I find Michael keeps his bias' to a minimal in his reviews compared to his colleagues. I prefer him as well, but alas, hes only one man and cant review it all...unless he clones himself?!?
I think the I'm the person excited about this phone. Haha. Loved the Q10 and can't wait to get my hands on this one! Thanks for the unboxing/impressions, PocketNow!
If Blackberry started making phones with Android, I think they'd still be a serious contender. Physically, the phones are awesome. The Classic is always going to be a great form factor, the Passport actually feels really really cool, and I always though the z10 and z30 were great on the outside.
So by your logic, Microsoft should make ios phones ,Apple should make BB10s,Google should make Windows Phones and your personal fav- BB should make android phones see how ridiculous this is BB10>>>android L coming from someone with a Nexus 5 and 7 and a BB Z10
Lol look at sony as an example.. they make the best android phones imo along with HTC but somehow there loosing a shit ton of money.. Blackberry can never be defeated completely by other android phones cuz they have their own smooth and secure os that will always differentiate them from the others
justplaytf2247 What are you talking about "revolutionary"? Have you actually used or owned a Passport and used the BB10 OS? The Passport, if anything, is the most revolutionary phone to come out in a LONG time. BlackBerry's issue isn't their phones. It isn't their OS. Hell, it isn't ever really app support these days...their issue is MARKETING. No one...and I mean NO ONE...I show my phone to has ANY idea what it is. EVERYONE I show my phone to and show them the OS and the keyboard features and that it runs Android apps etc LOVES it! I've had 3 people now get a Passport all because I showed it to them for a few minutes. This is where BlackBerry fails and continues to do so. They're designs and build quality are tops. Their ideas are tops. Their marketing and getting this stuff to be public knowledge is where they fail.
finaly a passport unboxing.. hm.. the at&t looks very.. unique.. i think, the regular Passport looks more modern, but the at&t version has this retro-future look
I don't think your thoughts on the latest Blackberry Software can be carried over from your classic review. If i remember correctly your experience of Blackberry 10 on the classic was a slow and cumbersome one where you would wait on things to load. That isn't the Blackberry 10 experience on the passport (or on any device I have used). More powerful hardware gives a smooth swiping and flicking experience that can probably only be matched by IOS.
Q10 best phone I've ever had and still have, and I've had iphones but I'm talking about a good communicating device blackberry for the win, might upgrade to the passport because of the keyboard touch features.
They announced a partnership with the Amazon Android store today!!! This is what made me look it up. Means it basically gets 99% of Android apps. Since Android apps are made to scale to any size screen this could be amazing news for Blackberry.
Will this phone still work on AT&T since BB is no longer an operating OS? I found one on EBay for $230 but I’m scared to grab it because I’m not sure it will still work on AT&T system..
Hello, I'm looking for the wallpaper in the blackberry passport on the cover of this video, it's the wallpaper of the a&at company logo, I haven't been able to find it, but I want to set it like that as my passport wallpaper.
I’d be very curious to try a smartphone like this one in 2020 that has a physical keyboard. I have owned a cheap feature phone with one, although I found it very cramped and it just was horrible to type on. I have tried a couple old Blackberrys that belonged to a friend, and those keyboards were really not that bad. Can’t wait to try out whatever phone Blackberry comes out with next now that they may be making phones again!
I still can't believe that Blackberry is gone in the Smartphone Industry. I've bought a Blackberry Classic, I feel the OS, Blackberry OS 10 is very good and I hardly find any lag. Everything went smoothly, if the Blackberry is still there. I'm sure the product and OS can compete with APPLE iOS
Blackberrys are a fun phone, I had one a few years ago. Then I went to an iphone, and my next phone will be either a s6 or an m9. But BB makes nice phones, too bad smartphones are pushing there market so low. I love bb keyboards. Nice unboxing.
This version is specific to AT&T, but they have another model that it is international and was released a few months ago. Also, with my experience of BlackBerry, you can install any Android application that is available on the Amazon App Store. In addition, you can simply download the APK files online and install them, if you really need a specific application.
