These BlackBerry Passport followers on the lookout for an Android-powered model of the telephone, which BlackBerry by no means shipped, may recall that the subsequent neatest thing was launched in 2019 by area of interest Android producer Unihertz. Referred to as the Titan, the telephone had the identical 4.5-inch sq. show because the Passport proper all the way down to its 1440 x 1440 decision. It even copied the BlackBerry’s large-keyed bodily QWERTY.
The Passport has grow to be one thing of a cult hit. Launched in September 2014, the boxy display’s capacity to point out a wider view mixed with the hybrid physical-virtual keyboard and the newest BBOS 10.3 working system, the telephone was marketed as vital machine for businessmen, not for these trying to play the newest cellular video games or obtain the latest social media platform.
Trying rather less just like the Passport, the Titan 2 is predicted to be listed on Kickstarter later this month. | Picture credit-Unihertz
The Passport is all the time in demand nearing a decade after the Silver Version of the telephone was launched. That mannequin featured a silver body, softer rounded backside corners, a chrome steel ring across the rear digital camera, enhancements to the bodily QWERTY, and extra. Beforehand owned items and new Passports nonetheless within the authentic field will be discovered on eBay and on different websites.
Unihertz hoped to boost $100,000 with the OG Titan and as an alternative collected over $700,000 on Kickstarter. The QWERTY on the Titan 2 does not resemble those on the
Passport and OG Titan; it seems to be extra like a wider BlackBerry KEYone keyboard though the show appears extensive sufficient to carry again some recollections of the Passport and the Titan.
Proper now there appears to be radio silence out of Unihertz however that may certainly change as soon as the Kickstarter itemizing goes reside. Should you’re a fan of rugged telephones, BlackBerry handsets, and smartphones that sport bodily keyboards, you are going to wish to checkout the Unihertz Titan 2. Maintain checking in with us at PhoneArena and as quickly as we all know one thing new, you will know.