerry smartphone will go on sale this Wednesday, Sept. 24 . In addition, the CEO of the company says the Wall Street Journal the BlackBerry Passport will be sold for $ 599 when you buy naked, that is to say without a plan.
In other words, it is about 50 dollars cheaper than the iPhone 6, it would be sold at the same price as a Samsung Galaxy S5. As these smartphones, the BlackBerry Passport will probably cost less if you buy it with a 2-year subscription to your mobile operator.
For those unaware, know that the BlackBerry Passport has a touch screen of 4.5 inches square, offering a resolution of 1440 x 1440 pixels. From this screen, a QWERTY keyboard, which is none other than the trademark of the Canadian giant. Although the screen is larger than most smartphone displays now on the market, it still has more room for text entry.
Besides this unique feature in the world of smartphones, the Passport has under the hood a 800 Snapdragon processor clocked at 2.2GHz, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage, a 13 megapixel camera sensor, a front 2-megapixel camera and a battery of 3450 mAh. The smartphone is said to offer up to 36 hours of battery life.
Finally, as other recent BlackBerry smartphones, it should not only run the BlackBerry native applications, but also Android.
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Formerly, BlackBerry dominated the mobile space, but the company has lost much of its market share against Android, iOS or other platforms and even in recent years. Although it is not known if a large square smartphone with a QWERTY keyboard will change the situation, if it keeps its promises, it could help BlackBerry to keep existing customers, particularly in the business sector.
In other words, it is about 50 dollars cheaper than the iPhone 6, it would be sold at the same price as a Samsung Galaxy S5. As these smartphones, the BlackBerry Passport will probably cost less if you buy it with a 2-year subscription to your mobile operator.
Besides this unique feature in the world of smartphones, the Passport has under the hood a 800 Snapdragon processor clocked at 2.2GHz, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage, a 13 megapixel camera sensor, a front 2-megapixel camera and a battery of 3450 mAh. The smartphone is said to offer up to 36 hours of battery life.
Finally, as other recent BlackBerry smartphones, it should not only run the BlackBerry native applications, but also Android.
See Also: The autonomy of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
Formerly, BlackBerry dominated the mobile space, but the company has lost much of its market share against Android, iOS or other platforms and even in recent years. Although it is not known if a large square smartphone with a QWERTY keyboard will change the situation, if it keeps its promises, it could help BlackBerry to keep existing customers, particularly in the business sector.