PASSPORT SILVER EDITION (SE) shortcomings.
Hi Folks,
This post is about the PP Silver Edition shortcomings from the Design & Build perspectives; as the Internals are well known back to the original versions. The strong points of the device will not be talked about, also maybe the camera has been improved as some may claimed a little bit, but not dramatically, might be the different hardware module vendors; the specs are the very very same + the psychology "hype"/ "placebo" impression of the new device.
The photos are taken from the BBVietnam, the device in hands is the test prototype but the build quality is 9x % of the commercial sample. (You know somehow Vietnam gets the very first prototypes/ Dev devices etc), so about the shortcomings:
- Price. You decide yourself. Yeah, BB keeps releasing the devices with dated specs; like Q10 and Z10 were delayed for a year, and then the very same S4 Pro chip gets used until now till the Leaps. And then the SE Passport with the very same specs as a year ago, and I will not be surprised if BB releases the budget PP or other devices running 801s etc.
Even the Venice (flagship) is delayed and when it comes out, ppl will be using 820s already, but in this case, is not as bad as the Q10 and Z10s.
You know, the 2100mah/1800 mah are not that bad, but still we get very juice hungry devices, this is all due to the dated HW. Like the Amoled in Q10 is something used in Sammy's Galaxies S1/S2 with low brightness, satured colors etc + high energy consumption. I remember the S3 was with good display.
And don't tell me in BB specs are not important, with the Android runtime integrated, specs does matter. You launch the virtual runtime, and an Android app on-top; so yes, the specs matters. Android even lags in top-notch native devices...
- The design is not a whole stainless steel, just the frame and the keyboard frets; other things: the sim back cover/ the chin or the bottom of the device/ the whole thing hugging the keyboard are plastic.
http://s21.postimg.org/mb81v4oc7/watermarked_1.jpg
http://s4.postimg.org/h52bwc20t/watermarked_2.jpg
http://s13.postimg.org/3xu6y5jh3/image.jpg
- The steel and the plastics are painted with silver matte colors (the steel on Original passport is just steel, not painted); so with time, the paint will be faded/ scratched etc. If you have been using 9900, Q10, Classic, AT&T Passport and even the Porsche designs etc, you will know that the painted plastic (normally black) will be faded and will look UGLY.
The plastic begins, where the steel/metal ends, in the PD phones, the plastic begins, right under the PD logos.
The paint painted using by Blackberry is sooo bad that with rough usage (not extra care), it comes off with time.
I hate the Q10 Golden (Special) edition as the painted golden color on frame metal is Okay, but the bottom (plastic) gets scratched easily and shows the black plastic. Blackberry doesn't just do the colored plastic, they just use black and paint it...
- The reason BB uses plastic here is due to the radio/ reception, if the frame is 100% metal, then the reception goes nuts. That's why you see the white lil stripes around the Iphone's frames, and so is the Sammy's S6 etc.
in this picture, on the right, you can see the steel/metal part frame, the rest are plastic.
http://s17.postimg.org/5ul7zyym7/Pas...rame_Small.jpg
- The camera in SE is popped out, so it got scratched easier.
Finger print magnet is the same, in SE it's less than in the original black, but due to they have a silicon or rubber layer on top, it gets better grip (better than White/Red editions as they use only plastic, more slippy) + you see the finger prints and the oil skin marks + as the design is dots, the dirt/dust will get in with time + you can see the device gets old. This is where plain plastic wins, like in the RED, in the White coz of the color, it's just get dirty (becomes yellowish with time and heat).
http://s3.postimg.org/v5o2br3hf/watermarked_8.jpg
http://s30.postimg.org/dn63dx98h/watermarked_12.jpg
- The keyboard in new condition has some kind of dust on it, but with time you use the physical keyboard more and more, they keyboard just gets shinny, this happends to all BBs with physical buttons, nothing new.
In the Passport Silver edition, they put a soft-matte layer on top, like the velvet material, gives you soft and comfortable typing feelings, but with time, that layer will be gone, it's so thin just like the layer on the OG keyboard.
http://s2.postimg.org/hqgxucl0p/watermarked_3.jpg
http://forums.crackberry.com/attachm...passpor-13.jpg
Here goes the Productional, commercial (final) sample:
http://s16.postimg.org/3p0z64bid/live2.jpg
And in the end, LOOKS nice on the MacBook rite? Don't you find interesting :dancing:;) (Apple Product)
http://s17.postimg.org/b7j95l1a7/live5.jpg