Comparison of BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition and Apple iPhone SE (2020) 64Gb smartphones based on their characteristics

BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition

Apple iPhone SE (2020) 64Gb

Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer

BlackBerry

Apple

Phone model

Passport Silver Edition

iPhone SE (2020) 64Gb

Year of release

2015

2020

Alternative phone model name

Apple iPhone SE 2

Appearance

Case type

Monoblock

Monoblock

Body length

131 mm

138 mm

Body width

91 mm

67 mm

Body thickness

9.3 mm

7.3 mm

Weight

205 g

148 g

Volume

110.26 cm³

68 cm³

Body materials and finishes

• Stainless steel
• Plastic

• Aluminium alloy

Colors

• Silver

• Black
• White
• Red

Processor (CPU)

Processor model

• Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AA

• Apple A13 Bionic

CPU clock speed

2200 MHz

2650 MHz

Number of processor cores

8

6

Level 1 cache (L1)

16 + 16 kB

Level 2 cache (L2)

2 MB

Processor size

32 bits

Instruction set architecture

ARMv7

Manufacturing process

28 nm

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GPU

GPU model

• Qualcomm Adreno 330

• Apple GPU

GPU clock speed

450 MHz

Number of GPU cores

4

Primary storage (RAM)

The amount of RAM

3 GB

3 GB

RAM type

LPDDR3

RAM frequency

800 MHz

Number of RAM channels

2

Internal storage

Built-in memory

• 32 GB

• 64 GB

SD card

Types of Supported Memory Cards

• microSDXC
• microSDHC
• microSD

Maximum expandable memory

128 GB

Hot swappable memory card

Mainboard

Chipset

• Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AA

Operating system

Operating system

BlackBerry OS 10

iOS 13

Battery

Battery capacity

3450

1821

Battery type

Li-Pol

Li-Ion

Wireless battery charging

Charging the battery from USB

Call duration in GSM networks

14 h

Standby time in GSM networks

347 h

Call duration in UMTS (WCDMA) networks

24 h

Standby time on UMTS (WCDMA) networks

348 h

Screen

Screen diagonal

4.5 in

4.7 in

Screen resolution

1440 x 1440 pixels

1334 x 750 pixels

Resolution formats

• HD

• HD

Pixel density

453 ppi

326 ppi

Screen technology

IPS

Retina Display

Color depth

24 bit

24 bit

Touch screen

Touch screen type

Capacitive

Capacitive

Anti-scratch screen

Aspect ratio

1

1.779

Auto-rotate screen

Ambient light sensor

Proximity sensor

Main photo/video camera

Camera megapixels

13 Mp

12 Mp

Maximum photo resolution

4158 x 3118 pixels

4619 x 2598 pixels

Shooting resolution formats

• Ultra HD
• Quad HD
• Full HD
• HD

• Ultra HD
• Quad HD
• Full HD
• HD

The presence of a flash

Flash type

LED

Dual LED

Photomatrix type

CMOS BSI

Aperture

f/2

Number of lens elements

5

Shooting settings

Autofocus

Face detector

HDR photography

Viewfinder

Touch focus

Optical image stabilization

Other photo settings

• Serial shooting
• Panoramic shooting
• Hdr shooting
• Face detection

• Serial shooting
• Panoramic shooting
• Hdr shooting
• Face detection

Video capability

Maximum video resolution

1920 x 1080 pixels

3840 x 2160 pixels

Movie speed

60 fps

60 fps

Movie settings

Movie settings list

• White balance
• Color effects
• Scene selection mode

• White balance
• Color effects
• Scene selection mode

Front photo/video camera

Front camera megapixels

2 Mp

7 Mp

Maximum photo resolution

1886 x 1061 pixels

3528 x 1984 pixels

Shooting resolution formats

• Quad HD
• Full HD
• HD

Front camera video

Maximum video resolution

1280 x 720 pixels

