Name: Why Does BlackBerry Exist in 2017?
Uploaded: 2017-08-04T07:18:03.000Z
Duration: 6 min 22 s
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It is 2017 and Blackberry
still exists, but why?

Adverbs of degree

At one point Blackberry
was pretty much synonymous

First up, we have the Blackberry Passport.

Now this is very much
sort of the last hoorah

As it was still completely
manufactured by Blackberry,

however, it's just a little bit different

than the old Blackberries back in the day.

this is what the Passport
looks like compared

There's definitely no
other phone out there

So it's rocking a 4.5 inch,
1440 by 1440 display.

to have a modern smartphone
with a square screen,

but in this case it actually
does kinda make sense

as having the keyboard
on the bottom is sort

In fact actually it might
be a Blackberry trademark,

Something kind of cool
about the Passport is

that the keyboard is actually a touch pad.

So for example, I can use it
to scroll up and down this

or maybe swipe left or right,
depending on what it is.

so that kind of negates
a lot of the usefulness

but it is a sort of
useful feature to have.

I like how before it even
lets you get into the phone

and how they're a global leader
in mobile communications.

Even though this phone is a
couple years older at this point

So inside it has a
Snapdragon 801 processor

and it also has a pretty monstrously sized

putting a lot of phones
even from 2017 to shame.

So when it comes to BB10,
it's actually not that bad.

It's pretty responsive
especially considering

So, for example if you
open up the YouTube app,

but to be fair stuff like the Twitter app

and you also do have some
support for Android apps.

This is done through the Amazon App Store.

So the way it works is
there's a virtual version

So if I jump into something like Spotify,

Some apps don't really take
too kindly to the square screen

and generally speaking
performance isn't great,

Now, beyond that, you
can have some issues.

just completely fails
to do anything for me,

but considering that
this is an older phone

and it's running sort of a
cludgy put together gross version

of Android, the app
support is not terrible.

If it was running an up to
date version of Android,

I would actually definitely
give this a shot.

Now this was an interesting
phone for one big reason.

It was the first Blackberry
to ship with Android

and you'll see they promise
privilege and privacy.

That is quite the statement
to put on your phone.

Crack this one open and
you'll see a Blackberry

So at first glance it looks
like a traditional smartphone,

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