Comparison of BlackBerry Q10 and BlackBerry Passport smartphones based on their characteristics

BlackBerry Q10

BlackBerry Passport

Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer

BlackBerry

BlackBerry

Phone model

Q10

Passport

Year of release

2013

2014

Appearance

Case type

Monoblock

Monoblock

Body length

120 mm

128 mm

Body width

67 mm

90 mm

Body thickness

10.4 mm

9.3 mm

Weight

139 g

196 g

Volume

83.09 cm³

107.49 cm³

Body materials and finishes

• Plastic

• Metal
• Plastic

Colors

• Black

• Black

Processor (CPU)

Processor model

• TI OMAP 4470

• Qualcomm Snapdragon 800

CPU clock speed

1500 MHz

2300 MHz

Number of processor cores

2

4

Level 1 cache (L1)

16 + 16 kB

16 + 16 kB

Level 2 cache (L2)

1024 kB

2 MB

Processor size

32 bits

32 bits

Instruction set architecture

ARMv7

ARMv7

Manufacturing process

28 nm

28 nm

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GPU

GPU model

• PowerVR SGX544

• Adreno 330

GPU clock speed

450 MHz

Number of GPU cores

4

Primary storage (RAM)

The amount of RAM

2 GB

3 GB

RAM type

LPDDR2

LPDDR3

RAM frequency

500 MHz

800 MHz

Number of RAM channels

2

2

Internal storage

Built-in memory

• 16 GB

• 32 GB

SD card

Types of Supported Memory Cards

• microSDXC
• microSDHC
• microSD

• microSDXC
• microSDHC
• microSD

Maximum expandable memory

64 GB

64 GB

Mainboard

Chipset

• Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960

• Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AA

Operating system

Operating system

BlackBerry OS 10

BlackBerry OS 10

Battery

Battery capacity

1800

3450

Battery type

Li-Ion

Li-Ion

Removable battery

Charging the battery from USB

Call duration in GSM networks

10 h

14 h

Standby time in GSM networks

310 h

348 h

Call duration in UMTS (WCDMA) networks

13 h 30 min

24 h

Standby time on UMTS (WCDMA) networks

345 h

348 h

Screen

Screen diagonal

3.1 in

4.5 in

Screen resolution

720 x 720 pixels

1440 x 1440 pixels

Resolution formats

• HD

Pixel density

328 ppi

453 ppi

Screen technology

Super AMOLED

Color depth

24 bit

24 bit

Touch screen

Touch screen type

Capacitive

Capacitive

Anti-scratch screen

Aspect ratio

1

1

Auto-rotate screen

Ambient light sensor

Proximity sensor

Main photo/video camera

Camera megapixels

8 Mp

13 Mp

Maximum photo resolution

3264 x 2448 pixels

4807 x 2704 pixels

Shooting resolution formats

• Quad HD
• Full HD
• HD

• Ultra HD
• Quad HD
• Full HD
• HD

The presence of a flash

Flash type

LED

LED

Photomatrix type

CMOS BSI

CMOS BSI

Photomatrix size

4.8 x 3.6 mm

Photomatrix pixel size

1.471 μm

Crop factor

7.21

Aperture

f/2.2

f/2

Number of lens elements

5

5

Shooting settings

Autofocus

Face detector

HDR photography

Touch focus

Digital image stabilization

Optical image stabilization

Video capability

Maximum video resolution

1920 x 1080 pixels

1920 x 1080 pixels

Movie speed

30 fps

30 fps

Movie settings

Front photo/video camera

Front camera megapixels

2 Mp

2 Mp

Maximum photo resolution

1886 x 1061 pixels

1886 x 1061 pixels

Front camera video

Maximum video resolution

1280 x 720 pixels

1280 x 720 pixels

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards

1

1

SIM card type

Micro-SIM

Nano-SIM

MP3 ringtones

Polyphonic ringtones

Vibration mode

Speakerphone

Conference call

Speed dial

Video calls

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

3.5G

4G

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

CDMA support

CDMA frequencies

• CDMA 800 MHz
• CDMA 1900 MHz

CDMA2000 support

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 850 MHz
• LTE 1700 MHz
• LTE 1900 MHz
• LTE 2100 MHz

• 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 3

• LTE Cat 4

CDMA2000 standards

• 1xEV-DO Rev. A

Data transmission standards

• HSUPA
• HSDPA
• EDGE
• GPRS

• HSUPA
• HSDPA
• EDGE
• GPRS

Wi-Fi

Built-in Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi standards

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

• 802.11a
• 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

Micro USB

USB standard

2.0

2.0

USB Mass Storage support

Bluetooth

Built-in Bluetooth

Bluetooth standard

4.0

4.0

Bluetooth LE support

A2DP support

AVRCP support

Navigation and positioning

Built-in GPS

A-GPS support

Installed GLONASS

Built-in digital compass

Radio

Built-in radio receiver

RDS support

Sensors and gauges

Ambient light sensor

Proximity sensor

Accelerometer

Orientation and rotation sensor

Gyroscope

Magnetometer

Connectors and interfaces

USB connector

Micro USB

Micro USB

TRS jack (mini/micro jack)

3.5 mm

3.5 mm

HDMI connector

Wireless NFC

Images

Supported image formats

• PNG
• JPG
• EXIF
• GIF

Installed image editor

Geo tags

DLNA support

Video

Installed video player

Supported video formats

• MP4
• MPEG-4
• MKV
• AVI
• 3GPP
• 3GPP2
• QuickTime
• Xvid
• H.263
• H.264
• WMV

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

Video resolution formats

• Full HD
• HD

• Full HD
• HD

Streaming video

Installed video editor

Geo tags

Audio

Installed audio player

Supported audio formats

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

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

MP3 support

Streaming audio

Dictaphone

Voice notes

TRS jack (mini/micro jack)

3.5 mm

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

• PDF

Email

Convert text to speech

Convert speech to text

Connectivity and synchronization

PC connection

Tethering support

OTA sync

Synchronization with services

• MS Outlook
• Facebook

• Facebook
• BlackBerry Travel
• BlackBerry Hub

Software features

JAVA support

Installed browser

• HTML
• HTML5
• WAP

• HTML
• HTML5
• CSS3
• WAP

Receiving and sending SMS

SMS messages

SMS T9 support

SMS output in the form of a chat

MMS support

VMS support

Security

Installed VPN

Additional features

Standalone mode (flight mode)

SAR level

SAR level

1.41 W/kg

0.33 W/kg