Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Passport vs Nokia 230

BlackBerry Passport
blackberry passport
Nokia 230
nokia 230
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general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Nokia
Announced June 2014 November 2015
Status Available - September 2014 Coming Soon - December 2015
Price - Rs. 3,500 ($51.47) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
124.6 x 53.4 x 10.9 mm
(4.91 x 2.1 x 0.43 in)
Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 91.8 g (3.21.0.28 oz)
SIM Type Single-SIM -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network LTE -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, IM
Build Features - QWERTY Keyboard -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.1 OS -
User Interface BBOS 10 -
Processor Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801 [Similar] -
GPU Adreno 330 [Similar] -
RAM 3 GB [Browse Similar] 16 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 32 GB N/A
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen TFT
Colors 16M colors 65K colors
Size 4.5 inches [Similar] 2.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (143 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.40% 36.42%
Multi-Touch yes no

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels [Similar] 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED Flash LED flash
Features AutoFocus, OIS, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama -
Video 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 240p@15fps
Front Camera 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar] 2 MP, 480p, LED flash [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE N/A
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v3.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot No
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v1.1
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support No
Browser HTML5 WAP 2.0/xHTML

memory User Memory

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall 1000 entries
Call Records Practically unlimited Yes
Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3450 mAh 1200 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 444 h (3G)
Up to 648 h
Talk Time Up to 18 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)
Up to 23 h