Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Passport vs Vertu Signature Touch (2015) vs BlackBerry Priv

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Vertu BlackBerry
Announced June 2014 September 2015 October 2015
Status Available - September 2014 Coming Soon - October 2015 Available - November 2015
Price - Rs. 695,000 ($999.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 34,999 ($514.69) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Jet Calf, Garnet Calf, Grape Lizard, Pure Jet Lizard, Jet Alliga Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
155 x 74 x 10.8 mm
(6.1 x 2.91 x 0.43 in)
147 x 77.2 x 9.4 mm
(5.79 x 3.04 x 0.37 in)
Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 225-236 g (7.94-8.32 oz) 192 g (6.77 oz)
SIM Type Single-SIM - -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
TD-SCDMA
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE band 1(2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 13(700), 17(700), 20(800), 25(1900), 28(700), 29(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - QWERTY Keyboard - -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.1 OS Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
User Interface BBOS 10 - -
Processor Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801 Quad-core 1.56 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 1.82 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810 Dual-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A57 & quad-core 1.44 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8992 Snapdragon 808
GPU Adreno 330 Adreno 430 Adreno 418
RAM 3 GB 4 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 64 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Sapphire Crystal Glass Capacitive Touchscreen AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Curved Edge Screen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches 5.2 inches 5.4 inches
Resolution 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (544 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.40% 64.88% 70.82%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 21 MP, 5248 x 3936 18 MP
Flash LED Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone) Dual-LED flash
Features AutoFocus, OIS, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Phase Detection Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Optical Image Stabilization, Schneider-Kreuznach optics, Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps Yes 2160p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar] 2.1 MP [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.0, A2DP, LE, apt-X 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, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 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-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3450 mAh 3160 mAh 3410 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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