The BlackBerry Passport is like no phone you’ve
ever seen. It’s not tall and skinny like most new
devices hitting the market. Instead, it’s wide —
90.3 mm (3.6 inches); by comparison, the new
iPhone 6 Plus is only 77.8 mm (3.1 inches). And
that half inch makes a lot of difference.
So does the screen resolution. It’s 453 pixels
per inch (vs 401 ppi), making it wonderfully
clear and easy to read. You get 60-character
lines, almost the same as on a printed page, so
truncated email subject lines are a thing of the
past, and even spreadsheets are readable. And
where we frequently had to resort to larger
fonts to read things on older smartphones, the
text on the Passport is easily legible even at 8
point.
Videos look great on the wider screen too, and
the stereo speakers even do justice to music like
Beethoven’s Ode to Joy.
Admittedly, it’s not the quality of a high-end
audio system, but I’d never thought classical
music could sound this good through phone
speakers. Phone call quality is very good too;
the Passport even adjusts call volume
depending on how far your ear is from the
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