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Long-time Q10 user here. I absolutely love that phone, always will. Luckily never had the double-typing issue, never had any problem really except that the screen just wasn't big enough for what I needed to do with it. Switched to the Passport a few days ago and zero regrets! Battery life is great, hardware quality is amazing (except the sim/sd door, which feels surprisingly cheap) and the screen.... *drools a bit* sorry, it's just so crisp and delicious! I love how much the colors and pictures pop on it! And the touch keyboard is THE best, it's like having a trackpad again. Writing/editing documents and email is sooo much easier than with the Q10.
As for one-handed use, that's hard to say. My fiance tried my phone and he has giant hands so he was able to easily hold with one hand and click links in the far corners with his thumb. But I am an avg/big woman with normal size hands and I find it still a bit challenging to type quickly on this device, compared to the Q10 (went from about 220 lpm to 170 lmp, which is a huge difference). However, I've read all around these forums that it takes quite a while to adjust to this keyboard, and once you do there is none quite like it
In any case, if the features sound like they'd serve your purposes, definitely stick with the Passport. It's a great phone!
= ♥04-05-15 07:50 AM - Thanks. It is a very detailed & convincing advice!Long-time Q10 user here. I absolutely love that phone, always will. Luckily never had the double-typing issue, never had any problem really except that the screen just wasn't big enough for what I needed to do with it. Switched to the Passport a few days ago and zero regrets! Battery life is great, hardware quality is amazing (except the sim/sd door, which feels surprisingly cheap) and the screen.... *drools a bit* sorry, it's just so crisp and delicious! I love how much the colors and pictures pop on it! And the touch keyboard is THE best, it's like having a trackpad again. Writing/editing documents and email is sooo much easier than with the Q10.
As for one-handed use, that's hard to say. My fiance tried my phone and he has giant hands so he was able to easily hold with one hand and click links in the far corners with his thumb. But I am an avg/big woman with normal size hands and I find it still a bit challenging to type quickly on this device, compared to the Q10 (went from about 220 lpm to 170 lmp, which is a huge difference). However, I've read all around these forums that it takes quite a while to adjust to this keyboard, and once you do there is none quite like it
In any case, if the features sound like they'd serve your purposes, definitely stick with the Passport. It's a great phone!
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Posted via CB1004-05-15 09:19 AM - I had my Q10 since about one and a half year before jumping right to the Passport. I didn't want to buy it at first, had my eyes on the Classic instead and the Passport seemed too large for my tastes. However with the Classic delayed for more than two months and more and more information and videos of the Passport becoming available, I bought the larger phone instead.
As it turns out, size isn't really much of a problem at all. The phone fits on most of the pockets I put my phones in just fine, even though I have to say it shouldn't be any wider, so there isn't much space left.
The new screen is pretty amazing and it is nice to have a bright LCD panel instead of that AMOLED panel of the Q10. The screen estate is amazing and you'll see BB10 in a way you never did before, the content displayed is simply outstanding.
Also outstanding is the battery life. Most of the time I charge my Passport only every two days, compared to Q10 and Classic which both needed daily charging. Also leaving home for work with just 60 or even 50% juice left? Almost no need to worry, the Passport usually still makes it through the day. It all depends on your usage of course! So don't blame it on me please when it works out different for you
The keyboard requires quite some getting used to. The first barrier will be the slightly different layout and especially the C, V, B and N keys will be hit wrong quite often, as does the smaller spacebar.
Next obstacle would be the virtual part of the keyboard, I tend to avoid all kind of software related helpers like autocorrect or word suggestions and still have my own struggles with that virtual parts. Since they aren't real keys, I sometimes hit the wrong icon, the shift-key reaction is IMHO pretty lame and needs to be improved big time, not much an issue for english speaking folks, but for german language it can be very annoying.
Getting used to the new way of entering numbers and special character might also take some time.
Once you managed to find your way around it however, it is quite a joy to use. The keys are very spacious, even with big thumbs you'll find the large keyboard comfortable. The feedback and feel of the keys are both good. I still prefer the Classic keyboard for shape of the keys, tactile feedback and the fact it had the traditional 4-row layout. But the Passport is really good too.
One-handed use is IMHO something you should simply strike from the list at all. It is way easier simply accepting this device isn't designed for that than trying to find any workarounds. Just browsing and reading stuff with the device sitting in just one hand is no problem at all, just like you would with a typical e-book reader (which usually is larger than the Passport), scrolling with the keyboard works like a charm.
My personal verdict, after owning all three phones, Q10 for the longest time, Passport and Classic for both about two to three months of daily use:
There is no clear winner. I switched to the Classic as my daily driver in January, then switched back late March to the Passport. Both phones are IMO upgrades to the Q10. It comes down to the question how large of a phone you'd like to have. The Classic isn't compact either, it even is a tad taller than the Passport. I even dare to say if a pocketable phone is number one priority and you are happy with the Q10, you might not even want to consider updating to any of the new devices.
The Passport has that great screen estate and the very unique appearence, which gets quite some attention. The Classic is, just like BlackBerry says, a renewed BlackBerry experience in a larger package, it's size is more manageable than the Passport, but of course the screen estate is much less - as is the battery performance, which simply cannot rival the Passport.
Posted via CB1004-07-15 02:26 AM
Any user coming from Q10?
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