Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 vs Gionee Marathon M3 vs Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE Dual SIM

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Gionee Microsoft
Announced August 2010 November 2014 March 2015
Status Available - August 2010 Available - November 2014 Available - April 2015
Price - Rs. 12,999 ($191.16) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 14,999 ($220.57) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, Red Black, White Matte cyan, Orange, Black, Matte white, Glossy white
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 109 x 60 x 13.9 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in )
144.5 x 71.45 x 10.4 mm
(5.69 x 2.81 x 0.41 in)
157.9 x 81.5 x 9 mm
(6.22 x 3.21 x 0.35 in)
Weight 104 g (3.67 oz) - 171 g (6.03 oz)
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 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 2100 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

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS v5.0, upgradable to v6.0 Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat) Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz, - Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
GPU Mali-450MP2 Adreno 305
RAM 256 MB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory N/A 8 GB ROM 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type TFT IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, OGS IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3, ClearBlack Display
Colors 65K colors 16.7M colors 16M colors
Size 2.46 inches 5 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels (163 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (259 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 28.52% 66.63% 68.88%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR Carl Zeiss Optics, 1/3'' sensor size
Video Yes Yes, 1080p 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [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 HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, UMA (carrier dependent) Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; BlackBerry Maps Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 256 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM 8 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - Supported -

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1150 mAh 5000 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 456 h (2G)
Up to 348 h (3G)
Up to 787 h Up to 936 h (2G)
Up to 936 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 4 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 51 h (2G)
Up to 32 h 27 min (3G)
Up to 31 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 23 h 40 min (3G)