Now
that the 4.7” Apple iPhone 6, 5.5” Apple iPhone plus and the Apple Watch have
been launched as stated in “Apple reveals iPhone 6
Plus with 5.5-inch screen, starts at $299 (hands on)”, published September
9, 2014 10:17 AM by David Katzmaier, CNET News,
a full review will be forthcoming from my blog as well as on the Geezam blog.
Right
now, however, the focus in on the Blackberry Passport, which now has a set
launch date of Wednesday September 24th 2014 to be held at three locations
around the world simultaneously in Toronto, London, and Dubai as stated in the
article “BlackBerry
plots Passport launch for September 24”, published September 2, 2014 --
16:00 GMT (09:00 PDT) By Zack Whittaker, ZDNews.
Like
the Apple iPhone, there’s very little to reveal, as I’ve pretty much done that
on my blog already as it relates to the specs in my blog article
entitled “US$720
Blackberry Passport Specs Revealed – Metallic Accent with Big Battery makes
this Hip to Be Square Phablet Trend a Winner”. In fact, not even the price
may be anything to reveal, save for the price on Contracts on Carriers in the
US of A, as this really is just an event to officially launch the product as
there’re nothing really significant to reveal really!
However,
based on an interview by Managing Director of BlackBerry India, Sunil Lalvani
with Business Today in the article “We
are seeing the traction growing for us, says Blackberry India MD”,
published September 5, 2014 20:55 IST, by Ajita Shashidhar, Business Today, the sold-out
success of the Blackberry Z3 in India means that Blackberry is at least
guaranteed some measure of success with the Blackberry Passport, as the trend
is definitely towards Phablets.
Apple iPhone 6 Plus
launched – Phablets a Trend and success for the Passport approved
This
despite my past reasoning against this overstuffed smartphone bordering on
Tablets based on the dubious statistics of the analysts IDC and NPD as noted in
my blog article
entitled “IDC
and NPD Group record Tablet Decline and Phablet Rise – “White Box” Chinese
Tablets and Wearable Computing in First Quarter of 2014 making Tablets obsolete
in the Year of the Sheep”.
But
I guess when three analysts are saying the same thing, especially when a third
analysts, Kantar Worldpanel ComTech,
based on the opinions of some 20,000 volunteers worldwide in the First Quarter
of 2014 speaking with a unified voice speak via a survey, I'm left with no
other choice but to declare the phablet a real trend and not a temporary one as
stated in the article “The
world wants a bigger iPhone and big smartphones in general”, published
August 28, 2014 12:58 PM PDT by Eric Mack, CNET
News.
Plus,
the Cupertino Kids, clearly under pressure from this growing Trend, have
finally relented and have launched a second version of the Apple iPhone, the
5.5 Apple iPhone 6 Plus, ushering in Apple to the Phablet Era that was started
by Samsung.
A
strange trend no doubt, but if it's real, should result in the Apple iPhone
being given a new lease on life. In like manner, come Wednesday September 24th
2014, Blackberry, armed with the above facts, will prove that it's Hip to be
Square.
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