[TGR1]

That's why we are here. Just like I told lnichols, I think the iPhone is overpriced. You don't. That's fine.

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This I agree with. I did not with the wordng of the post I originally quoted.

[linus_lim]

Hi all

I am new to blackberry. I own iPhone before. And went on to HTC for android with two phones. Now I am using blackberry passport for few days now and I love it.

I went to watch all videos about blackberry, the passport launch and BB10 launch. I also get to know about QNX that first integrated to playbook and powers the latest phones. I think I can understand blackberry well.

There are many things that blackberry wins over other phones and most people do not know. Main reason is blackberry is not a consumer brand and marketing is not spent a lot on consumer versus the other companies.

Why I made the switch is because I want real serious phone and am tired of switching emails accounts, poor battery life and work narrow concept. The moment I saw Passport I fall in love with it. And I found out QNX is the main success of BB10 that make it a fast gesture OS. Impressed!

So here are some of the things that I like about my blackberry passport :

Physical keyboard to type faster each day
Swipe to delete
Blackberry hub
Good battery life
Bedside mode
Blackberry peak
Blackberry blend
Swipe keyboard to scroll
Search anything by typing on home screen
Great call signal
Security
Volume quality pretty good
Keyboard shortcut to launch apps
Work wide concept using the screen
Device manager and can restrict apps
Double tab to edit text
Set different led color
Lift to wake phone




Blackberry Passport

[lnichols]

Hi all

I am new to blackberry. I own iPhone before. And went on to HTC for android with two phones. Now I am using blackberry passport for few days now and I love it.

I went to watch all videos about blackberry, the passport launch and BB10 launch. I also get to know about QNX that first integrated to playbook and powers the latest phones. I think I can understand blackberry well.

There are many things that blackberry wins over other phones and most people do not know. Main reason is blackberry is not a consumer brand and marketing is not spent a lot on consumer versus the other companies.

Why I made the switch is because I want real serious phone and am tired of switching emails accounts, poor battery life and work narrow concept. The moment I saw Passport I fall in love with it. And I found out QNX is the main success of BB10 that make it a fast gesture OS. Impressed!

So here are some of the things that I like about my blackberry passport :

Physical keyboard to type faster each day
Swipe to delete
Blackberry hub
Good battery life
Bedside mode
Blackberry peak
Blackberry blend
Swipe keyboard to scroll
Search anything by typing on home screen
Great call signal
Security
Volume quality pretty good
Keyboard shortcut to launch apps
Work wide concept using the screen
Device manager and can restrict apps
Double tab to edit text
Set different led color
Lift to wake phone




Blackberry Passport

And if they made an all touch version of the Passport with a 1440x1920 screen, it would sell way better and I bet many Z users here would give it a shot. I agree that BB10 is the best OS available out of the box with features and functionality, but the app situation is what is holding it back. Businesses need apps just as much as consumers. The days of the phone being solely for communications is over for most businesses.

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[Madhuchandran]

There is no function = swipe to delete.

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[howarmat]

There is no function = swipe to delete.

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on the keyboard you can swipe back to delete words

[kbz1960]

Hi all

I am new to blackberry. I own iPhone before. And went on to HTC for android with two phones. Now I am using blackberry passport for few days now and I love it.

I went to watch all videos about blackberry, the passport launch and BB10 launch. I also get to know about QNX that first integrated to playbook and powers the latest phones. I think I can understand blackberry well.

There are many things that blackberry wins over other phones and most people do not know. Main reason is blackberry is not a consumer brand and marketing is not spent a lot on consumer versus the other companies.

Why I made the switch is because I want real serious phone and am tired of switching emails accounts, poor battery life and work narrow concept. The moment I saw Passport I fall in love with it. And I found out QNX is the main success of BB10 that make it a fast gesture OS. Impressed!

So here are some of the things that I like about my blackberry passport :

Physical keyboard to type faster each day
Swipe to delete
Blackberry hub
Good battery life
Bedside mode
Blackberry peak
Blackberry blend
Swipe keyboard to scroll
Search anything by typing on home screen
Great call signal
Security
Volume quality pretty good
Keyboard shortcut to launch apps
Work wide concept using the screen
Device manager and can restrict apps
Double tab to edit text
Set different led color
Lift to wake phone




Blackberry Passport

And if they made an all touch version of the Passport with a 1440x1920 screen, it would sell way better and I bet many Z users here would give it a shot. I agree that BB10 is the best OS available out of the box with features and functionality, but the app situation is what is holding it back. Businesses need apps just as much as consumers. The days of the phone being solely for communications is over for most businesses.

