- Dude the passport has better specs, a better screen (especially for reading) and the keyboard works as a mini-curser at times.).
If you think the classic is better than the passport, you are dreaming LOL.
Posted via CB10 on my BlackBerry Passport | Been around the world, don't speak the language but workin' wide need no explainin'CivilDissident likes this.07-12-15 10:44 AMLike 1 - I also have a Passport. I'm WELL aware of its strengths. My company has a 600hp Peterbilt that will carry 80,000lb coast to coast. So what? How often do i need to carry 80,000 lb?? My 300hp Vette will run circles around it while making me HAPPY to drive it. Grab your Passport, pick up your briefcase, and reply to a text while running to the bus... then do the same with a Classic. WHICH is "better"... ???
(update) will keep both devices, the Classic as the daily and the Passport in the laptop bag as a backup with a second line.
...eleven BlackBerrys and counting....07-13-15 02:22 AMLike 0 - idssteve, best we end it here. Clearly Caitlin is a12 year old kid who doesn't even have a Passport or Classic....
(update) will keep both devices, the Classic as the daily and the Passport in the laptop bag as a backup with a second line.
...eleven BlackBerrys and counting....
I also have a Passport. I'm WELL aware of its strengths. My company has a 600hp Peterbilt that will carry 80,000lb coast to coast. So what? How often do i need to carry 80,000 lb?? My 300hp Vette will run circles around it while making me HAPPY to drive it. Grab your Passport, pick up your briefcase, and reply to a text while running to the bus... then do the same with a Classic. WHICH is "better"... ???
Posted via CB10 on my BlackBerry Passport | Been around the world, don't speak the language but workin' wide need no explainin'07-13-15 02:51 AMLike 0 -
look, I uploaded a picture of (my?) aventador...
ok looks like I've reduced myself to your level.
please have a read of the gist of a thread before commenting.
We were all saying that the classic although lower in specs, seem to work better for SOME people. When you grow up and learn the meaning of "inverted commas" please reflect and feel like a jackass.
The rest of us, well we have some serious things we'd rather be spending time on.
Laterz.
...eleven BlackBerrys and counting....07-13-15 04:41 AMLike 0 - So I did it... had a passport now for a couple months but coming from a q10 I always wondered about the classic... picked one up crazy cheap on ebay and took the plunge. I'm so glad I did!
That's not saying there is anything at all wrong with the passport... it's a supurb device.
But the 4 row keyboard and more one handedability is the winner here for me.
Feeling really at home on the keyboard too.
When it comes to bb10 it's not about cores and ram... save that for android. Chose your style and form factor, because blackberry doesn't make you sacrifice those things for a decent running phone.
Posted via CB10anon(4077577) likes this.07-13-15 08:02 AMLike 1 - and it feels like I've come home to the traditional BlackBerry that I've known all these years...
Of course, the word "upgraded" is my personal opinion only. The passport is still the best for other users.
But because I came from a long line of Bolds, I just had to have my fourth keyboard row.
After using my passport (will be on ebay soon), it's a huge sigh of relief going to a classic.
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1. What's the battery life difference?
2. Since classic processor is slower do you feel the difference in slowness on the basic application from the OS not third party apps?
3. What OS version is your classic and passport?
I bought the classic because of the traditional key layout and the toolbelt function. But will do interchanges with the passport from time to time. Something is missing from passport or q10 compared to bold 9900 maybe I'll find that missing thing on the classic.
ThAnks
Posted via CB10anon(4077577) likes this.07-13-15 08:15 AMLike 1 - Just ordered my blue classic. Also using passport now. I have Some questions if you don't mind..
1. What's the battery life difference?
2. Since classic processor is slower do you feel the difference in slowness on the basic application from the OS not third party apps?
3. What OS version is your classic and passport?
I bought the classic because of the traditional key layout and the toolbelt function. But will do interchanges with the passport from time to time. Something is missing from passport or q10 compared to bold 9900 maybe I'll find that missing thing on the classic.
