BlackBerry Passport vs iPhone 6, Trusted Reviews
BlackBerry Passport vs iPhone 6
Less than a week after the iPhone six hit shops with a significantly inflated form factor, the BlackBerry Passport has been launched with a similarly dramatic size increase.
Apple has long since deposed BlackBerry as the smartphone king, but how do these two flagship devices compare? We compare the vital statistics to attempt and reach an early verdict.
BlackBerry Passport vs iPhone 6: Design
BlackBerry Passport: Steel framework, plastic bod, one hundred twenty eight x 90.Trio x 9.3mm, 194g
iPhone 6: Curved aluminium, gold or light/dark silver, 138.1 x sixty seven x 6.9mm, 129g
Both phones are significantly thicker than their predecessors, but while the iPhone six still at least looks and feels like a phone, we’re not sure fairly what the BlackBerry Passport is.
It’s a hefty, square slab of metal and plastic, unwieldy in mitt and pocket alike. With a width of 90.3mm, it’s broader than the iPhone six Plus, let alone the iPhone 6, and at one hundred ninety four grams it’s a massive sixty five grams stronger than Apple’s flagship phone.
The Passport’s looks are functional and business-like, as per every BlackBerry ever, and you’d certainly back it in a drop test. But it simply doesn’t compare to the classy, slender, and desirable iPhone six with its all-metal (well, mostly) figure and gently curved glass screen.
BlackBerry Passport vs iPhone 6: Screen
BlackBerry Passport: Four.5-inch one thousand four hundred forty x one thousand four hundred forty IPS LCD, 453ppi
iPhone 6: Four.7-inch one thousand three hundred thirty four x seven hundred fifty IPS LCD, 326ppi
This is why the BlackBerry Passport is slightly square – because its Four.5-inch screen is ideally square. This means that it’s good for packing in spreadsheets and… not a lot else, in all likelihood.
Any kind of media consumption is going to be compromised here, and web browsing looks like it will be an oddly constrained affair any way you turn it.
Which is odd, given that the Passport’s screen is utterly crisp at 453ppi, with excellent clarity and viewing angles thanks to IPS panel technology (which the iPhone six also uses). It’s certainly sharper than the iPhone 6’s screen, which is slightly larger (Four.7-inches) and a entire lot less pixel dense (326ppi).
But for general usability, we know which we’d choose every day of the week, even at this early stage.
BlackBerry Passport vs iPhone 6: CPU and RAM
BlackBerry Passport: Snapdragon eight hundred one Two.2GHz quad-core CPU, 3GB RAM
iPhone 6: Apple A8 1.4GHz dual-core CPU, 64-bit, 1GB RAM
The BlackBerry Passport runs on a Snapdragon eight hundred one CPU, which is slew potent enough, but no longer cutting edge. With dual the number of cores of the iPhone 6’s A8 chip, as well as an 800MHz clock speed advantage and three times the RAM, you’d think that the BlackBerry would take the spectacle going.
However, Apple’s custom-made chip has got serious chops. It’s built on an advanced 64-bit architecture, and a lil’ 20nm manufacturing process makes it much more energy efficient than its rival.
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Combined with a potent GPU, the iPhone six leads the way in the vast majority of performance-related areas, as latest benchmarks have confirmed.
BlackBerry Passport vs iPhone 6: Camera
BlackBerry Passport: 13-megapixel, OIS, LED flash
iPhone 6: 8-megapixel 1/Three.06-inch (or equivalent) sensor, TrueTone flash
cameras have never been particularly accomplished, but the Passport’s
looks set to be the best yet. It’s a 13-megapixel example with optical
photo stabilisation technology for constant shots and improved low-light spectacle. Those are two specs that emerge to better the
Of course, iPhone cameras have been some of the best
around for several years now, and its seemingly meagre megapixel count
(8MP to be precise) hides a sophisticated pic sensor and class-leading colour accuracy.
Phase detection autofocus technology also means that the iPhone six camera will concentrate in much swifter than the BlackBerry.
BlackBerry Passport vs iPhone 6: Storage
BlackBerry Passport: 32GB, microSD support
iPhone 6: 16/64/128GB, no microSD card support
The storage set-ups are very different here. Apple goes for three stationary storage options: 16, 64, and 128GB. The Passport has just the one 32GB option.
