Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Passport vs Motorola Nexus 6 vs HTC Desire 826

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Motorola HTC
Announced June 2014 October 2014 January 2015
Status Available - September 2014 Available - November 2014 Coming Soon - Q1 2015
Price - - Rs. 16,999 ($249.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Midnight Blue, Cloud White Various
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
159.26 x 82.98 x 10.06 mm
(6.27 x 3.27 x 0.4 in)
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Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 184 g (6.49 oz) -
SIM Type Single-SIM - -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 - XT1100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - XT1103
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA version
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - Asia version
4G Network LTE LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 / TD-LTE 2500 - XT1100 (Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 19, 20, 28, 41)
LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 TD-LTE 2500 - XT1103 (Bands 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 17, 25, 26, 29, 41)
LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - EMEA version
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail
Build Features - QWERTY Keyboard Dual front-facing speakers, Water resistant -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.1 OS Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0.1 (Lollipop)
User Interface BBOS 10 - -
Processor Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801 Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
GPU Adreno 330 Adreno 420 Adreno 405
RAM 3 GB 3 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 32/64 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches 5.96 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (493 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.40% 74.05% -
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 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels
Flash LED Flash Dual-LED Flash LED flash
Features AutoFocus, OIS, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Photo Sphere, HDR, Dual Recording, OIS Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, optical stabilization 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps
Front Camera 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar] 2 MP, 720p [Similar] 4 MP, 1080p (1/3' sensor size, 2µm pixel [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.0, A2DP v4.0, A2DP, apt-X
Wi-Fi 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, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (SlimPort), USB Host, USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) No microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not 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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 3450 mAh 3220 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 444 h (3G)
Up to 330 h -
Talk Time Up to 18 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)
Up to 24 h -