Totally agree. The Passport is trying to be the best at productivity... and it may very well turn out to be... But will it be so much better, that it justifies possibly being so bad at everything else people have come to expect from a smartphone in this age?
The Passport seems to offer a bunch of features that I don't feel anyone was asking for. 1:1 aspect ratio screen? Amazon apps in place of native BB apps? The strangest physical keyboard I've seen in years, which functions as a virtual track pad... A form factor just as wide as the ridiculously large Xperia Z Ultra super phablet.
Seriously, BlackBerry should have followed up the Z30 with another touchscreen device. Copy some practical features from other devices, like the active notifications and always-on voice control from the Moto X... Maybe the build quality as well, with metal and leather or wood. Something luxurious. A form factor that looks modern and sleek. Maybe a truly color accurate 5" screen with super thin bezels, so it would be smaller than a LG G3 or Galaxy S5. Maybe do something new and amazing with power management and give us the first 4G smartphone with battery life like an old Nokia. 5 days between charges. Put in a huge amount of storage, like 128gb standard, to store all your files and spreadsheets and presentations and whatever, plus SD card expansion. Swappable battery, or optional extended battery. give us something along those lines, or as close to it, for around $500 all in...
Of all the recent Blackberry devices... The Z30 was the closest to luring me back from Apple and Android... Some more polishing with their touchscreen devices, and they could be a real contender.