However, the Passport comes with a microSD slot for expansion purposes, making it the more pliable animal – tho’ even maxed out with a 64GB card it’ll still fall brief of the 128GB iPhone.
BlackBerry Passport vs iPhone 6: Extra Hardware
BlackBerry Passport: QWERTY keyboard with capacitive touch, NFC
Both phones have NFC for mobile payment purposes, albeit the Apple Pay service is US-only at present.
As for unique hardware features, the BlackBerry Passport features a physical QWERTY keyboard – something of an anachronism these days. Still, a sizeable minority of power users can’t live without one.
While this three-row example looks to be a bit awkward, it does feature the capability to scroll thanks to a capacitive touch facility across the keyboard’s surface.
As for the iPhone 6, it sees the come back of the TouchID system from the iPhone 5S, enabling fingerprint authentication for access and mobile payments.
BlackBerry Passport vs iPhone 6: Software
BlackBerry Passport: BlackBerry Ten.Trio OS
It’s been a bit of a white-wash up to now, in truth, and perhaps the largest discrepancy of all comes with the software. You have arguably the strongest and zippiest mobile OS of them all (albeit stock Android would have something to say about that) against arguably the worst.
We’ll have to wait and see how BlackBerry Ten.Trio OS fares on the Passport, but that fact that it’s not a downright fresh OS means that it’s likely to fall some way brief of iOS eight and its myriad improvements. It does crucially, add support for the Amazon Appstore so you can download Android apps and the fresh BlackBerry Assistant is closely integrated with your work data.
Early Verdict
We never like to be too bold in these vs chunks where one of the handsets hasn’t been available for us to test decently, but this is kind of an exception.
The BlackBerry Passport is a super-sized BlackBerry with the vast majority of issues that this has entailed in the past, and a few all-new ones to boot (unwieldy size, compromised keyboard).
It might be the phone of choice for a puny subset of business-minded users, but for the vast majority of users the iPhone six is likely to remain the far better choice.
BlackBerry Passport vs iPhone 6, Trusted Reviews
BlackBerry Passport vs iPhone 6
Less than a week after the iPhone six hit shops with a significantly inflated form factor, the BlackBerry Passport has been launched with a similarly dramatic size increase.
Apple has long since deposed BlackBerry as the smartphone king, but how do these two flagship devices compare? We compare the vital statistics to attempt and reach an early verdict.
BlackBerry Passport vs iPhone 6: Design
BlackBerry Passport: Steel framework, plastic bod, one hundred twenty eight x 90.Trio x 9.3mm, 194g
iPhone 6: Curved aluminium, gold or light/dark silver, 138.1 x sixty seven x 6.9mm, 129g
Both phones are significantly thicker than their predecessors, but while the iPhone six still at least looks and feels like a phone, we’re not sure fairly what the BlackBerry Passport is.
It’s a large, square slab of metal and plastic, unwieldy in forearm and pocket alike. With a width of 90.3mm, it’s broader than the iPhone six Plus, let alone the iPhone 6, and at one hundred ninety four grams it’s a massive sixty five grams stronger than Apple’s flagship phone.
The Passport’s looks are functional and business-like, as per every BlackBerry ever, and you’d certainly back it in a drop test. But it simply doesn’t compare to the classy, slender, and desirable iPhone six with its all-metal (well, mostly) assets and gently curved glass screen.
BlackBerry Passport vs iPhone 6: Screen
BlackBerry Passport: Four.5-inch one thousand four hundred forty x one thousand four hundred forty IPS LCD, 453ppi
iPhone 6: Four.7-inch one thousand three hundred thirty four x seven hundred fifty IPS LCD, 326ppi
This is why the BlackBerry Passport is slightly square – because its Four.5-inch screen is flawlessly square. This means that it’s excellent for packing in spreadsheets and… not a lot else, in all likelihood.
Any kind of media consumption is going to be compromised here, and web browsing looks like it will be an oddly constrained affair any way you turn it.
