Most features of the Passport of AT & T is the same as I saw at the unlocked model, including items such as screen, camera, and media playback. So I'll focus here on the difference, and you can read our previous reviews BlackBerry Passport for the basics.
A quick recap: It's a gigantic slab of a two-handed phablet, massive 3.56 by 5.16 by 0.36 inches (HWD) and 6.9 ounces. AT & T rounded off the corners to model it may look somewhat unique, but it is a purely cosmetic changes. And it's even a little useful; The Passport is more likely to get caught in a jacket pocket now.
There is a slot for a SIM card and microSD memory card slot under the back cover, but the 3,450mAh battery is not removable. The three-row QWERTY keyboard is quite aristocratic; Missing the consecutive number and punctuation, but that appears at the bottom of the screen as an extended virtual keyboard in a way I found quite natural.
One thing that has changed little over time, that I speak in their long time BlackBerry user about Passport keyboard, and they are not as thrilled as I am. If you are extremely picky about your old BlackBerry Bold keyboard, this one is pretty mushier. I do not mind. It is a giant hardware keyboard anyway.
After using a Passport for a while, I was re-impressed by its 4.5-inch square, 1440-by-1440-pixel screen, especially visibility in sunlight. This screen is super tight and very low reflectivity, and that makes for an unusually pleasant outdoor reading experience.
Performance and Call Quality
As unlocked model, the AT & T Passport is one of the best phone I have ever heard the voice. Voices are perfectly sharp, clear, and rich, and the noise cancellation is ideal. The speaker-bottom-port is powerful, and Bluetooth support is good.
Passport is designed for AT & T and overseas network. Because it has LTE Band 3 and 7, it will roam on LTE networks in areas such as Europe and Canada, a nice plus. As this was 1700 or HSPA LTE band 12, it will not work very well with the network of T-Mobile. It also lacking AT & T's new Band 29 for accelerating the speed of downloading, but that does not seem to matter, I got a great LTE speeds around 15Mbps down in Midtown Manhattan thanks to industry-Paratek antenna.
About 25GB of built-in 32GB user access, and the software builds only have two small AT & T apps, both of which are deletable. As for the rest of the BlackBerry operating system, including email software and great great-looking Web browser, check out our original review Passport.
The camera has many problems still. Outdoors, 720p video taken both front and rear cameras are bluish and overexposed; in front of the video camera does not get above 22 frames per second out. It hit 30fps indoors with decent white balance, which shows that the problem is clearly firmware. In our simulated daylight shots, it is very easy to take a picture before locked to focus on, and HDR-well, it's not instantaneous. The flash is pretty good. But this is not an iPhone 6 $ 199.00 to AT & T or a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 $ 0.00 on Amazon when it comes to the quality of the camera.
I was hoping that the situation app for BlackBerry devices will get better with time. It does not have. And while the Passport can technically run any Android app (and it has Amazon Appstore), it generally does so awkwardly.
The square screen is a major culprit. Some apps, such as American Express app, the new Microsoft Office suite for Android, games or famous Monument Valley $ 3.99 iTunes just does not appear in the Amazon Appstore on this device. Video streaming apps tend to distort when pushed to full screen mode. Some games will be forced into a rectangular window. Yes, you can install the APK file you downloaded and then back up from other Android devices. But that's kludgey and not always work, especially in applications that require the services of Google.
As I said in my previous review Passport, though, that it is not important to the Passport core audience, who are particularly interested in using the built-in productivity apps and want to put up the access of others More experienced by mobile Web. DocsToGo is a good document for viewing and basic editing, and the built-in music and video player can handle most formats. Blend the BlackBerry desktop software, an unusual plus, will also serve as a VPN client for your laptop.