BlackBerry Passport vs BlackBerry Bold Touch 9930 Comparison and Differences

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BlackBerry Passport

BlackBerry Passport

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BlackBerry Bold Touch 9930

BlackBerry Bold Touch 9930

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BlackBerry Passport or BlackBerry Bold Touch 9930 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model BlackBerry Passport BlackBerry Bold Touch 9930
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Release date 2014, June 2011, May
Dimensions (HxWxD) 128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm | 5.04 x 5.04 x 3.56 in 115 x 66 x 10.5 mm | 4.53 x 4.53 x 2.6 in
Weight 196 g | 6.91 oz 130 g | 4.59 oz
Body Build Aluminum frame, plastic back
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Colors Black, White, Red, Black&Gold, Silver Black
Battery 3450 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 1230 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 432 h (2G) / Up to 444 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 18 h (2G) / Up to 23 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 84 h
Stand by time - Up to 307 h (2G) / Up to 307 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 6 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 50 min (3G)
Music play - Up to 50 h
Keyboard QWERTY QWERTY
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD TFT
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 4.5" in 2.8" in
Screen area 65.3 cm2 24.3 cm2
Screen format 1:1 (height:width) 4:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 56.5% 32.0%
Screen resolution 1440 x 1440 px 640 x 480 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 453 PPI 286 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 13 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Camera specs -13 MP, f/2.0, 30mm (standard), OIS, AF -5 MP
Functions LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash
Video 1080p@60fps 720p
Front camera, selfie 2 MP, Single 0 MP,
Specifications 2 MP, f/2.8, 28mm (wide)
Video 720p

Performance

Operating system - OS BlackBerry OS 10.3, upgradable to 10.3.2 BlackBerry OS 7.0
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801 (28 nm)
CPU - Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400 - 1.2 GHz QC 8655
GPU Adreno 330
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 8 GB, 768 MB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 4 Single Core 852
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 1572

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Mini-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100  
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900) 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 13(700), 17(700), 20(800)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900  
CDMA 800 / 1900
Speed HSPA, LTE-A HSPA 14.4/5.76 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, BlackBerry Maps
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 (SlimPort) microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, LE 2.1, A2DP, EDR
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.38 W/kg (head)     0.78 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.77 W/kg (head)     0.84 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio, RDS No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Other extras
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--Capacitive touch 3-row BlackBerry keyboard

- BlackBerry maps
-Document viewer
-MP4/WMV/H.264 player
-MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
-Organizer
-Voice memo/dial
-Predictive text input
--Optical trackpad
Versions
- Previously rumored as BlackBerry Montana

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