Those people saying all those blackberry jokes being dead are dead wrong. Ironically enough, this is the time where they are more than alive. Blackberry was sort of dead around the Bold 9900 days.
+Joshua Joji blackberry is a dead company. No one has then anymore. This dude will get teased so much for having a blackberry. It happened to me once so than j bought a Samsung s6 edge and the teasing stopped
I dislike the OS for the lack of Apps even though you can side-load Android ones over but its too much of a hassle. However, the hardware on that looks extremely well built.
+ Rayzorexe Installing Android apps on Passport is as easy as installing Android apps on any other Android phone. Simply install Snap, a Google Play clone for BlackBerry 10 phones. I'm not really sure why everyone keeps saying that Android apps don't work very well. Every single Android app I have installed like; Instagram, Pocket, FlipBoard, Feedly, WPS, Zattoo, PopcornTime, Camera FV-5, Cinema FV-5, ShadowGun, GTA 3; Vice City, etc. Have all ran without issue and are just as fast as if I was running them on a Nexus 5.
People have been able to get Google play services up and running believe it or not. Had my unlocked version for three days now. As always when switching to BlackBerry from ios or android it takes a bit of patients at first. Honestly can't believe Micheal gave up the phone for someone else to review. It's making my nexus 6 look bad in almost every way but just a few. 1:1 hurts to watch movies on. With that said the quality is great and I've been super happy. The mid range emphasized sounds make this the best sounding smartphone to date in my opinion. If it takes a company being on their last leg to take bold leaps in design perhaps more should follow BlackBerry's lead. Almost forgot to mention, the battery life unlike some of the android 3000+mah players it holds up like it should. Right on par with the iPhone 6+ If not better. Gonna do some testing with a friend on that one. Time will tell but I think BlackBerry has got a good thing with the square. Perhaps great! Ps the keyboard being a capacitive touchpad is too cool.
I bought BB stock, not because I believe they have any chance of innovation in the future, but because their stock is already so Dort cheap and it is only a matter of time before someone else pitches in to buy them out.
I still can't believe that Blackberry is gone in the Smartphone Industry. I've bought a Blackberry Classic, I feel the OS, Blackberry OS 10 is very good and I hardly find any lag. Everything went smoothly, if the Blackberry is still there. I'm sure the product and OS can compete with APPLE iOS
Im only saying that cause i own a iphone 5 its small but i feel that a square device wouldn't be very front pocket friendly. I wish the BB classic had better specs cause I think that phone design is perfect
They'd be doing MUCH better if they cared to advertise more. To me that's their biggest downfall. They have the hardware, they have the software, they have the support, etc but NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT IT!
for all of you blind apple and android users, blackberry passport is the best phone i have used in years. android app support is amazing [faster than my moto x]
This phone is no good man! It doesn't steal your fingerprints, it doesn't bend in your pocket, it's not made with the same specs year after year, it hasn't been launched by a guy in jeans with an emotional story playing in the backgroud (with British accent) on how the aluminum was "carved meticulously". Nope! No sir! Sorry! And on top of everything: it's Canadian!!!! Awgh!!! Canadians are boring and they talk funny.
I am not sure why anyone would want to get a blackberry. Smart phones offer so many more features. I think the order of all this chaos is android/ iOS, windows (phones), blackberry. This is of course my opinion on how popular/ mostly used these devices are.
Blackberry is still the best mobile os for security reasons which is why governments and business use them. Also there's nothing wrong with blackberry. Just about every OS offers the same damn thing.
I like how kids think android and ios can do more than BB10 and WP GROW UP!! dont be sheep,buy what you love and dont act like android is some godly OS
" Put Android on it so I can still use my apps and i would get this....." ffs.... do android users know how to use GOOGLE? BB10 includes the android runtime(yes you can install android apps and run them almost natively)... and its in the reviews...
Why is Blackberry devices are magnets of nonsensical comments from mindless people who keeps claiming who's dead and who's not? Too bad they don't know what's really happening with this company.
beastson LOL! So true...what a dumbass. Not to mention he calls the phone with the most impressive build quality I've ever seen "junk". It's like, since when is a stainless steel I-beam frame junk?
