The Blackberry Passport Sim Free is a phablet for business class

Named after its Passport like proportions, the Blackberry Passport has us all sitting on the edge of our seats.  The handset has already been crowned the go to ‘phablet for the business class’ thanks to the combination of the Blackberry Passport’s  physical keyboard with a 4.5 inch square 1440×1440 LCD display. This winning grouping not only boosts efficiency and productivity for business users, but will also attract gamers , media lovers, architects and designers alike.

The unusual square proportions of the handset is proving to be a marmite moment, you either love it or hate it. However, the shape and size of the screen is apparently a cleverly thought out plan to further boost our productivity. Blackberry have explained how academic research has allowed them to offer the optimal number of characters on the Passport’s screen to make it the go to device for reading e-books, viewing documents and browsing the web. They have removed the worry of portrait or landscape modes to ensure we won’t miss a thing.  ‘The Passport is like the IMAX of productivity, and you don’t have to sacrifice screen real estate, vertically or horizontally.’ http://blogs.blackberry.com/2014/07/passport-design/

The dimensions of the device have yet to be released, but we know it to be larger than the Blackberry Q10 and the Blackberry Z10. But fear not, Blackberry have promised a palm and pocket friendly feel despite its predicted large proportions.

Inside the Passport is 3GB RAM with Adreno 330 OpenGL and quad-core Snapdragon MSM8974 processor. More on this will follow over the next few weeks. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to keep up as we delve further into what the Blackberry Passport has to offer.