Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Passport vs Apple iPad Air 2 vs Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Dual

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Apple Sony
Announced June 2014 October 2014 September 2015
Status Available - September 2014 Available - October 2014 Available - November 2015
Price - Rs. 30,150 ($443.38) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 62,990 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Space Gray, Silver, Gold Chrome, Black, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
240 x 169.5 x 6.1 mm
(9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 in)
154.4 x 75.8 x 7.8 mm
(6.08 x 2.98 x 0.31 in)
Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 437 g / 444 g (15.41 oz / 15.66 oz) 180 g (6.35 oz)
SIM Type Single-SIM - -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - E6833, E6883
4G Network LTE LTE LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800) - E6833
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - QWERTY Keyboard - Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID) - Fingerprint Sensor
- IP68 certified - dust proof and water resistant over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.1 OS iOS 8.1 Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to v6.0 (Marshmallow)
User Interface BBOS 10 - -
Processor Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801 Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A8X Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810
GPU Adreno 330 PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) Adreno 430
RAM 3 GB 1 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 16/64/128 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches 9.7 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 2160 x 3840 pixels (801 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.40% 71.58% 71.26%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No FM radio, RDS
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 5 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 23 MP
Flash LED Flash No LED Flash
Features AutoFocus, OIS, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, 1.12µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) Phase Detection Autofocus, f/2.0, 24mm, 1/2.3" Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR
Front Camera 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar] 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, Face [Similar] 5.1 MP, f/2.4, 1080p, HDR [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 150 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.1, A2DP, aptX
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 hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
Browser HTML5 HTML5 (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery (32.4 Wh) Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3450 mAh 8600 mAh 3430 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)
Up to 10 h (multimedia) -