Phone Comparison - Motorola DROID 3 vs Motorola MILESTONE XT720 vs BlackBerry Passport

general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola Motorola BlackBerry
Announced July 2011 June 2010 June 2014
Status Available - July 2011 Available - July 2010 Available - September 2014
Colors Black Black Slate Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 124 x 64 x 13 mm
(4.88 x 2.52 x 0.51 in)
116 x 60.9 x 10.9 mm
(4.57 x 2.4 x 0.43 in)
128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
Weight 167 g (5.89 oz) 139 g (4.9 oz) 196 g (6.91 oz)
SIM Type - - Single-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 1700 / 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
Build Features - - - QWERTY Keyboard

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair) BlackBerry 10.1 OS
Processor Dual-core 1GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430 600 MHz Cortex-A8 Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801
GPU PowerVR SGX540 PowerVR SGX530 Adreno 330
RAM 512 MB 256 MB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 150 MB storage 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB card included microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 3.7 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (275 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (265 ppi) 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 55.73% 53.31% 56.40%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels
Flash LED flash Xenon flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Touch-focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization, Face Detection AutoFocus, OIS, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p@24fps 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] No [Similar] 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Class 12 Class 12 Yes
3G Rev.A, up to 3.1 Mbps, HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 150 MB storage, 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB card included microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

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 not supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Po Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 1540 mAh 1390 mAh 3450 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 320 h (2G)
Up to 320 h (3G)
Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 444 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 9 h 16 min Up to 4 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 9 h (3G)
Up to 18 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)