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

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung BlackBerry BlackBerry
Announced June 2014 June 2014 June 2014
Status Available - August 2014 Available - November 2014 Available - September 2014
Colors Charcoal Black, Shimmering White, Electric Blue, Copper Gold, Sw Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm
(5.59 x 2.85 x 0.32 in)
131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
Weight 145 g (5.11 oz) 177 g (6.24 oz) 196 g (6.91 oz)
SIM Type - - Single-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network TD-SCDMA / HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE-A LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, 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 10.3 OS BlackBerry 10.1 OS
User Interface - Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait BBOS 10
Processor Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801
GPU Adreno 420 Adreno 225 Adreno 330
RAM 3 GB 2 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 16 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.1 inches 3.5 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi) 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 69.63% 41.64% 56.40%
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 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels 8 MP 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels
Flash phase detection auto LED Flash 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, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, 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. Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar] 2 MP [Similar] 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE-A, 255 Mbps DL HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, 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 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 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB storage, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG Supported Not Supported -

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 2800 mAh 2515 mAh 3450 mAh
Stand by - Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 444 h (3G)
Talk Time - Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)
Up to 18 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)