Passport Sqw100 1 — Blackberry

The Passport was the last time BlackBerry truly believed in itself. It refused to make a rectangular slab. It refused to ditch the keyboard. It refused to follow.

If you buy one today (for roughly $100–150 on eBay), you aren’t buying a tool. You are buying a museum piece—a testament to what happens when an engineer draws a phone without ever looking at what Apple or Samsung was doing. It is weird, wonderful, and utterly unforgettable. blackberry passport sqw100 1

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. The Passport was the last time BlackBerry truly

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. It refused to follow

The was monstrous. You could easily get two full days of heavy use. In an era of "charge by dinner," the Passport was a marathon runner. The Critical Flaw (SQW100-1 Specific) Every legend has a flaw. For the SQW100-1, it was the screen lift issue .

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.