24, it seems. The Canadian company that makes it has just begun
sending out invites for three events it will hold on that date, in three
different locations: Toronto, Canada, London, UK, and Dubai, UAE.
Presumably all of these will happen at the same time, but nothing's
certain yet as BlackBerry hasn't announced starting times.
BlackBerry looks set to officially launch its unusual-looking
Passport smartphone on September 24 at events in
Toronto, London, and Dubai.
The company has a lot riding on the Passport, hoping that it will
appeal to the die-hard BlackBerry fans. We'll see if that actually
pans out. Specs for the Passport got leaked a couple of weeks ago.
You should expect it to come with a 4.5-inch LCD display with
1440x1440 resolution, and Gorilla Glass 3 protection.
Running the show will be a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chipset
with a 2.2 GHz quad-core CPU, aided by 3GB of RAM. The
handset will have 32GB of built-in storage, expandable even
further via microSD cards. The rear camera will be a 13 MP
unit with OIS, while the front-facing one will have 2 MP resolution.
Connectivity-wise, the Passport will support
LTE, HSPA+, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, and NFC.
Keeping things powered up will be a huge 3,450 mAh battery.
The Passport's dimensions are allegedly set to be 128 x 90.3 x 9.3mm.