Buy BlackBerry Passport and get Rs 5,000 shopping coupons

BlackBerry is pushing hard to stay in the smartphone race. However, their main concentration is towards the business and enterprise users since BlackBerry is known for having highly secure communication servers for their handhelds.

With the launch of the Z10, BlackBerry suffered in the market due to high prices. However, later, the launch of newer models at lower prices, especially the Z3, BlackBerry is claiming their ground space.

Now the brand is focussing on usability and wants to retain the much preferred physical QERTY keyboard. The Q series are known for their QWERTY keyboard and BlackBerry will keep this trend alive on most of their handsets.

BlackBerry unveiled their new smartphone, the Passport, on 24^th September in Toronto, Canada and today in Delhi, India. The Passport is one of the first smartphones in the world to feature a completely square display screen. The device is slim and the size of a passport. Unlike most smartphones, which have a rectangle display, BlackBerry has a different reason to put a square display on their flagship.

  

The BlackBerry Passport features a 4.5-inch square IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1440x1440 pixels and is protected by a Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The Passport runs on BlackBerry OS 10.3 and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor featuring a quad-core processor clocked at 2.26GHz and an Adreno 330 graphics processor with 3GB of RAM. The rear camera is a 13MP with an LED flash, while the front camera has a 2MP sensor.

The large square screen is optimized for viewing and creating content, and will make everyday tasks like reading and writing emails, reviewing and editing documents, web browsing, and map navigation, more comfortable and effortless. The BlackBerry Passport includes the industry’s first touch-enabled keyboard with gestures that make typing, editing and navigating more efficient and accurate. BlackBerry's physical QWERTY keyboards have always made it easier for users to create polished, professional communications with exceptional accuracy. BlackBerry Passport's new QWERTY keyboard is almost four times more accurate than BlackBerry 10 virtual keyboards – the error rate is on average 74% lower – so there are fewer typos to get in the way of what you’re trying to say.

An internal storage of 32GB has been provided, which can be further expanded up to 64GB using a microSD card. Connectivity options include the standard 3G, LTE, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, NFC, Bluetooth, GPS and GLONASS. The battery fuelling the Passport is a non-removable 3450 mAh Li-ion and the manufacturer claims you can get up to 30 hours of battery life. Lastly, the BB handset uses a single nano-SIM. The BlackBerry Passport is 9.3mm thick and weighs 194 grams.

The BlackBerry Passport will be available in India for a pre-order on Amazon.in till October 10. The price for the BlackBerry Passport in India is Rs 49,990. BlackBerry Passport will be available on Amazon.in and exclusive Blackberry stores, and those pre-ordering from Amazon will additionally get a Rs 5,000 gift card to buy stuff from Amazon.in.

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Here is a demo on the BB Passport's user interface.

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Check out the story behind the design of the BlackBerry Passport.

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Highlight features of the BlackBerry Passport include:

• Large High-Resolution Square Screen – The BlackBerry Passport includes a 4.5” square screen with a 1:1 aspect ratio, 1440x1440 pixel (453 dpi) HD display and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 for added strength.
• Innovative BlackBerry Keyboard – The BlackBerry Passport’s revolutionary new keyboard brings innovation to input with a responsive touch surface like a trackpad that lets you perform many touch functions directly on the keyboard. You can scroll web pages, flick to type or slide along the keys to move the cursor, leaving the full screen space for viewing.
• BlackBerry 10 OS 10.3 – The BlackBerry Passport comes preloaded with the new BlackBerry 10.3 operating system, including new features such as BlackBerry Assistant, BlackBerry Blend and Amazon Appstore. It has a fresh look that incorporates updated icons and an instant action bar so that each user’s most commonly accessed functions are in the center of their screen.

1. Best-in-Class Battery Life – The 3450 mAh battery is the largest among the top selling smartphones and phablets and, when tested against a very active user, provides up to 30 hours of mixed use. It’s our best battery power to date.
2. Dual app storefronts for a Wealth of Professional and Popular Apps

• BlackBerry World – BlackBerry World showcases essential productivity apps for business professionals looking to drive efficient communications and collaboration.
• Amazon Appstore – Preloaded on BlackBerry Passport, users can access popular consumer apps through the Amazon Appstore, including the latest Android games and apps, such as Minecraft - Pocket Edition, Candy Crush Saga, Pinterest, Temple Run 2 and Cut the Rope 2.
• BlackBerry Assistant – The BlackBerry Assistant is BlackBerry’s first digital assistant and can be used with voice and text commands to help users manage work and personal email, contacts, calendar and other native BlackBerry 10 applications. BlackBerry Assistant intelligently determines how to respond to you based on how you interact with it – if you type, it responds silently, if you speak, it speaks back and if you activate over Bluetooth, it speaks back with additional context because it assumes you might not have access to the screen.
• Premium Components – The device is built for the most demanding user using durable materials mixed with top-of-the-line technology, including a Quad Core 2.2 GHZ Processor, 3 GB RAM, 13 MP OIS rear camera and 32 GB memory.
• BlackBerry Natural Sound – BlackBerry Passport comes with powerful speakers and a quad microphone system that delivers a high-quality listening experience. BlackBerry Natural Sound Technology is built in to adapt Wi-Fi and cellular call sound depending upon phone position and background noise, automatically adjusting volume so you don’t have to.

BlackBerry Blend

BlackBerry Blend brings messaging and content that is on your BlackBerry smartphone to your computer and tablet. Get instant message notifications, read and respond to your work and personal email, BBM or text messages, and access your documents, calendar, contacts and media in real time on whatever device you are on, powered by your BlackBerry. BlackBerry Blend is being introduced on the BlackBerry Passport and will work across desktop operating systems, including Mac OS X 10.7 +, Windows 7+ and Android tablets running Android 4.4+ via cellular, USB or Wi-Fi connections. BlackBerry is also working to bring the Blend experience on other tablets soon. The downloadable version of BlackBerry Blend for Macs and PCs is available today at www.BlackBerry.com/Blend, on the Apple App Store for iPad tablets, or via the Google Play Store for Android tablets.