Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Passport vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (MediaTek) vs Samsung Galaxy S7 edge (CDMA)

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Xiaomi Samsung
Announced June 2014 November 2015 February 2016
Status Available - September 2014 Available - November 2015 Available - March 2016
Price - Rs. 11,999 ($176.46) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 50,900 ($748.53) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Silver, Gray, Gold Black Onyx, Silver Titanium, Gold Platinum
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
150 x 76 x 8.7 mm
(5.91 x 2.99 x 0.34 in)
150.9 x 72.6 x 7.7 mm
(5.94 x 2.86 x 0.3 in)
Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 164 g (5.78 oz) 157 g (5.54 oz)
SIM Type Single-SIM - -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
TD-SCDMA
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - G935V
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - G935A
HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - G935T
4G Network LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 20(800), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - G935A
SAR US - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.03 W/kg (head)
1.59 W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - QWERTY Keyboard - - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP68 certified - dust proof and water resistant over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
Notification LED - Yes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.1 OS Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)
User Interface BBOS 10 - -
Processor Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801 Octa-core, Mediatek MT6795 Helio X10 Dual-core 2.15 GHz & dual-core 1.6 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820
GPU Adreno 330 PowerVR G6200 Adreno 530
RAM 3 GB 2/3 GB 3/4 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 16/32 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, Curved Edge Screen, Always-on display
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches 5.5 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (534 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.40% 72.98% 76.13%
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 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 12 MP
Flash LED Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone) LED Flash
Features AutoFocus, OIS, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Phase Detection Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.7, 26 mm, 1/2.6" Sensor Size, 1.4 µm Pixel Size, Smart Optical Image Stablization, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar] 5 MP, f/1.7, 22mm, dual video call, Auto HDR [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat9 450/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE, apt-X
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, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB On-The-Go microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2/3 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 3/4 GB RAM - G935R
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3450 mAh 4000 mAh 3600 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 444 h (3G)
Up to 264 h (3G) -
Talk Time Up to 18 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)
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