Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Passport vs Samsung Galaxy Note Edge

BlackBerry Passport
blackberry passport
Samsung Galaxy Note Edge
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general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Samsung
Announced June 2014 September 2014
Status Available - September 2014 Available - Q4 2014
Colors Black Frosted white, Charcoal black, Bronze Gold, Blossom Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
151.3 x 82.4 x 8.3 mm
(5.96 x 3.24 x 0.33 in)
Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 174 g (6.14 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 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - QWERTY Keyboard Curved Edge screen

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.1 OS Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat)
User Interface BBOS 10 -
Processor Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801 [Similar] Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 450 (SM-N910S)
Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core Cortex-A57 (SM-N910C), Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 (SM-N910S)
Exynos 5433 (SM-N910C) [Similar]
GPU Adreno 330 [Similar] Adreno 420 (SM-N910S)
Mali-T760 (SM-N910C) [Similar]
RAM 3 GB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 32 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches [Similar] 5.6 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi) 1600 x 2560 pixels (539 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.40% 72.96%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels [Similar] 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED Flash LED Flash
Features AutoFocus, OIS, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, Smart OIS, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, Panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, optical stabilization
Front Camera 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar] 3.7 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat4 (N910C), Cat6 (N910S), 50 Mbps UL, 300 Mbps (N910S), 150 Mbps (N910C) DL
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.1, 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/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3450 mAh 3000 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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