So technically, we forced you to get this device… yay! We are awesome! Lol
There's something to be said for the power of democracy. ^M
Pocketnow
Finally hahaa I kept commenting on your videos asking for this yeayyyy!!!!
***** Amen!
Got a white passport.... OBOY!!! what a beautiful beast
FINALLY. ... THANK you Michael. .please review it yourself. ... I like your reviews more than Adam's
I was about to write exactly the same thing then I saw your comment
I find Michael keeps his bias' to a minimal in his reviews compared to his colleagues. I prefer him as well, but alas, hes only one man and cant review it all...unless he clones himself?!?
plz Michael review this device............ no one does it better than you
I love my Passport the international version. It's a head turner everyday I get comments like cool phone or what is that? Lol
What color was it... And what type of charging port did it have Type C or regular? Thanks a bunch!
Finally Michael and it's great to see you guys do respond to feedback. I am pretty sure you will be pleasantly surprised as u try out this phone
I think the I'm the person excited about this phone. Haha. Loved the Q10 and can't wait to get my hands on this one!
Thanks for the unboxing/impressions, PocketNow!
2:04 the most relaxing thing to watch
If Blackberry started making phones with Android, I think they'd still be a serious contender. Physically, the phones are awesome. The Classic is always going to be a great form factor, the Passport actually feels really really cool, and I always though the z10 and z30 were great on the outside.
This guy should create his own channel, he's really good
Do a video on the Blackberry Classic vs the Blackberry Passport
If blackberry made android phones they would be a very serious competitor
If blackberry made android phones it would defeat the purpose of blackberry.
They would still have the issue with the square display with apps though since most apps are only mean to be played on 16:9 displays.
So by your logic, Microsoft should make ios phones ,Apple should make BB10s,Google should make Windows Phones and your personal fav- BB should make android phones
see how ridiculous this is
BB10>>>android L
coming from someone with a Nexus 5 and 7 and a BB Z10
Lol look at sony as an example.. they make the best android phones imo along with HTC but somehow there loosing a shit ton of money.. Blackberry can never be defeated completely by other android phones cuz they have their own smooth and secure os that will always differentiate them from the others
justplaytf2247 What are you talking about "revolutionary"? Have you actually used or owned a Passport and used the BB10 OS? The Passport, if anything, is the most revolutionary phone to come out in a LONG time.
BlackBerry's issue isn't their phones. It isn't their OS. Hell, it isn't ever really app support these days...their issue is MARKETING. No one...and I mean NO ONE...I show my phone to has ANY idea what it is.
EVERYONE I show my phone to and show them the OS and the keyboard features and that it runs Android apps etc LOVES it! I've had 3 people now get a Passport all because I showed it to them for a few minutes.
This is where BlackBerry fails and continues to do so. They're designs and build quality are tops. Their ideas are tops. Their marketing and getting this stuff to be public knowledge is where they fail.
I really like your reviews 'pocket now ' :) keep up the good job :D thanks for all the mobile and tech info !
Haha Michaels puns make my day everytime :P
Lol
Unihertz tried to keep the legacy of this legendary device going, but I still hope Passport 2 will be a thing someday
finaly a passport unboxing.. hm.. the at&t looks very.. unique.. i think, the regular Passport looks more modern, but the at&t version has this retro-future look
Hi micha, great to see u guys do respond to feedback and I think u will be very pleasantly surprised with the passport :)
Hi Pocketnow , What is your opinion on BlackBerry releasing a Passport with Windows OS.
I don't think your thoughts on the latest Blackberry Software can be carried over from your classic review. If i remember correctly your experience of Blackberry 10 on the classic was a slow and cumbersome one where you would wait on things to load. That isn't the Blackberry 10 experience on the passport (or on any device I have used). More powerful hardware gives a smooth swiping and flicking experience that can probably only be matched by IOS.
Q10 best phone I've ever had and still have, and I've had iphones but I'm talking about a good communicating device blackberry for the win, might upgrade to the passport because of the keyboard touch features.
