Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Passport vs HTC Desire 516 vs Sony Xperia C3 Dual

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry HTC Sony
Announced June 2014 June 2014 July 2014
Status Available - September 2014 Available - June 2014 Available - August 2014
Colors Black Black, White Black, White, Mint
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
140 x 72 x 9.7 mm
(5.51 x 2.83 x 0.38 in)
156.2 x 78.7 x 7.6 mm
(6.15 x 3.1 x 0.3 in)
Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz) 149.7 g (5.26.0.25 oz)
SIM Type Single-SIM - -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE - -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - QWERTY Keyboard - -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.1 OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
User Interface BBOS 10 - -
Processor Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8926 Snapdragon 400
GPU Adreno 330 Adreno 302 Adreno 305
RAM 3 GB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 4 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Triluminos Display, Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches 5.0 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.40% 68.55% 67.85%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No - FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED Flash LED flash LED flash
Features AutoFocus, OIS, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps 1080p, HDR
Front Camera 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 480p [Similar] 5 MP, 720p, LED flash [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA 21 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Li-Po Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3450 mAh 1950 mAh 2500 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 444 h (3G)
Up to 220 h (3G) Up to 1040 h (2G)
Up to 960 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 18 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)
Up to 9 h (3G) Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 25 h (3G)