Which is odd, given that the Passport’s screen is utterly crisp at 453ppi, with excellent clarity and viewing angles thanks to IPS panel technology (which the iPhone six also uses). It’s certainly sharper than the iPhone 6’s screen, which is slightly larger (Four.7-inches) and a entire lot less pixel dense (326ppi).
But for general usability, we know which we’d choose every day of the week, even at this early stage.
BlackBerry Passport vs iPhone 6: CPU and RAM
BlackBerry Passport: Snapdragon eight hundred one Two.2GHz quad-core CPU, 3GB RAM
iPhone 6: Apple A8 1.4GHz dual-core CPU, 64-bit, 1GB RAM
The BlackBerry Passport runs on a Snapdragon eight hundred one CPU, which is slew potent enough, but no longer cutting edge. With dual the number of cores of the iPhone 6’s A8 chip, as well as an 800MHz clock speed advantage and three times the RAM, you’d think that the BlackBerry would take the spectacle going.
However, Apple’s custom-made chip has got serious chops. It’s built on an advanced 64-bit architecture, and a little 20nm manufacturing process makes it much more energy efficient than its rival.
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Combined with a potent GPU, the iPhone six leads the way in the vast majority of performance-related areas, as latest benchmarks have confirmed.
BlackBerry Passport vs iPhone 6: Camera
BlackBerry Passport: 13-megapixel, OIS, LED flash
iPhone 6: 8-megapixel 1/Trio.06-inch (or equivalent) sensor, TrueTone flash
cameras have never been particularly accomplished, but the Passport’s
looks set to be the best yet. It’s a 13-megapixel example with optical
pic stabilisation technology for sustained shots and improved low-light spectacle. Those are two specs that show up to better the
Of course, iPhone cameras have been some of the best
around for several years now, and its seemingly meagre megapixel count
(8MP to be precise) hides a sophisticated pic sensor and class-leading colour accuracy.
Phase detection autofocus technology also means that the iPhone six camera will concentrate in much swifter than the BlackBerry.
BlackBerry Passport vs iPhone 6: Storage
BlackBerry Passport: 32GB, microSD support
iPhone 6: 16/64/128GB, no microSD card support
The storage set-ups are very different here. Apple goes for three immobilized storage options: 16, 64, and 128GB. The Passport has just the one 32GB option.
However, the Passport comes with a microSD slot for expansion purposes, making it the more pliable animal – however even maxed out with a 64GB card it’ll still fall brief of the 128GB iPhone.
BlackBerry Passport vs iPhone 6: Extra Hardware
BlackBerry Passport: QWERTY keyboard with capacitive touch, NFC
Both phones have NFC for mobile payment purposes, albeit the Apple Pay service is US-only at present.
As for unique hardware features, the BlackBerry Passport features a physical QWERTY keyboard – something of an anachronism these days. Still, a sizeable minority of power users can’t live without one.
While this three-row example looks to be a bit awkward, it does feature the capability to scroll thanks to a capacitive touch facility across the keyboard’s surface.
As for the iPhone 6, it sees the come back of the TouchID system from the iPhone 5S, enabling fingerprint authentication for access and mobile payments.
BlackBerry Passport vs iPhone 6: Software
BlackBerry Passport: BlackBerry Ten.Trio OS
It’s been a bit of a white-wash up to now, in truth, and perhaps the thickest discrepancy of all comes with the software. You have arguably the strongest and zippiest mobile OS of them all (albeit stock Android would have something to say about that) against arguably the worst.
We’ll have to wait and see how BlackBerry Ten.Trio OS fares on the Passport, but that fact that it’s not a entirely fresh OS means that it’s likely to fall some way brief of iOS eight and its myriad improvements. It does crucially, add support for the Amazon Appstore so you can download Android apps and the fresh BlackBerry Assistant is closely integrated with your work data.
Early Verdict
We never like to be too bold in these vs lumps where one of the handsets hasn’t been available for us to test decently, but this is kind of an exception.
The BlackBerry Passport is a super-sized BlackBerry with the vast majority of issues that this has entailed in the past, and a few all-new ones to boot (unwieldy size, compromised keyboard).
It might be the phone of choice for a puny subset of business-minded users, but for the vast majority of users the iPhone six is likely to remain the far better choice.