Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Passport vs Samsung Galaxy A5 vs BlackBerry Leap

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Samsung BlackBerry
Announced June 2014 October 2014 March 2015
Status Available - September 2014 Available - November 2014 Available - April 2015
Price - Rs. 18,090 ($266.03) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 20,900 ($307.35) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Pearl White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light B Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
139.3 x 69.7 x 6.7 mm
(5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 in)
144 x 72.8 x 9.5 mm
(5.67 x 2.87 x 0.37 in)
Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 123 g (4.34 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 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - North America
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - Global
4G Network LTE LTE 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, IM 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 1.2 GHz Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
GPU Adreno 330 - 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 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches 5.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.40% 70.85% 65.62%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio 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, 4128 x 3096 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, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR, Wide Selfie, Rear-cam Selfie Auto focus, Yes
Video 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar] 5 MP [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, BLE, ANT+ 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/ac, dual-band, 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 64 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 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 2300 mAh 2800 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)
- Up to 25 h