Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4 vs BlackBerry Q10 vs BlackBerry Passport

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple BlackBerry BlackBerry
Announced June 2010 January 2013 June 2014
Status Available - June 2010 Available - April 2013 Available - September 2014
Colors Black, White Black, White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar, QWERTY Candybar
Dimension 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
119.6 x 66.8 x 10.4 mm
(4.71 x 2.63 x 0.41 in)
128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
Weight 137 g (4.83 oz) 139 g (4.9 oz) 196 g (6.91 oz)
SIM Type - - Single-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - QWERTY Keyboard

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 4, upgradable to iOS 5 BlackBerry 10 OS BlackBerry 10.1 OS
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Apple A4 Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801
GPU PowerVR SGX535 PowerVR SGX544 Adreno 330
RAM 512 MB 2 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 8/16/32 GB storage 16 GB storage 32 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 3.1 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (328 ppi) 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 38.91% 56.40%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No - No
Games Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, HDR Geo-tagging, Continuous Auto-focus, Image Stabilization, Face Detection AutoFocus, OIS, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, LED video light, geo-tagging Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, videocalling over Wi-Fi only [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar] 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16/32 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 1420 mAh 1800 mAh 3450 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h (2G)
Up to 300 h (3G)
- Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 444 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 10 h Up to 18 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)