Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 vs BlackBerry Q10 vs BlackBerry Passport

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry BlackBerry BlackBerry
Announced May 2011 January 2013 June 2014
Status Available - August 2011 Available - April 2013 Available - September 2014
Colors Black, White Black, White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar, QWERTY Candybar
Dimension 115 x 66 x 10.5 mm
(4.53 x 2.6 x 0.41 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 130 g (4.59 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 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 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 BlackBerry OS 7.0 BlackBerry 10 OS BlackBerry 10.1 OS
Processor 1.2 GHz QC 8655 Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801
GPU PowerVR SGX544 Adreno 330
RAM 768 MB 2 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 16 GB storage 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.8 inches 3.1 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 640 x 480 pixels (286 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (328 ppi) 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 31.92% 38.91% 56.40%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Geo-tagging, Continuous Auto-focus, Image Stabilization, Face Detection AutoFocus, OIS, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar] 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA 14.4Mbps, HSUPA 5.76Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, dual-band 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, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, BlackBerry Maps Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8GB storage, 768 MB RAM 16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB 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 not present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 1230 mAh 1800 mAh 3450 mAh
Stand by Up to 307 h (2G)
Up to 307 h (3G)
- Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 444 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 6 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 10 h Up to 18 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)