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The all-business BlackBerry Passport just got a makeover
BlackBerry Ltd. has unveiled an upgraded version of its all-business phone, the BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition. The BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition keeps the 4.5-inch square screen and 13-megapixel camera that launched with the original Passport in September last year, but gets a new finish and upgraded keyboard.
According to BlackBerry’s Global Head of Design, Scott Wenger, the BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition combines “cutting-edge technology with purposeful, globally recognized design.”
Described as the “essential business tool,” the new Silver Edition comes with a 3450 mAh battery providing a reported 30 hours of mixed use, the best of any BlackBerry so far.
The latest 10.3.2 BlackBerry operating system features BlackBerry Assistant, which allows you to manage emails, contacts, calendar and more through voice and text commands. BlackBerry Blend allows the transferal of files, messages and emails between your smartphone and your computer or tablet.
The smartphone also comes preloaded with Amazon Appstore and BlackBerry World, offering a variety of productivity and business apps, including Box, Evernote, Cisco WebEx Meetings and Documents to Go.
The BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition features a silver finish with curved corners. For extra durability and strength the Silver Edition has a reinforced stainless steel frame and Corning Gorilla Glass 3. In addition, it has an improved QWERTY keyboard, a quad-core 2.2 GHz processor and 3GB of RAM. It comes with 32GB of internal storage, expandable via microSD card up to 128GB.
The BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition went on sale on August 4 for buyers in North America. It is available through the online BlackBerry shop for $549, $50 less than its predecessor. You can also get $130 worth of accessories free if you purchase the Silver Edition before 19 August.
Availability will be expanded internationally o the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands over the coming weeks. At the same time, the BlackBerry Passport Silver edition will go on sale via Amazon.com, Carphone Warehouse and Selfridges.
Watch the official unboxing of the BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition below:
Image(s) via BlackBerry
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