Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Bold 9790 vs BlackBerry Passport

BlackBerry Bold 9790
blackberry bold 9790
BlackBerry Passport
blackberry passport
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general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry BlackBerry
Announced November 2011 June 2014
Status Available - December 2011 Available - September 2014
Colors Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 110 x 60 x 11.4 mm
(4.33 x 2.36 x 0.45 in)
128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
Weight 107 g (3.77 oz) 196 g (6.91 oz)
SIM Type - Single-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - QWERTY Keyboard

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS 7.0 BlackBerry 10.1 OS
User Interface - BBOS 10
Processor Marvel Tavor MG1 1 GHz [Similar] Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 330 [Similar]
RAM 768 MB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.45 inches [Similar] 4.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 360 pixels (245 ppi) 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 28.14% 56.40%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization AutoFocus, OIS, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, VGA 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, UMA (carrier-dependent) Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor not present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity (JM-1) 3450 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 408 h (3G)
Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 444 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 5 h 10 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 18 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)