BlackBerry Priv vs BlackBerry Classic Comparison and Differences

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BlackBerry Priv

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BlackBerry Classic

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BlackBerry Priv or BlackBerry Classic Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model BlackBerry Priv BlackBerry Classic
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Release date 2015, October 2014, June
Dimensions (HxWxD) 147 x 77.2 x 9.4 mm | 5.79 x 5.79 x 3.04 in 131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm | 5.16 x 5.16 x 2.85 in
Weight 192 g | 6.77 oz 177 g | 6.24 oz
Body Build Plastic body
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Colors Black Black, White, Blue, Bronze, Cobalt blue
Battery 3410 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 2515 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 420 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 24 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 73 h
Stand by time - Up to 348 h (2G) / Up to 365 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 11 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)
Music play - Up to 70 h
Keyboard QWERTY QWERTY
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Screen

Technology AMOLED IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.4" in 3.5" in
Screen area 81.6 cm2 38.7 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 1:1 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 71.9% 40.8%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2560 px 720 x 720 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 540 PPI 294 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Other specs - Curved edge screen
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 18 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Camera specs -18 MP, f/2.2, 27mm (wide), 1/2.4'', OIS PDAF -8 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard), AF
Functions Schneider-Kreuznach optics, dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 2 MP, Single 2 MP, Single
Specifications 2 MP 2 MP
Video 720p

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) BlackBerry OS 10.3.1, upgradable to 10.3.2
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8992 Snapdragon 808 (20 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
CPU - Hexa-core (4x1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 & 2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A57) - Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait
GPU Adreno 418 Adreno 225
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1060
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 2378
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 2637

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Nano-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - USA (STV100-1), Europe (STV100-4)
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 29(700), 30(2300) - USA (STV100-1) 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 7(2600), 8(900), 13(700), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700) - Europe (STV100-4)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - USA model 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 13(700), 17(700), 25(1900) - USA model 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 450/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 (SlimPort 4K) microUSB 2.0 (SlimPort)
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE

Music and Audio

Radio No FM radio
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, altimeter, gyro, ToF proximity, compass - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Other extras
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--Capacitive touch 4-row BlackBerry keyboard
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
-Qi/PMA wireless charging (STV100-1, STV100-2, STV100-5, STV100-6)

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--Optical trackpad
Versions
- Also known as BlackBerry Q20

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