BlackBerry Passport, the only model of the smartphone market that is supposed to be work-productive, seems poor to me. Aesthetically and ergonomically.
True, it poses a 80 mm wide display and a physical keyboard. That's about everything that can speak for productivity.
-- The square display is too short. The system and applications take some areas for the status bar, the menu and various tool bars, so there remain very little height for the actually active display. Why square display? Why not a more productive aspect ratio (width to height) like 4:5, 5:6, or at least 8:9?
-- The keyboard is too simple. Numbers and punctuations are critical for productivity in many use cases. [Inter-]national languages typically have characters beyond 26 of the English alphabet that are "first-class citizens" in the standard keyboard layout of those languages. Why only 30 keys? Why not 60, 50 or at least 40?
-- The form factor 1.44 is ugly. Why not some of the more aesthetically acceptable values like 13:8, 8:5, 5:3, or at least 3:2?
I do not own/use a Passport, or any other BlackBerry phone. I'm just one of 99% potential buyers that won't buy it.
Is there anybody who agree with me?
P/S. Attached some figures, to make it a bit more illustrative and constructive.
