Phone Comparison - HTC One M8 vs BlackBerry Passport vs Microsoft Lumia 950 XL

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC BlackBerry Microsoft
Announced March 2014 June 2014 October 2015
Status Available - March 2014 Available - September 2014 Available - November 2015
Price - - Rs. 34,000 ($499.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Glacial Silver, Gunmetal Gray, Amber Gold Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 146.4 x 70.6 x 9.4 mm
(5.76 x 2.78 x 0.37 in)
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)
Weight 160 g (5.64 oz) 196 g (6.91 oz) 165 g (5.82 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 850 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600
LTE 700 / 1700 / 2100
LTE 700 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600
LTE LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features Corning Gorilla Glass 3 - QWERTY Keyboard -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) BlackBerry 10.1 OS Microsoft Windows 10
User Interface - BBOS 10 -
Processor Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AB Snapdragon 801 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
GPU Adreno 330 Adreno 330 Adreno 430
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 32 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 200 GB

display Display

Type Super LCD3 Capacitive Touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 4.5 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (518 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 66.55% 56.40% 74.43%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera Dual 4 MP, 2688х1520 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 20 MP, 4992 х 3744 pixels
Flash Dual-LED LED Flash Carl Zeiss optics
Features Auto focus, 1/3' Sensor Size, 2µm Pixel Size, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection 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
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps, HDR, Stereo Sound Rec., Video Stabilization 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, optical stabilization, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera Yes, 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, HDR [Similar] 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps (21 Mbps - AT&T), HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot 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
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go, USB Host Yes, microUSB v2.0 Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

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

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 supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2600 mAh 3450 mAh 3340 mAh
Stand by Up to 271 h (2G)
Up to 496 h (3G)
Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 444 h (3G)
Up to 288 h (2G)
Up to 288 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 20 h (3G)
Up to 18 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)
Up to 25 h (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)