Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Passport vs BlackBerry Classic

BlackBerry Passport
blackberry passport
BlackBerry Classic
blackberry classic
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general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry BlackBerry
Announced June 2014 June 2014
Status Available - September 2014 Available - November 2014
Colors Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 177 g (6.24 oz)
SIM Type Single-SIM -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - QWERTY Keyboard -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.1 OS BlackBerry 10.3 OS
User Interface BBOS 10 Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait
Processor Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801 [Similar] Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
GPU Adreno 330 [Similar] Adreno 225 [Similar]
RAM 3 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 32 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.40% 41.64%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio No No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

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

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
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
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

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

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

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