Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Classic vs Samsung Galaxy Note 4 vs Microsoft Lumia 640 XL

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Samsung Microsoft
Announced June 2014 September 2014 March 2015
Status Available - November 2014 Available - October 2014 Available - April 2015
Price - - Rs. 12,999 ($191.16) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Frosted white, Charcoal black, Bronze Gold, Blossom Pink Matte cyan, Orange, Black, Matte white, Glossy white
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
153.5 x 78.6 x 8.5 mm
(6.04 x 3.09 x 0.33 in)
157.9 x 81.5 x 9 mm
(6.22 x 3.21 x 0.35 in)
Weight 177 g (6.24 oz) 176 g (6.21 oz) 171 g (6.03 oz)
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 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.3 OS Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim
User Interface Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait - -
Processor Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450 (SM-N910S)
Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53 & 1.9GHz quad-core Cortex-A57 (SM-N910C), Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 (SM-N910S)
Exynos 5433 (SM-N910C)
Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
GPU Adreno 225 Adreno 420 (SM-N910S)
Mali-T760 (SM-N910C)
Adreno 305
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 32 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3, ClearBlack Display
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 5.7 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (515 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (259 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 41.64% 74.32% 68.88%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED Flash LED Flash LED flash
Features AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Smart OIS, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Carl Zeiss Optics, 1/3'' Sensor Size
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, optical stabilization 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP [Similar] 3.7 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat4 (N910C), Cat6 (N910S), 50 Mbps UL, 300 Mbps (N910S), 150 Mbps (N910C) DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, A2DP
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, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Baidu Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG Not Supported Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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-Ion battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2515 mAh 3220 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
- Up to 936 h (2G)
Up to 936 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)
- Up to 31 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 23 h 40 min (3G)