Any chance the Passport review coming up next ?
This video is almost 1 month.
i wonder when its going to be ready the review of this device?
=)
They announced a partnership with the Amazon Android store today!!!
This is what made me look it up.
Means it basically gets 99% of Android apps.
Since Android apps are made to scale to any size screen this could be amazing news for Blackberry.
it may be too little to late.
Actually it doesn't get 99% Android apps, without Google Services installed within the system many Android apps will crash or behave abnormally.
They've actually had it for a while!
Will this phone still work on AT&T since BB is no longer an operating OS? I found one on EBay for $230 but I’m scared to grab it because I’m not sure it will still work on AT&T system..
Love this round cornered, metal frame variant. Are you sure it's only available in the US through A. T& T.?
Just linked Michael's review to several sites.
will we be able yo use WhatsApp and facebook on bb10 passport after December 2016 by downloading the apps from google store? thanks
Used to have a blackberry bold9900, and i would give everything to have it's keyboard on my nexus 5, just amazing to feel the buttons.
Hello, I'm looking for the wallpaper in the blackberry passport on the cover of this video, it's the wallpaper of the a&at company logo, I haven't been able to find it, but I want to set it like that as my passport wallpaper.
U are awasome guys!
I’d be very curious to try a smartphone like this one in 2020 that has a physical keyboard. I have owned a cheap feature phone with one, although I found it very cramped and it just was horrible to type on. I have tried a couple old Blackberrys that belonged to a friend, and those keyboards were really not that bad. Can’t wait to try out whatever phone Blackberry comes out with next now that they may be making phones again!
I still can't believe that Blackberry is gone in the Smartphone Industry. I've bought a Blackberry Classic, I feel the OS, Blackberry OS 10 is very good and I hardly find any lag. Everything went smoothly, if the Blackberry is still there. I'm sure the product and OS can compete with APPLE iOS
Blackberrys are a fun phone, I had one a few years ago. Then I went to an iphone, and my next phone will be either a s6 or an m9. But BB makes nice phones, too bad smartphones are pushing there market so low. I love bb keyboards. Nice unboxing.
How much is the price for this blackberry passport,?
Hi pocketnow, is that phone is only for AT&T? Is that true most android's apps can't be installed on it?
This version is specific to AT&T, but they have another model that it is international and was released a few months ago.
Also, with my experience of BlackBerry, you can install any Android application that is available on the Amazon App Store. In addition, you can simply download the APK files online and install them, if you really need a specific application.
Very very interesting looking device.
Still amazed with all the samey phones that Android OEMs make, that none of them have released a good QWERTY in years.
what kind of ring is Michael wearing... I've seen him with it in a lot of vids recently, especially the LG G Flex 2 vids
That's a Sesame Ring containing my public transport pass. ^M
Pocketnow i think u should do a review of your ring too... 😆
Those people saying all those blackberry jokes being dead are dead wrong. Ironically enough, this is the time where they are more than alive. Blackberry was sort of dead around the Bold 9900 days.
It is very good looking.
How is video playback on the Passport?
I want to buy blackberry passport silver edition..is it still available??
I like the look of the sharp cornered Passport better.
I'm an iPhone user, but I might consider getting one of these.
You shouldn't
You should.
+Joshua Joji why!?
+John Skip Blackberry has a lot of feature available which the iPhone doesn't.
+Joshua Joji blackberry is a dead company. No one has then anymore. This dude will get teased so much for having a blackberry. It happened to me once so than j bought a Samsung s6 edge and the teasing stopped
If this came out today with modern specs this would be my daily driver
Literally 👍👍
Nice review!
ques: is google play available for this model??
I dislike the OS for the lack of Apps even though you can side-load Android ones over but its too much of a hassle. However, the hardware on that looks extremely well built.
