Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Passport vs Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016)

BlackBerry Passport
blackberry passport
Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016)
samsung galaxy a7 (2016)
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general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Samsung
Announced June 2014 December 2015
Status Available - September 2014 Available - February 2016
Price - Rs. 25,900 ($380.88) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Black, White, Gold, Pink Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
151.5 x 74.1 x 7.3 mm
(5.96 x 2.92 x 0.29 in)
Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 172 g (6.07 oz)
SIM Type Single-SIM -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - QWERTY Keyboard - Corning Gorilla Glass 4

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.1 OS Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
User Interface BBOS 10 -
Processor Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801 [Similar] Octa-core (4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53)
Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
Exynos 7580 Octa [Similar]
GPU Adreno 330 [Similar] Adreno 405
Mali-T720MP2 [Similar]
RAM 3 GB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 32 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches [Similar] 5.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.40% 74.11%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio No FM radio with RDS; recording
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED Flash LED flash
Features AutoFocus, OIS, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, f/1.9 aperture, Optical Image Stabilization, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar] 5 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.1, 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, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB OTG
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

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

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 Non-removable Li-Ion battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 3450 mAh 3300 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 444 h (3G)
Up to 78 h
Talk Time Up to 18 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)
Up to 17 h (3G)