Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Passport vs Apple iPhone 6 Plus vs Apple iPhone 8 Plus

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general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Apple Apple
Announced June 2014 September 2014 September 2017
Status Available - September 2014 Available September 2014 Coming Soon - September 2017
Price - - Rs. 74,000 ($799.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Space Gray, White/Silver, Gold Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
137.5 x 67 x 7.1 mm
(5.41 x 2.64 x 0.28 in)
158.4 x 78.1 x 7.5 mm
(6.24 x 3.07 x 0.3 in)
Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 172 g (6.07 oz) 174 g (6.14 oz)
SIM Type Single-SIM - Nano-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all models
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE- all models LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - QWERTY Keyboard - Fingerprint Sensor (Touch ID)
Shatter proof glass, oleophobic coating
- Fingerprint Sensor
- IP68 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1.5 meters and 30 minutes
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Notification LED - - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.1 OS iOS 8, Upgradable to iOS 10 iOS 11
User Interface BBOS 10 - -
Processor Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801 Dual-core 1.4 GHz, Apple A8 Hexa-core, Apple A11 Bionic
GPU Adreno 330 PowerVR GX6450 -
RAM 3 GB 1 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 16/64/128 GB 64/256 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) No No

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Ion-strengthened glass, Oleophobic Coating
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches 5.5 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.40% 90.31% 67.25%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels Dual 12 MP
Flash LED Flash Dual-LED (Dual-tone) Quad-LED (dual Tone) Flash
Features AutoFocus, OIS, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, 1.5µm Pixel Size, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, Panorama, HDR Phase Detection Autofocus, (f/1.8, 28mm & f/2.8, 56mm), OIS, 2x Optical Zoom, 1/3" Sensor Size @ 28mm, 1/3.6" Sensor Size @ 56mm, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 8MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps,1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps
Front Camera 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar] 1.2 MP [Similar] 7 MP, f/2.2, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [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, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.0, A2DP 5.0, A2DP, 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 hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 v2.0 3.0, reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO
Browser HTML5 HTML (Safari) HTML5 (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM 64/256 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) No No
USB OTG - - Not Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 3450 mAh 2915 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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