Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Passport vs BlackBerry Priv vs Samsung Galaxy A30s

Price Comparison (India) - -

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry BlackBerry Samsung
Announced June 2014 October 2015 August 2019
Status Available - September 2014 Available - November 2015 Coming Soon - September 2019
Price - Rs. 34,999 ($514.69) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 16,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Black Prism Crush Black, Prism Crush White, Prism Crush Green, Prism Crush Violet2
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
147 x 77.2 x 9.4 mm
(5.79 x 3.04 x 0.37 in)
158.5 x 74.7 x 7.8 mm
(6.24 x 2.94 x 0.31 in)
Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 192 g (6.77 oz) 166 g (5.86 oz)
SIM Type Single-SIM - Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
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), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - QWERTY Keyboard - - Fingerprint Sensor(In-display)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.1 OS Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop) Android 9.0 (Pie)
User Interface BBOS 10 - -
Processor Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801 Dual-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A57 & quad-core 1.44 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8992 Snapdragon 808 Octa-core (2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 7904
GPU Adreno 330 Adreno 418 Mali-G71
RAM 3 GB 3 GB 4GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 32 GB 64GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Curved Edge Screen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Unspecified
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches 5.4 inches 6.4 inches
Resolution 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (544 ppi) 720 x 1560 pixels (268 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.40% 70.82% 85.21%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 18 MP 25 MP + 8 MP + 5 MP
Flash LED Flash Dual-LED flash LED Flash
Features AutoFocus, OIS, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Optical Image Stabilization, Schneider-Kreuznach optics, Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama 25 MP, f/1.7, PDAF
8 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide)
5 MP, f/2.2, depth sensor

Panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar] 2 MP [Similar] 16 MP, f/2.0, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSPA, LTE HSPA, LTE-A
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE 5.0, 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, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 64GB, 4GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - - 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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 15W
Capacity 3450 mAh 3410 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 444 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 18 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)
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