Blackberrt Passport Release Date: Now Available On Amazon And Blackberry's Website; Over 200,000 Blackberry Passport Were ' Sold Out' Since Its Launch
Blackberry Passport release date has been confirmed in other regions, though the most anticipated smartphone now available on Amazon and Blackberry's website.
According to Blackberry's CEO John Chen over 200,000 Blackberry Passport had been sold out; but according to reports ' company only provided a small initial order. Chen said a larger order would come next Wednesday.'
According to CEO John Chen. The smartphone sold out in six hours on its own website, and sold out in 10 hours on Amazon, he said. Before it sold out, the Passport was the top unlocked smartphone on the e-tailer's site, report from CNET.
CEO John Chen describes the Blackberry as an 'iconic device and " can fit in a gentleman's pocket... and a lady's purse.", he explained in an event of Blackberry last September 24.
"We're determined to win our home country back. This is one of our first moves to do that," he added on the said event.
As it was rumored the Blackberry Passport sports a 4.5-inch,said to offer a similar viewing space to a 5-inch phone, but 'an even better viewing experience' because of the screen's width, and 1440x1440 pixel resolution display with a pixel density of 453ppiu The Blackberry Passport is powered by a 2.2GHz quad- core Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974- AA) processor; an Adreno 330 GPU; 3GB of RAM; 32GB of inbuilt storage, expandable storage via microSD card (up to 64GB); a 13- megapixel rear camera with BSI sensor; a 2- megapixel front camera, and a 3450mAh battery.
It also support Nano-SIM while supporting Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Micro-USB, NFC, GPS, Glonass, GPRS/ EDGE, 3G, and 4G LTE connectivity options; and wifi calling like in the iPhone and iPhone 6.
It also boasts a 60 character display in a single line compared to 40 characters in most smartphone today.
This feature makes the Blackberry Passport 'the ideal device for reading e-books, viewing documents and browsing the web.'
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