What THE fuck were they thinking?

What THE fuck were they thinking?

It was actually pretty based.

>battery indicator on the left side

i dont know op it looks pretty retarded to me

More like Black Squarey

They were thinking they should make the best phone ever.

>rotating a square.

It's clearly so you can use the keyboard to scroll, makes it more comfortable for reading long articles one handed.

For what purpose

Why the fuck wont somebody just make a modern version of the G1?

It also works for zooming, cursor control, etc.

>tfw sold my classic and got an iphone se

It's a good phone, but I kinda regret it sometimes desu.

The fuck that’s more comfortable, easier, or anything else.

It was a stupid solution in search of a stupider problem.

BlackBerry (RIM, whatever), was awesome until the iPhone came out and completely fucked their dominance in corporate mobile messaging. Even Redmond couldn’t pull that one off. So, I understand: they’re flailing. The easiest way to tell: square mobile devices.

>making assumptions on a product you've never used and telling a firsthand user he's wrong
Say what you want, it's fucking great.

It’s easy, watch: you’re wrong.

People put up with all sorts of wacky bullshit because of brand loyalty.

This has nothing to do with brand loyalty. I also thought the Passport was fucking retarded when it came out. Eventually I decided to try it out and regretted not getting it sooner, this phone's incredible.

Seems more like a mini tablet.

As opposed to the ever increasing size of "normal" phones?

It's only got a 4.5" screen

It doens’t fit in a pocket well, it can’t be held comportably in one hand, you have to pinch the bottom to hold it with two hands to use the keyboard, and the screen is a form factor that only it uses.

What could possibly be the upside?

I think those are dumb too, but they're not even as close to as wide.
It's wider than any other phone by a large margin.

>Doesn't fit in a pocket

In what world desu

Who the fuck places emphasis on "the"?

In the world where people don’t wear XXXL cargo shorts.

Sometimes, if you say it strongly enough with the right cadence, it gives a large emphasis with a comedic twist.

you can easily use it with one hand if you aren't a child, i'm typing this with my left hand while sitting on the toilet - no pinching or balance issues.
>a literally passport sized item doesn't fit a pocket
then again, you have to be either a child or a woman with the body of a child. It comfortably fits both dress pants and jeans

>It doens’t fit in a pocket well
This is false.
>it can’t be held comportably in one hand
As is this. I';m not even going to try pulling any hurr ur a manlet shit, I've got pretty average hands and have no issues using it one handed.
>you have to pinch the bottom to hold it with two hands to use the keyboard
I don't know where you got that idea.
>and the screen is a form factor that only it uses
Nope, the Q10, Passport, and P'9983 all also have 1:1 displays. Many Android apps work fine with the odd aspect ratio and the Android runtime has multiple display mode options to help fix any possible issues.
>What could possibly be the upside?
Everything besides the IPS display, non-removable battery, and lack of a microHDMI port.

>a 1:1 display is wider than a 9:16 one with a similar size
Holy shit, stop the presses

I wear jeans
>inb4 hurr you're fat
30" waist

What do you mean?
Making one of the best phones I've ever owned?

>tiny keyboard is less usable than a touchscreen
>is a touchscreen anyways
>reduces the usefulness of pretty much every mobile program ever
>can't even play video games while you wait for your chaffeur to finish taking you to that meeting

t. wears jinco jeans

Well, you’ve certainly convinced yourselves.

>putting that thing in your pocket

>tiny keyboard is less usable than a touchscreen
Some prefer physical keyboards, some don't. Sounds like this isn't the phone for you.
>is a touchscreen anyways
No, it's a trackpad.
>reduces the usefulness of pretty much every mobile program ever
It actually adds usefulness. Keyboard shortcuts, scrolling, zooming, etc.
>can't even play video games while you wait for your chaffeur to finish taking you to that meeting
It's great for games. The square screen means your thumbs don't get in the way of the game and the keyboard makes it great for emulators, you don't even need the touchscreen.

The phone did all the convincing.

Yes, that's exactly what I do.

>mobile gaming
i don't know what jinco is put you're probably projecting
yes

you're supposed to capitalize FUCK not THE

too fifteen on amazon guys tell me why i shouldn't pull the trigger on this

Do it

If you're in the US AT&T is the only provider who has full support for them.

MVNOs work too, I've been using my BlackBerries on Net10.

>full support
what does that mean? the "blackberry option" was dropped after OS7

I'd wait for the keyone to drop in price

...

