Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Classic vs BlackBerry Passport vs Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017)

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry BlackBerry Samsung
Announced June 2014 June 2014 January 2017
Status Available - November 2014 Available - September 2014 Coming Soon - January 2017
Price - - Rs. 28,990 ($399.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Black Black, White, Gold, Pink Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
146.1 x 71.4 x 7.9 mm
(5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 in)
Weight 177 g (6.24 oz) 196 g (6.91 oz) -
SIM Type - Single-SIM Dual-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - QWERTY Keyboard -
Notification LED - - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.3 OS BlackBerry 10.1 OS Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)
User Interface Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait BBOS 10 -
Processor Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801 1.9 GHz Quad-core Cortex-A72 & 1.3 GHz Quad-core Cortex-A53, Exynos 7880
GPU Adreno 225 Adreno 330 Mali-T860 MP4
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 32 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 4.5 inches 5.2 inches
Resolution 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi) 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 41.64% 56.40% 71.34%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No FM radio, recording
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 16 MP
Flash LED Flash LED Flash LED flash
Features AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR AutoFocus, OIS, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, f/1.9 aperture, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP [Similar] 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar] 16 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, VoLTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE, ANT+
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB
USB OTG Not Supported - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2515 mAh 3450 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 444 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)
Up to 18 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)
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