BlackBerry Passport (Black, 32GB)

My tryst with Blackberry started after the company started loosing its ground. Not so long ago i was a devout Apple user and Steve Jobs fan. After mocking lots of my friends for using crampy looking keyboard encroaching upon necessary screen space. But i use to like its stability security and simplicity. When blackberry launched Q10 it just could not go unnoticed. And finally i got it and used it as a spare phone. At times during my out-shoar visits (specially south east asia) it worked like a pro and gave me unrestricted access for data and communications. Thats when i became blackberry fan. And then i got my family also converted to blackberry. So it was a natural choice to go for Passport as it was launched.I have been using this device as my primary driver and also have a iPhone 6 plus (an impulse buy) but there is no competition.Its class part, the looks, feel, smooth texture , cold hard metal with silk smooth plastic body and natural feel of the keys. Its the perfect marriage of touch screen and keyboard. And what an innovation the touch Keyboard it is. Even Jonathan Ive would go bananas.People may cry for applications but its and that deficient, specially after android stores available (snap and amazon). Though its not a perfect alliance yet its workable and hopefully improves.Hub is the most addictive and indispensable part of the BBOS. It makes your working easy and well organized.Top LED is blackberry brainchild and after 10.3.1 upgrade its color customization is a well awaited feature.The battery life is mammoth - goes on for 2-3 days, depending upon factors such as GPS, android app usage and games. They don't go well with battery life. So if you are using the device for communication with browsing and mails and phone calls, as intended and promoted by Mr Chen, its aces.Camera is impressive and can be compared with flagships of apple nokia or sony (my personal experience).Pricing is fair and goodies bundled are very attractive. No complaints for product or the service.

Got a new phone. Thank You Lions Deal and Amazon. Being one of the blackberry lover and Owned a Blackberry bold 9900 previously, i can say that this is one step ahead of that Bold 9900. This phone is purely for productivity means Games are not that great to play. But it can run them flawlessly. So if you are a Mobile Gamer this is not for you. You can feel the premium quality of Blackberry in your hands. It is solidly built and heavy. But looks so good in Hand.As for the Apps you can download it from Cobalt Play Store and patch those apps using cobalt toolkit. You can also use snap apk. There are lots of videos available in youtube and forums in Crackberry. Just google it and you are good to go. I am using facebook, google maps, mxplayer, poweramp, wynk music, knappify, pocket, redbus, chrome browser, hangouts and pinterest. All you have to do is tweak google setting in your phone and batch apks which are requiring play services. But for some apps like Ola and Amazon music they are out of luck . Even after patching also, I couldnt use it successfully. Surely Android apps are slow in this phone and it is heating the phone a lot. I could see some impact on battery usage. So if you know some technical stuff, you can use tweak the settings and use any android apps on this phone.For me Whatsapp is working without any problem. Only thing is i cannot capture and send the image as it is. But i can select it from camera gallery. Forwarding pics no prob. Even whatsapp video calling is working fine.Playing videos are good and enough for me. It is neither small nor big. Black bars above and below is not bothering me. I am writing this while i am using my Nexus 6 for watching movies. Watching youtube is also very good on this phone.So overall it is a very good phone for its price. Typing experience is very good. List scrolling using keypad is one of the ultimate experience in this phone. Experience it.

Why is there no option to make a negative marking/review?Are all reviews posted on this site real or bogus?Make October 2014 Imported by Redington India sold by Staples India handset problems are as follows:Front camera gives grainy images in low lights. Charger heats. SW doesnt update despite being connected to WiFi. Appworld doesnt show icons. On booting, just prior to the appearance of the BB logo, the word "Blackberry" Crashes in a very peculiar manner. The phone's right side heats. Customercare is able to hear me very vaguely despite me gluing the phone to my ears [Passport has 4 microphones for complete clarity]. Fully charged 3450mAh battery shows remaining time of 12hrs only.I ordered again another piece of the same BB passport to find the same FAULTY OCT 2014 Batch Imported by Redington India has been once again sent to me even when i bought it from Cloudtail.Same problems but of a magnified nature persists in addition to a completely malfunctioning touchscreen which punched wrong SIM Pin on start. This led to a replacement of my new simcard as it couldnt also be reset by a PUK Code also. After 10 unsuccessive PUK code tries you have to change the simcard. On booting, just prior to the appearance of the BB logo, the word "Blackberry" Crashed in a very peculiar manner. It wouldnt connect to WiFi as usual.