+ Rayzorexe Installing Android apps on Passport is as easy as installing Android apps on any other Android phone. Simply install Snap, a Google Play clone for BlackBerry 10 phones. I'm not really sure why everyone keeps saying that Android apps don't work very well. Every single Android app I have installed like; Instagram, Pocket, FlipBoard, Feedly, WPS, Zattoo, PopcornTime, Camera FV-5, Cinema FV-5, ShadowGun, GTA 3; Vice City, etc. Have all ran without issue and are just as fast as if I was running them on a Nexus 5.
When is the update for this review?
Looks like a pretty good phone actually..
I have to get this phone come on T-Mobile! I am tired of my on screen keyboard. No matter how good it is there's nothing like a physical keyboard.
People have been able to get Google play services up and running believe it or not. Had my unlocked version for three days now. As always when switching to BlackBerry from ios or android it takes a bit of patients at first. Honestly can't believe Micheal gave up the phone for someone else to review. It's making my nexus 6 look bad in almost every way but just a few. 1:1 hurts to watch movies on. With that said the quality is great and I've been super happy. The mid range emphasized sounds make this the best sounding smartphone to date in my opinion. If it takes a company being on their last leg to take bold leaps in design perhaps more should follow BlackBerry's lead. Almost forgot to mention, the battery life unlike some of the android 3000+mah players it holds up like it should. Right on par with the iPhone 6+ If not better. Gonna do some testing with a friend on that one. Time will tell but I think BlackBerry has got a good thing with the square. Perhaps great! Ps the keyboard being a capacitive touchpad is too cool.
I wish more android phones would bring key boards back. is it possible to install Google play on BB?
Yes it is possible to install Google Play store. I have done it and it works great with most apps
Music is very bad. Its like a ringtone,like he is getting a call right now. PICK UP THE FUKIN phone already :P
Yeah, we'll go ahead and dump this track for future videos. Thanks for the feedback. ^M
Pocketnow the track sounds completely fine! keep it!
Lol, but seriously this track is perfect already, good enough to not get our attention. I mean imagine dubstep as the background music o.o
Oh my god....make it stop!....The worst most annoying sounds ever!!! I had to just watch the video and ignore the narration!
***** Shut up you spam bot, *reported.*
how durable are those keyboards ? the look delicate ..............
very durable- they will outlive all of us.
Ill get the classic as a backup phone to have on the side and fits in pocket ez
Yay!!! Finally...
I bought BB stock, not because I believe they have any chance of innovation in the future, but because their stock is already so Dort cheap and it is only a matter of time before someone else pitches in to buy them out.
I'm surprised BlackBerry didn't try partnering with Instagram for marketing already.
My passport keeps having drop signals ! It has a hard time with getting a network even though it detects a sim.
awesome phone
Best phone I've ever owned.
Love your videos, one of the best reviewers but the backing track (music) on this one was really noticeable and distracting/annoying.
Team iPhone ...but this phone cute 📲👌😊I had a blackberry curve back in 2012...
Its design isdifferent than the international version
I still can't believe that Blackberry is gone in the Smartphone Industry. I've bought a Blackberry Classic, I feel the OS, Blackberry OS 10 is very good and I hardly find any lag. Everything went smoothly, if the Blackberry is still there. I'm sure the product and OS can compete with APPLE iOS
I thought BlackBerry was dead already??
Nope: ruclips.net/video/SQhvc4Nxo_U/видео.html ^M
Pocketnow I stopped being a BB fan years ago. But I guess the Passport is good for the serious text-user.
***** What makes you think this is 2007? Why can't keyboards still be popular? There's no reason it can't be.
*****
Where I come from we use coherent sentences to explain ourselves...
obviously a few of you still live in the past if you think that theyve been dead lol.
where's the review for the passport?
With a yellow case or skin it looks like spongebob
how do you put this phone in your front pant pockets tho....
that should be on the review lol
same way you put an iphone 6 or android device in your pocket...
Im only saying that cause i own a iphone 5 its small but i feel that a square device wouldn't be very front pocket friendly. I wish the BB classic had better specs cause I think that phone design is perfect
Mike Lukay If you can get your passport in your pocket then the Blackberry Passport should allso. Most shirt pockets are designed too fit a passport!
