Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Passport vs Samsung Galaxy S9+ vs BlackBerry Key2

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Samsung BlackBerry
Announced June 2014 February 2018 June 2018
Status Available - September 2014 Coming Soon, March 2018 Available - June 2018
Price - Rs. 57,999 ($890.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 43,500 ($649.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Various Black, Silver
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
158.1 x 73.8 x 8.5 mm
(6.22 x 2.91 x 0.33 in)
151.4 x 71.8 x 8.5 mm
(5.96 x 2.83 x 0.33 in)
Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 189 g (6.67 oz) 168 g (5.93 oz)
SIM Type Single-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - QWERTY Keyboard - Fingerprint Sensor
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
Physical Keyboard
Series 7000 Aluminium
Notification LED - Yes Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.1 OS Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 8.1 (Oreo)
User Interface BBOS 10 - -
Processor Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801 Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA
Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA & China, Exynos 9810 Octa - EMEA
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Quad 2.2GHz Kryo 260 + Quad 1.8GHz Kryo 260, Snapdragon 660
GPU Adreno 330 Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA & China
Adreno 512
RAM 3 GB 6 GB 6 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 64 GB 64/128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only microSD, up to 2 TB (uses SIM 2 slot)

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 3 protection
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches 6.2 inches 4.5-inches
Resolution 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (531 ppi) 1080 x 1620 pixels (-)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.40% 83.59% -
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 Dual12 MP + 12 MP Dual 12 MP + 12 MP
Flash LED Flash LED Flash Dual-tone Flash
Features AutoFocus, OIS, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.6 + f/2.4, 26mm, 1/2.55", 1.4 µm, 52mm, 1/3.6", 1 µm, Dual Pixel AF, OIS, 2x Optical Zoom, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 9MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama Dual PDAF, f/1.8 aperture, 1.14µm pixel size, 79.3-degree wide-angle lens, geotagging, dual cameras, secondary 50mm lens, f/2.6 aperture
Video 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.6, autofocus, 1440p, dual video call, Auto HDR [Similar] 8 MP, f/2.0, 1080p [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-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA, TD-SCDMA, LTE, TD-LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.2, 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 Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 64 GB, 6 GB RAM 64/128 GB, 6 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only microSD, up to 2 TB (uses SIM 2 slot)
USB OTG - Not Supported 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
Light Sensor light sensor present light sensor present light sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present barometer sensor not present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor present heart rate sensor not present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery Li-ion Non-removable Battery
Capacity 3450 mAh 3500 mAh 3500 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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