Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A vs BlackBerry Passport

Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A
samsung galaxy s5 lte-a
BlackBerry Passport
blackberry passport
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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung BlackBerry
Announced June 2014 June 2014
Status Available - August 2014 Available - September 2014
Colors Charcoal Black, Shimmering White, Electric Blue, Copper Gold, Sw Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm
(5.59 x 2.85 x 0.32 in)
128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
Weight 145 g (5.11 oz) 196 g (6.91 oz)
SIM Type - Single-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network TD-SCDMA / HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE-A LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- QWERTY Keyboard

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) BlackBerry 10.1 OS
User Interface - BBOS 10
Processor Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 [Similar] Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 420 [Similar] Adreno 330 [Similar]
RAM 3 GB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.1 inches [Similar] 4.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) [Similar] 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 69.63% 56.40%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels [Similar]
Flash phase detection auto LED Flash
Features 1/2.6' Sensor Size, 1.12 �m Pixel Size, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR AutoFocus, OIS, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, video stabilization, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar] 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE-A, 255 Mbps DL HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v3.0 (MHL 2.1), USB On-the-go, USB Host Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB storage, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG Supported -

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 2800 mAh 3450 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)