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I agree. They are great phones for people who don't want or need a lot of apps.

[lnichols]

I agree. They are great phones for people who don't want or need a lot of apps.

Well I can get most of the apps to work, with the help of SNAP and Cobalt's work, but most users won't do that. I'm just about done myself because they don't have a device for me to upgrade to with good US LTE support and if I'm going to spend a lot of money I shouldn't have to put effort to make apps work. I'll see what the slider offers, and because I think they will price it crazy and not address apps, likely bail. Simply can't keep putting the effort into a company that says I'm not a valued customer.

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[Troy Tiscareno]

on the keyboard you can swipe back to delete words

Yes... this feature came over from SwiftKey, which is the basis of the BB software keyboard (licensed from SwiftKey).

[alternator77]

No, I would suggest that it is quite watertight.

I find that people whom pay $900 for a phone find ways to justify the expense.


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No its more like people who get the carrier subsidy justify the expense. That's why only a million preorders for the apple watch and dwindling sales of the iPad. The moment apple decided to sell the iphone unlocked only without carrier backing sales would tank right along with their stock price. In the US at least subsidies are king.

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[anon(6038817)]

No its more like people who get the carrier subsidy justify the expense. That's why only a million preorders for the apple watch and dwindling sales of the iPad. The moment apple decided to sell the iphone unlocked only without carrier backing sales would tank right along with their stock price. In the US at least subsidies are king.

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Yes, the vast majority of smartphone users in the U.S. buy them subsidized through carriers. I'd be curious to compare sales of the ShopBlackBerry/Amazon Passport with the AT&T Passport. I wouldn't be surprised if the ATT version has surpassed the unlocked version in numbers of units sold.

Typed with much precision and clicky-ness on my BlackBerry Bold 9930

[fishlove73]

Stand alone calendar...meaning not shared with as system or network. Awesome if you like to keep things private. I have never found a stand alone calendar on Android or Apple...they always want you to share or sync it with something....Blackberry does this better.

Remember app. I can set alarms to tasks that sync with the stand alone calendar. The remember app gives me a choice....stand alone on device or share with a service like Evernote...only if I choose. I don't like certain types of information living on someone else's server (evernote) so again BB gives me a choice where Apple and Droid dont.

Picture Password....probably the most secure password I have seen yet. Even better than a fingerprint as my fingerprint info is not living on a device or server. So it's better...someone can be standing over my shoulder while using picture password and they would never be able to figure it out. So again better.

Encrypted chip and device....Better.

App Permissions......Better.

Keyboard....whether virtual or physical....Better.

Smoothness of OS and ability to install leaks and autoloading OS.....better.

Password keeper.....Better. To date I don't think Blackberry has ever been compromised....so more secure and Better.

Apple cannot run Android apps....so Blackberry wins again here too.

No nude celeb photos hijacked off of a blackberry....so better.

BBM.....IMHO....better than whatsapp and snap combined.

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[jmr1015]

No its more like people who get the carrier subsidy justify the expense. That's why only a million preorders for the apple watch and dwindling sales of the iPad. The moment apple decided to sell the iphone unlocked only without carrier backing sales would tank right along with their stock price. In the US at least subsidies are king.

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and without carrier subsidies, do you think Galaxy S and Note devices, or HTC One devices, or any of the $600-$700+ flagship devices, would continue to sell like they have been? No. They would still sell, but the number of people who would shell out that sort of money on a device up front would be much smaller. If the carrier subsidy model vanished overnight, low-end and midrange devices would reign supreme, regardless of the manufacturer.

[axeman1000]

Right because with iTunes you have to have a cable :roll eyes:. And on a BB how are you getting a movie on your phone if you aren't using a computer to transfer the file to the SD Card? So you either have to download it or I guess carry your computer around with you to transfer the file to the SD Card or does it just go on there magically?

Copy the movie to the SD card over wifi browsing with your computer to your phone or use blackberry link to stream it.

[donnation]

Copy the movie to the SD card over wifi browsing with your computer to your phone or use blackberry link to stream it.

That's what I said. You can either download it or send it to your phone from a computer.

[Tre Lawrence]

Apple cannot run Android apps....so Blackberry wins again here too.

Dude...