I'm not from the US and didn't even know "carrier support" was a thing to look out for, I just pop in a simcard from whatever country I'm in and it works.
Thank you for the information

It's more of an issue in the US as we have both GSM and CDMA carriers. Notice how Verizon and Sprint both have the worst support, Verizon supporting LTE because it's a GSM-based technology. I don't know why it doesn't work on Sprint though

>games
>mobile gaming
kys fucking manchild

I wish i could afford a Blackberry

They're not terribly expensive. Factory new unlocked ones routinely can be found on Amazon for $190 to $210.
Worth it for the keyboard. Its basically a UMPC.

i own a blackberry passport rite now. it depends on the version u get. mine has full support. shits alright.
hard to get google apps working on it, and the no numbers kind of sucks. Im switching it out for a moto e4

got mine for $150

tmobile

shut up, satan.

LOOK AT THE TOP OF HIS PHONE
NO NO NO NO NO NO
AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA HAHAHAHA LOOK AT THE KEYS
LOOK AT THE SCREEN
AAAAHA AHAHEEEAA AHAHAHAHA

What a quality post

No website is built for that ratio anymore

> Not using the aryan keyone

What THE fuck were they thinking?

10/10 POST TOP LEL
UPBOATED NIBBA

They should do it again

What THE fuck were they thinking

>keyone
>not full stainless steel passport SE
??????

>gayms
I'm surprised you didn't say gaymen laptop too

Don't wear yoga pants faggot

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underrated

Nah, he's a fucking dumbass and you are too for agreeing with him.

why not 4:3

Because 1:1's pretty awesome.

They really should. With their limited resources they should stick to a few models and incrementally update them instead of designing entirely new form factors.
I'd buy an updated Passport in a heartbeat.

The bb passport is powerful enough even for todays standards though

A faster lower power SoC would only be a good thing. They could use higher endurance UFS storage instead of eMMC.

If you think this is a good idea you are literally a square

Its hip to be a square

I like it, it's cute.

It looks comfy i wanna buy one

I don't think it's a good idea, I know it is.

They could get rid of that shitty IPS display while they were at it too.

Are they going to opensource BBOS
anytime soon?

Sorry meant OP

I doubt it, BB10OS is based on QNX, their cash cow.

do want

no your a gigantic for defending crackberry - the company who gave every one of my banker friends one of their awkward ass phones for work because of their secure email meme and they loathed every minute of having to carry that piece of shit around ontop of their iphones

that scrolling you talk of could of been done by swiping a few pixels on the edge of that screen - not a feature !

I've only met two people with a Passport and they both ranted and raved about how great it was. Looks pretty neato, I'd consider it if it was Android and had modern internals.

They should at least update the android runtime desu

The keyone is pretty neat too desu

>no your a gigantic for defending crackberry
Nah
>they loathed every minute of having to carry that piece of shit around ontop of their iphones
They should've quit being retarded and dropped the iPhones.
>that scrolling you talk of could of been done by swiping a few pixels on the edge of that screen
It could, but I like being able to use zero screen to do it. Also keep in mind that scrolling is far from the only thing the capacitive keyboard is for.

At the time one word was repeating in their minds: THICC

The best part about the keyboard acting as a trackpad is that you need to put your fingers on the screen less.
Touch screens are one of the dumbest things we've ever made. Blackberry hit a homerun with the Passport and its features.

They fell for the 4:3 meme like those idiots on Sup Forums

That's not 4:3.

Close enough

I dunno it's pretty good

No.

Yes.
It's 5 inches to 3.5. The ratio is 1.4. The 4:3 ratio is 1.333. Learn some grade school math and come back to me

The screen itself is a 1:1 square. 1440x1440 pixels.

Good thing I didn't mention the phone screen

They didn't shoot for any specific ratio when making the phone chassis, they made it the shape and size of a Canadian passport.

You were talking aspect ratios, we both know everyone's going to think you were talking about the fucking screen, you twat.

Aspect ratios refer to screen sizes. You started shitposting saying it was 4:3.

The phone is 4:3. I didn't mention an aspect ratio.

>damage control intensifies

>increasingly worried user replies again, no argument in sight

>The phone is this aspect ratio. I never mentioned an aspect ratio.
You are incredibly dumb.

>He thinks any number ratio must be about screens
Do you have a drool bucket?

>ORIENTATION_SQUARE
This constant was deprecated in API level 16. Not currently supported or used.

enjoy NO SUPPORT and broken UI in any modern apps fgts

I like how you conveniently ignored my explanation as to why the phone is 4:3 and just continued on with your hurrrr 4:3 argument.