Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Passport vs Sony Xperia M4 Aqua vs Microsoft Lumia 550

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Sony Microsoft
Announced June 2014 March 2015 October 2015
Status Available - September 2014 Available - April 2015 Available - December 2015
Price - Rs. 19,400 ($285.29) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 7,999 ($117.63) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Black, White, Copper, Silver Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
140.5 x 72.6 x 7.3 mm
(5.53 x 2.86 x 0.29 in)
136.1 x 67.8 x 9.9 mm
(5.36 x 2.67 x 0.39 in)
Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 136 g (4.8 oz) 141.9 (4.97.0.32)
SIM Type Single-SIM - -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
(Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20)
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - QWERTY Keyboard - IP68 Certified - Dust and Water Proof up to 1.5 Meter and 30 Minutes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.1 OS Android OS, v5.0.x (Lollipop) Microsoft Windows 10
User Interface BBOS 10 - -
Processor Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801 1.5GHz Octa-core, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Quad-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8909 Snapdragon 210
GPU Adreno 330 Adreno 405 Adreno 304
RAM 3 GB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 8 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches 5.0 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (315 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.40% 67.44% 64.94%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash LED Flash LED flash LED flash
Features AutoFocus, OIS, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, 1/4' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus
Video 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, HDR 720p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 2 MP, 480p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 107 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Up to 296 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, apt-X v4.1, 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, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 8 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 128 GB 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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3450 mAh 2400 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 444 h (3G)
- Up to 672 h (2G)
Up to 672 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 18 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)
- Up to 16 h (2G)
Up to 14 h (3G)