BlackBerry Chief Executive John Chen Holds Up The Unreleased Blackberry Passport
BlackBerry Chief Executive John Chen holds up the unreleased Blackberry Passport device during the company's annual general meeting for shareholders in Waterloo June 19, 2014. Reuters/Mark Blinch

A new video shows how strong and rugged the BlackBerry Passport smartphone is. In the video seen below, the smartphone with the huge square-shaped display was subjected through several extreme drop tests.

According to CrackBerry, the extreme drop tests on the BlackBerry Passport were conducted by Sherif and Anas from Axiom, which is based in Saudi Arabia. The BlackBerry Passport was dropped from chin-height to the ground several times: on its face, on its back and on its side.

When the handset hit the asphalt road on its face, nothing happened to its display, but there were few scratches on its body. Meanwhile, the second drop test on its back did not damage the device. Also, the camera of the handset functioned normally despite hitting the ground with a loud sound. Finally, when the BlackBerry Passport was dropped on its side, its chassis received several scratches, but the display did not break. Even the keyboard remained intact.

After the three abovementioned BlackBerry Passport drop tests, Sherif stood at the back of a car and threw the handset to the ground. The display was not damaged at all while the aluminum sides were dented. However, the phone restarted after it fell, but it functioned normally again aftwerward. In the fifth drop test, Sherif threw the handset to Anas, who let the device fall to the ground. There was still no significant damage to the device.

Besides its endurance, the BlackBerry Passport also has other notable features. It has a 4.5-inch IPS LCD display that supports 1440 x 1440 pixels with 453 ppi. It also comes with a three-row touch-sensitive QWERTY keyboard. It is powered by Snapdragon 801 SoC and has 3 GB RAM and an internal storage of 32 GB. It also features a memory card slot that supports up to 128 GB of microSD.

Furthermore, at the back of the device is a 13 MP OIS enabled camera, while a 2MP camera is present at the front. It runs on BlackBerry 10.3 OS. One of the USPs of the BlackBerry Passport is its massive non-removable battery of 3450 mAh capacity. Here is the video of the drop test:

(Source: YouTube/Axiom Channel)