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards

1

2

Mode of operation of multiple SIM-cards

Alternating

SIM card type

Nano-SIM

Nano-SIM

MP3 ringtones

Polyphonic ringtones

Vibration mode

Speakerphone

Conference call

Speed dial

Video calls

Second microphone

Noise reduction during a call

Ability to mute the microphone during a call

Extended phone book

Contacts in the phone book

Unlimited

Unlimited

Data exchange between SIM card and internal memory

Mobile communications

Cellular generation

4G

4.5G

GSM support

GSM frequencies

• GSM 850 MHz
• GSM 900 MHz
• GSM 1800 MHz
• GSM 1900 MHz

• GSM 850 MHz
• GSM 900 MHz
• GSM 1800 MHz
• GSM 1900 MHz

UMTS support

UMTS frequencies

• UMTS 850 MHz
• UMTS 900 MHz
• UMTS 1700 MHz
• UMTS 1900 MHz
• UMTS 2100 MHz

• UMTS 850 MHz
• UMTS 900 MHz
• UMTS 1700 MHz
• UMTS 1900 MHz
• UMTS 2100 MHz

LTE support

LTE frequencies

• LTE 700 MHz
• LTE 800 MHz
• LTE 850 MHz
• LTE 900 MHz
• LTE 1700 MHz
• LTE 1800 MHz
• LTE 1900 MHz
• LTE 2100 MHz
• LTE 2600 MHz

Internet data transmission standards

LTE standards

• LTE Cat 4

Data transmission standards

• HSPA+
• HSUPA
• HSDPA
• EDGE
• GPRS

• HSPA+
• HSUPA
• HSDPA
• EDGE
• GPRS

Wi-Fi

Built-in Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi standards

• 802.11a
• 802.11b
• 802.11g
• 802.11n
• 802.11n 5GHz
• 802.11ac

Wi-Fi Direct support

Wi-Fi hotspot mode

Dual band Wi-Fi

USB

USB connector

USB connector type

Micro USB

USB standard

3.0

2.0

USB OTG support

USB host support

USB Mass Storage support

MHL interface

Bluetooth

Built-in Bluetooth

Bluetooth standard

4.0

5.0

Bluetooth LE support

A2DP support

Navigation and positioning

Built-in GPS

A-GPS support

Installed GLONASS

Built-in digital compass

Radio

Built-in radio receiver

Radio range

87.5 - 108 МГц

RDS support

Sensors and gauges

Ambient light sensor

Proximity sensor

Accelerometer

Orientation and rotation sensor

Gyroscope

Magnetometer

Barometer

Connectors and interfaces

USB connector

Micro USB

TRS jack (mini/micro jack)

3.5 mm

Wireless NFC

Images

Supported image formats

• PNG
• JPG
• EXIF
• GIF

• PNG
• JPEG
• GIF
• BMP

Installed image editor

Geo tags

DLNA support

Video

Installed video player

Supported video formats

• MP4
• MPEG-4
• MKV
• AVI
• 3GPP
• 3GPP
• QuickTime
• Xvid
• H.263
• H.264
• WMV

• MP4
• AVI
• 3GPP
• WMV

Video resolution formats

• Full HD
• HD

• Ultra HD
• Quad HD
• Full HD
• HD

Streaming video

Geo tags

Audio

Installed audio player

Supported audio formats

• AAC
• AAC+
• eAAC+
• AMR
• AMR-NB
• FLAC
• MIDI
• MP3
• OGG
• WMA
• WAV

• AAC
• MIDI
• MP3
• WMA
• WAV

MP3 support

Built-in stereo speakers

Streaming audio

Dictaphone

Voice notes

TRS jack (mini/micro jack)

3.5 mm

Control elements

Touch input

Multitouch

QWERTY keyboard

Pinch zoom

Russified input

Documents and office

Installed Organizer (PIM)

Office document support

Supported document formats

• PDF

Email

IMAP4 protocol support

Convert speech to text

Connectivity and synchronization

PC connection

Tethering support

Synchronization over the mobile network

OTA sync

Synchronization with services

• App Store
• ITunes

Software features

Installed browser

• HTML
• HTML5
• CSS3
• WAP

• HTML
• WAP

Installed games

Receiving and sending SMS

SMS messages

SMS T9 support

SMS output in the form of a chat

MMS support

Security

Fingerprint scanner

Remote phone lock

Remote phone search

Remote phone tracking

Data encryption in the phone

Installed VPN

Additional features

Standalone mode (flight mode)