Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Passport vs BlackBerry Priv vs Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry BlackBerry Samsung
Announced June 2014 October 2015 December 2017
Status Available - September 2014 Available - November 2015 Coming Soon - January 2018
Price - Rs. 34,999 ($514.69) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 37,750 ($589.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Black Black, orchid grey, gold, blue
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)
149.2 x 70.6 x 8.4 mm
(5.87 x 2.78 x 0.33 in)
Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 192 g (6.77 oz) 172 g (6.07 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 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - QWERTY Keyboard - - Fingerprint Sensor
- Samsung Pay
- IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
Notification LED - - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.1 OS Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop) Android 7.1.1 (Nougat)
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 (2x2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 7885 Octa
GPU Adreno 330 Adreno 418 Mali-G71
RAM 3 GB 3 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 32 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Curved Edge Screen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified Version)
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches 5.4 inches 5.6 inches
Resolution 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (544 ppi) 1080 x 2220 (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.40% 70.82% 75.51%
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 16 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 Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.7, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar] 2 MP [Similar] Dual 16 MP + 8 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat11 600/75 Mbps, VoLTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE 5.0, A2DP, EDR, 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, WiFi 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 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - - Not 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
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3450 mAh 3410 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 444 h (3G)
- -
Talk Time Up to 18 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)
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