ThAnks
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from my using of both devices ;
1. The passport certainly has enough battery juice to jumpstart your car. That said, I think if it's just core usage (ie phone/emails/messaging) the Classic is quite hefty in fuel.
2. This one surprised me! Perhaps I expected the Classic to be slow, and was pleasantly surprised. To me, it felt as fast or faster (which probably is impossible). There is no lag whatsoever. And often I have to enter numbers, which means its just a natural hold down of the alt key. Fast.
3. 10.3.2.2226 on my pp, and 10.3.2.something on my classic (it's downstairs in the TV room)
Posted via CB10lysskr likes this.07-13-15 08:22 AMLike 1 - Just ordered my blue classic. Also using passport now. I have Some questions if you don't mind..
1. What's the battery life difference?
2. Since classic processor is slower do you feel the difference in slowness on the basic application from the OS not third party apps?
3. What OS version is your classic and passport?
I bought the classic because of the traditional key layout and the toolbelt function. But will do interchanges with the passport from time to time. Something is missing from passport or q10 compared to bold 9900 maybe I'll find that missing thing on the classic.
ThAnks
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Posted via CB10DarkJoker33 likes this.07-13-15 08:26 AMLike 1 - welcome to the Passport+Classic dual ownership
from my using of both devices ;
1. The passport certainly has enough battery juice to jumpstart your car. That said, I think if it's just core usage (ie phone/emails/messaging) the Classic is quite hefty in fuel.
2. This one surprised me! Perhaps I expected the Classic to be slow, and was pleasantly surprised. To me, it felt as fast or faster (which probably is impossible). There is no lag whatsoever. And often I have to enter numbers, which means its just a natural hold down of the alt key. Fast.
3. 10.3.2.2226 on my pp, and 10.3.2.something on my classic (it's downstairs in the TV room)
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Posted via CB1007-13-15 08:28 AMLike 0 -
Diversity is a wondrous thing!07-13-15 02:48 PMLike 0 - I single hand Passport also. I single hand Z30, too. Having used all three, i can say Classic is the best at that. Especially for overall operation, including answering and reliably ending calls, etc... My opinion, obviously. Your mileage obviously varies.
Diversity is a wondrous thing!
Posted via CB10Last edited by CivilDissident; 07-13-15 at 06:37 PM.
07-13-15 03:31 PMLike 0 - Seriously looking at the Classic(especially since the blue version came out). I've been using BBs since 2005. Tried the iThing and the Android thing then came to my senses and got Q10. Loved that phone and BB OS10 but with the introduction of the Passport it saw its way to the desk drawer. I love my Passport as it is a workhorse. Love the screen, mastered the keyboard. The only thing I disliked about them, and all touch screens, is that they are a fingerprint magnet. I find it very annoying to have to clean the screen so often (maybe I have over oily fingers). I miss the days of a smudgeless screen. Played with the Classic and it seems the toolbelt reduces this. Is this your experience Classic owners?
Thanks!07-13-15 10:46 PMLike 0 - Yeah, my hands are probably a little larger than average and the four letter word "can't" is nowhere in my vocabulary. That said, being able to do it and enjoying doing it are two very different things.07-13-15 11:25 PMLike 0
- Seriously looking at the Classic(especially since the blue version came out). I've been using BBs since 2005. Tried the iThing and the Android thing then came to my senses and got Q10. Loved that phone and BB OS10 but with the introduction of the Passport it saw its way to the desk drawer. I love my Passport as it is a workhorse. Love the screen, mastered the keyboard. The only thing I disliked about them, and all touch screens, is that they are a fingerprint magnet. I find it very annoying to have to clean the screen so often (maybe I have over oily fingers). I miss the days of a smudgeless screen. Played with the Classic and it seems the toolbelt reduces this. Is this your experience Classic owners?
