8/10 Rating (Daily Driver in 2026): 2/10 Rating (Conversation Starter): 11/10 Do you still have a Passport in a drawer? Does it still hold a charge? Let the square live on.
The device feels like a miniature Soviet-era tank. The stainless steel frame, the sharp 90-degree corners, and the textured soft-touch back scream durability. It does not slide easily into a skinny jean pocket. It bulges. It announces itself. You do not carry a Passport; you wield it. The physical QWERTY keyboard is BlackBerry’s soul, and the Passport’s is its most innovative. At first glance, it looks odd—three rows instead of four, with virtual punctuation on-screen. blackberry passport sqw100 1
Running , the experience was buttery smooth. The OS was gesture-based (swipe up from the bottom to go home, swipe down from top for settings), and the Hub—a unified inbox for all messages, calls, and social notifications—remains, to this day, the best notification system ever designed for a mobile OS. 8/10 Rating (Daily Driver in 2026): 2/10 Rating