Pocketnow You haz no thumbnail for this video
Do you think blackberry will ever make a comeback ?
Maybe if we give them half a chance!
new Hardware New OS the road to full recovery is looking good
They'd be doing MUCH better if they cared to advertise more. To me that's their biggest downfall. They have the hardware, they have the software, they have the support, etc but NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT IT!
Reminds me of the LG Optimus Vu.
not bad at all
Why can't we get an android phone with modern specs and a great keyboard?
As an Atari game system is compared to a ps4 so is blackberry compared to the phones out now. No comp!
the keyboard looks quite cumbersome.
He seems that i am not only one that steel use bing
I want this :)
Me too girl. I have iPhone now and this looks so amazing to me. I need to give it a try just afraid I will love it and never go back lol
Haha yes its so diffrent but amazing! I really want a keyboard
+becky Tuffin it's such a beast I really think we would love it lol.
awsome anything better than getting an iphone which isnt any diifrent
for all of you blind apple and android users, blackberry passport is the best phone i have used in years. android app support is amazing [faster than my moto x]
would be cool if it was actually the profile of a passport. that thing looks more unwieldy than my 1520. not that the 1520 is objectively unwieldy.
It looks okay
This phone is no good man! It doesn't steal your fingerprints, it doesn't bend in your pocket, it's not made with the same specs year after year, it hasn't been launched by a guy in jeans with an emotional story playing in the backgroud (with British accent) on how the aluminum was "carved meticulously". Nope! No sir! Sorry! And on top of everything: it's Canadian!!!! Awgh!!! Canadians are boring and they talk funny.
iCogitoErgoSum Best comment ever 😂😂😂
I am not sure why anyone would want to get a blackberry. Smart phones offer so many more features. I think the order of all this chaos is android/ iOS, windows (phones), blackberry. This is of course my opinion on how popular/ mostly used these devices are.
Blackberrys are smartphones...
Blackberry is still the best mobile os for security reasons which is why governments and business use them. Also there's nothing wrong with blackberry. Just about every OS offers the same damn thing.
I like how kids think android and ios can do more than BB10 and WP
GROW UP!! dont be sheep,buy what you love and dont act like android is some godly OS
UltraRockHamCake Do you even know what smartphone means?
Karthik Naik It is a godly OS, it is simply, The OS.
save your time Unboxing @ 0:44
Did people really care that much for BlackBerry back in 2014-2015? I can't imagine many people constantly pestering you to talk about those devices.
Pocketnow where is the review guys.
You know what? I kinda like it. There is just something about the way it looks. Put Android on it so I can still use my apps and i would get this.....
u can get android apps on it
" Put Android on it so I can still use my apps and i would get this....." ffs.... do android users know how to use GOOGLE? BB10 includes the android runtime(yes you can install android apps and run them almost natively)... and its in the reviews...
As more and more Apps move to ART and become incompatible with Dalvic, will BB10 also run ART apps?
J. José Rivera Torres "will BB10 also run ART apps?" that is up to blackberry to decide. hopefully they continue to improve the runtime.
So... where's the review?
Blackberry is still around jeeze they should just give up already lol
or maybe you should give up already.
beastson Right
Looks very nice even the os is pretty functional...but I would never buy it.
Soooooo no steel frame huh lol
Do black berry phones still exist I thought they were all incinerated lol
2017, anyone?
MrMobile fans?
Who else is watching this on a passport?
Why is Blackberry devices are magnets of nonsensical comments from mindless people who keeps claiming who's dead and who's not? Too bad they don't know what's really happening with this company.
I didn't say any of those....
Please see your physician if your berry blackening lasting longer than four hours.
Blackberry tile not passport
Damn he hogs like all the damn phones
LOL OMG etc.
Great unboxing for a piece of junk phone.
Why is it junk though?
this coming from a hick with an ipad mini installed in his silverado truck LMAO- speaks volumes about your taste.
beastson LOL! So true...what a dumbass.
Not to mention he calls the phone with the most impressive build quality I've ever seen "junk". It's like, since when is a stainless steel I-beam frame junk?