Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Passport vs Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Dual SIM vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (MediaTek)

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Microsoft Xiaomi
Announced June 2014 October 2015 November 2015
Status Available - September 2014 Available - November 2015 Available - November 2015
Price - Rs. 34,000 ($499.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 11,999 ($176.46) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Black, White Silver, Gray, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
151.9 x 78.4 x 8.1 mm
(5.98 x 3.09 x 0.32 in)
150 x 76 x 8.7 mm
(5.91 x 2.99 x 0.34 in)
Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 165 g (5.82 oz) 164 g (5.78 oz)
SIM Type Single-SIM - -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
TD-SCDMA
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - QWERTY Keyboard - -
Notification LED - - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.1 OS Microsoft Windows 10 Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
User Interface BBOS 10 - -
Processor Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810 Octa-core, Mediatek MT6795 Helio X10
GPU Adreno 330 Adreno 430 PowerVR G6200
RAM 3 GB 3 GB 2/3 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 32 GB 16/32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches 5.7 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (515 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.40% 75.30% 72.98%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 20 MP, 4992 х 3744 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED Flash Carl Zeiss optics Dual-LED (Dual Tone)
Features AutoFocus, OIS, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama 1/2.4' Sensor Size, 1.12 μm Pixel Size, PureView Technology, Dual Capture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Phase Detection Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, optical stabilization, stereo sound rec. 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP v4.1, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Type-C 1.0 reversible connector microUSB v2.0, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2/3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 3450 mAh 3340 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 444 h (3G)
Up to 288 h (2G)
Up to 288 h (3G)
Up to 264 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 18 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)
Up to 25 h (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)
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