Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Passport vs HTC Desire 820 vs BlackBerry Leap

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry HTC BlackBerry
Announced June 2014 September 2014 March 2015
Status Available - September 2014 Coming Soon - September 2014 Available - April 2015
Price - - Rs. 20,900 ($307.35) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Marble White, Tuxedo Grey, Santorini White, Milky-way Grey, Tang Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
157.7 x 78.7 x 7.7 mm
(6.21 x 3.1 x 0.3 in)
144 x 72.8 x 9.5 mm
(5.67 x 2.87 x 0.37 in)
Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz) 170 g (6 oz)
SIM Type Single-SIM - -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA version
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - Asia version
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - North America
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - Global
4G Network LTE LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - EMEA version LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600
(Bands 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 13, 17) - North America
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - QWERTY Keyboard - -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.1 OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) BlackBerry OS 10.3.1
User Interface BBOS 10 - -
Processor Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
GPU Adreno 330 Adreno 405 Adreno 305
RAM 3 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 16 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen LCD Capacitive Touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches 5.5 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.40% 67.20% 65.62%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED Flash LED flash LED flash
Features AutoFocus, OIS, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR Auto focus, Yes
Video 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar] 8 MP, 1080p [Similar] 2 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.0, A2DP v4.0, A2DP, EDR, 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, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not 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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3450 mAh 2600 mAh 2800 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 444 h (3G)
Up to 424 h (3G) -
Talk Time Up to 18 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)
Up to 22 h 24 min (3G) Up to 25 h