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

The long wait for the release of BlackBerry Passport phablet is almost over. During the beginning of 2014, BlackBerry had a tussle with T-Mobile with regards to a promotional offer. Apparently, T-Mobile offered a device swap option to BlackBerry owners in exchange for an Apple iPhone 5S. This triggered the brawl between the two companies, which went to the level that BlackBerry intended to cut the contract with the carrier and not re-establish any further. However, the latest news suggests that the upcoming BlackBerry Passport can be availed from T-Mobile.

With the short-lived scuffle sorted out, T-Mobile customers will be able to purchase the Passport on the release date set in September. To corroborate this news, a freshly leaked image of the BlackBerry Passport shows T-Mobile logo/name on the rear shell of the phablet. Moreover, the phablet will be marketed as a business device, reports Phone Arena.

When it comes to the unique design, the BlackBerry Passport comes with a one-of-a-kind physical QWERTY keyboard with the ability to double as a touch-enabled keyboard, also known as trackpad. The physical keyboard will come equipped with three rows of letters and an extra row for virtual keys. Therefore, punctuation marks and numbers will not be part of the physical keyboard. The virtual keys, on the other hand, are displayed based on the context of user's typing/inputs/key press. Say for example, if a user types an email address, the "@" and "." symbols would automatically appear in the virtual key row.

As far as the specification goes, the Passport features a 4.5-inch IPS LCD "square" display with a screen resolution of 1,440 x 1,440 pixels and 453 ppi pixel density. The device is powered by a quad-core (Qualcomm Snapdragon 800) processor, clocked at 2.2 GHz and backed by a whopping 3 GB of RAM. Speaking of OS, the BlackBerry Passport runs on the latest BlackBerry 10.3 OS out of the box. Also, the device comes equipped with a humongous 3450 mAh battery unit. This unit can provide up to 19 hours of talk time in addition to 8 hours of stand-by time.

In addition, the handset houses a good 32 GB of internal storage along with microSD card support for expansion up to 64 GB. Other specifications include a 13 MP rear-facing camera with LED flash, Optical Image Stabilisation (OIS), a 2 MP front-facing snapper, standard black or white hues and nano-SIM support. In addition to supporting the standard connectivity options, the Passport also supports NFC and HDMI port.

Interested readers should head to Phone Arena to check out the unique BlackBerry Passport in black and white hues captured from various angles.

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