Thanks!Peter Johnson4 likes this.07-14-15 07:19 AMLike 1 - Yes, track nav greatly reduces need for touching the screen. Toolbelt reduces touches even further. I NEVER touch the screen on my 9900 and even have a lock app modified to keep it "off". Classic's OS isn't really optimized for track so I wind up interacting with its touch occasionally. Dunno about other folks but my thumb just doesn't reach the far corners of these monster screens. It also makes a better door than it does a window. Track nav, and especially Toolbelt, keeps my big fat thumb off the screen and out of the way of seeing that screen. The SAME reason i use a three+ button mouse on my PC.
Posted via CB10Peter Johnson4 and DarkJoker33 like this.07-14-15 07:26 AMLike 2 -
Oversized glass is the current market. What will the future be?? My crystal ball is no clearer than anyone else's but there are at least a few of us who see the sense of track nav and toolbelt.07-14-15 10:42 AMLike 0 - Classic's physical "END" key provides that added measure of "warm fuzzy" when you REALLY need to assure the call is ended and the party isn't still listening. A privacy issue that the industry at large hasn't recognized... Yet.
My company lost a BIG client due to failure to successfully end a call on a Q10. Long story, but I can visualize similar privacy issues for legal, medical, etc ..
Needles to say, our Classic's end key gets multiple presses after each call...
Posted via Classic or maybe the Passport07-14-15 12:04 PMLike 0 -
My brother also had an experience with his X and her lawyer that really could have been a big problem under less amicable conditions. I just don't believe the industry has adequately considered these implications.07-14-15 12:20 PMLike 0 - Thanks to all commenting on the pros of having the tool belt.
My hands are small so I likely will have to use two hands at times if I get the classic. Oddly I was more a fan of the trackball on my 8100 and 9000 than my 9900, but doing things one handed was a big functional plus.
Will likely be pulling the trigger in the very near future.
Posted via CB1007-14-15 06:59 PMLike 0 - Thanks to all commenting on the pros of having the tool belt.
My hands are small so I likely will have to use two hands at times if I get the classic. Oddly I was more a fan of the trackball on my 8100 and 9000 than my 9900, but doing things one handed was a big functional plus.
Will likely be pulling the trigger in the very near future.
Posted via CB10
If they brought that back, i'll be the happiest person!!
That thing was BlackBerry in a nutshell.
Posted via CB1007-14-15 07:11 PMLike 0 - Trackballs were good and positive when they worked. Required routine cleaning and replacing tho. I used to carry about 3 spare trackball assemblies everywhere. Easy to swap. Touch it with a slightly oily thumb and good luck! Hard to beat reliability of trackPAD, tho.07-14-15 07:49 PMLike 0
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I remember too having keyboard assemblies as spare.
Not because they were crap, but from the thousands of emails written on the BlackBerry because it was such a joy to type on.
Posted via CB1007-14-15 11:30 PMLike 0 -
Biggest problem we've had with 9900 trackpads is when they accumulate micro scratches and develop a case of "sun crazy" where they go nuts in sunlight. Easiest fix is change TP and KB as one assembly. $5 & 5 minutes. We'll see how it goes as we accumulate use on our Classics. No prob so far.07-14-15 11:46 PMLike 0 - the blue classic looks so sexy
i'm tempted to trade my white passport for a blue classic.
but the passport is also very sexy, and it performs like a boss, as I run a lot of Android apps.
My problem with the classic is that it has the same internal specs as a Q10, which I already have, and sometimes the performance would tank.
But the hardware design of the classic makes my pants tight.
I mean, I already have a Galaxy S6 as my other phone, do I really need a Passport if I already have one of the most powerful devices on the market right now? That means it would be okay if I traded in my passport for a classic, since I'll still have my S6 if I'm worried about performance.
right guys?
right!?!?!
does anyone know what would be the easiest way to get rid of my passport for a classic?
do you think shop blackberry would allow me to return my device or do a trade even though it's been more than 30 days?
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