Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Q10 vs BlackBerry Passport vs Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016)

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry BlackBerry Samsung
Announced January 2013 June 2014 January 2016
Status Available - April 2013 Available - September 2014 Available - February 2016
Price - - Rs. 6,890 ($117.65) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Black White, Black, Gold
Form Factor Candybar, QWERTY Candybar Candybar
Dimension 119.6 x 66.8 x 10.4 mm
(4.71 x 2.63 x 0.41 in)
128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
132.6 x 69.3 x 8.9 mm
(5.22 x 2.73 x 0.35 in)
Weight 139 g (4.9 oz) 196 g (6.91 oz) 131 g (4.62 oz)
SIM Type - Single-SIM Dual-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 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, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - QWERTY Keyboard -
Notification LED - - No

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10 OS BlackBerry 10.1 OS Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
User Interface - BBOS 10 -
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801 Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Spreadtrum SC9830
GPU PowerVR SGX544 Adreno 330 Mali-400
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 32 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.1 inches 4.5 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 720 x 720 pixels (328 ppi) 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (207 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 38.91% 56.40% 62.92%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash LED flash LED Flash LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, Continuous Auto-focus, Image Stabilization, Face Detection AutoFocus, OIS, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Autofocus, f/2.2 aperture lens, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps Yes
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar] 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, VoLTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - - Not Supported

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 Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1800 mAh 3450 mAh 2050 mAh
Stand by - Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 444 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 18 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)
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