Haters gonna hate, nothing new here
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Anyhow i was at the launch of the passport at Selfridges and spent a good hr or so playing around with one. Let me make one thing very clear, this phone is not for everyone and therefore will get the negative reactions from certain people.
Yes its big ie wide but amazingly quite thin considering the size of it. Its a sturdy device, feels very nice in the hand. For the people who havent held one, get your paper passport out and thats what it is like to hold. Is it a one handed phone for use?? dont be stupid...of course it isnt but it can be held with one hand.
I absolutely love it, its quirky and had a lot of people talking about it...its generating interest and from what i saw today in Selfridges...quite a long line up...they sold out within 2 hrs. I dont know how many they had but they didnt have enough to satisfy demand today. Perhaps they are holding back stock, who the hell knows...i dont work for Selfridges.
From my time spent with the passport, i thought it was something different. Yes there is a learning curve as the keyboard is only 3 rows but the keyboard is something else...it acts like a trackpad so swiping down will bring up numbers, swipe down again and it brings up special characters. Swipe sideways and you can delete words, double tap the keyboard and it brings up a bubble to edit, copy or paste text etc etc. Works also in the web browser, you move up and down on the keyboard and the screen scrolls up or down.
Screen is stupidly sharp, i thought my z10 was sharp but this is sharp sharp. Battery is a huge 3400mah so will have enough juice to get you through a day or more. My Z30 has a 2880mah battery and that easily gets me through a full day of work and more.
Anyhow thats my thoughts on the passport, will i get one?? yep because as i use a lot of spreadsheets in my working day, this phone is a freaking godsend. I could have bought one today but i thought £530 is a bit too high a price, other online retailers have it for £484 but i ordered one tonight from the blackberry shop for £440 which i think is about right price wise.
Will this phone grab back a huge market share??, no i dont think it will as its not meant for everyone ie its not in competition with the iphones or Samsungs of the world.
As for being ugly?? i can see why people might think it is, like i said the passport wont appeal to everyone. But having played with both iphone 6's...im sorry to say those are some ugly phones. God knows what apple was thinking changing the design from the 5s to what it is now. The 6 plus is a monstrosity and both 6's are begging to be dropped with that shiny alu back. The funniest thing ive read today is the 'bendgate', how apple ended up making a bendable phone without realising is just too funny.
One thing i will mention is that i remember people slating the Samsung Note series, a bloody huge brick of a phone but now seems to be very popular, im hoping this will happen with the passport as well.
But despite my opinions on the new iphones, i dont go and troll the apple forums saying how ugly it is.
Anyhow im looking forward to getting my passport next week sometime, hopefully my trick on the blackberry store has worked ie changing the currency from GBP to Euros then paying via paypal
. Probably find out tomorrow if they have accepted the order lol.
