BlackBerry Passport

usability, screen, performance, portability, design

95% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

usability, performance, screen, design, reliability

92% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

performance, usability, screen, size, durability

price

95% of the reviews on Amazon.ca give this product a positive rating.

Keyboard doubles as touchpad ; Long battery life ; Fantastic outdoor visibility ; Good camera ; Robust build

Don't even try using it one-handed ; Keyboard is difficult to get used to ; Awkward size and shape ; App selection is better now, but still needs some work ; Occasional hiccups in performance

The Passport is an odd duck; it's difficult to bestow one final judgment that applies to everyone. It's your only choice if you want a high-end phone with a physical keyboard, and it's the best-performing BlackBerry in the lineup. But it also feels...

4.5" 16M-color IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen of 1440 x 1440px ; Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, 3GB RAM, Adreno 330 ; 13 megapixel auto-focus camera with face detection and Time Shift, HDR, LED flash, 2MP front facing camera ; FullHD (1080p) video...

Awkward design, in which an otherwise compact touchscreen takes some really large hands to use single-handedly and typing is certainly a two-hand job ; No 2160p video recording (for such an expensive device) ; Non user-replaceable battery ; Three-row...

Finding a way out of the doldrums has become a do-or-die for BlackBerry, time perhaps to do something different than just do better. Not that the Z-series did anything wrong. But if the mindset back then was all about catching up to Android and iOS,...

Sharp, sunlight-readable screen. Excellent reception and voice quality. Roomy physical keyboard.

Troubled camera. App selection not up to Android or iOS competition. $50 more than unlocked unit.

Conclusions If you're a potential BlackBerry Passport owner, you'll know. And you'll be happy to know that AT&T may have rounded the corners here, but it hasn't loaded down the Passport with bloatware or crippled its services. This is the full...

Excellent voice quality, battery life, keyboard, and screen visibility.

Sluggish camera. Poor third-party app support. Fragile screen. Awkward form factor.

Solid construction and build quality ; Sharp display ; Awesome battery life

Awkward design ; Inefficient keyboard ; Clumsy software

Wide display good for reading content; Can download Android apps via Amazon Appstore; Very long battery life; Loud speaker; Keyboard supports clever gestures ; Too wide to use with one hand; Quite heavy; Keyboard not fast enough; Buggy performance at...

Too wide to use with one hand; Quite heavy; Keyboard not fast enough; Buggy performance at times; Camera slow to focus ; The BlackBerry Passport fits more content on its wide screen than the competition and boasts awesome battery life, but the design...

The BlackBerry Passport fits more content on its wide screen than the competition and boasts awesome battery life, but the design is just too clunky and awkward.

Handy screen format, Physical keyboard, Rigid casing, Low heat development, High performance, (Limited) Android app compatibility, Rich-sounding speakers, Practical battery life, Good voice quality, Smooth navigation

Bulky and relatively heavy casing, Number and symbol key only virtual, Screen's high black level, Cameras' middling image quality, High load power consumption, SIM and SD flap difficult to open, High price

BlackBerry takes a risk because it has to in order to stop losing market shares. The Passport is a daring device because an unusual yet very practical screen format is used, and because it features a physical keyboard. The proprietary software that is...