Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Classic vs BlackBerry Passport vs Microsoft Lumia 950 XL

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry BlackBerry Microsoft
Announced June 2014 June 2014 October 2015
Status Available - November 2014 Available - September 2014 Available - November 2015
Price - - Rs. 34,000 ($499.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
151.9 x 78.4 x 8.1 mm
(5.98 x 3.09 x 0.32 in)
Weight 177 g (6.24 oz) 196 g (6.91 oz) 165 g (5.82 oz)
SIM Type - Single-SIM -
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 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300)
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 BlackBerry 10.3 OS BlackBerry 10.1 OS Microsoft Windows 10
User Interface Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait BBOS 10 -
Processor Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810
GPU Adreno 225 Adreno 330 Adreno 430
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 32 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 200 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 4.5 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi) 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (518 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 41.64% 56.40% 74.43%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 20 MP, 4992 х 3744 pixels
Flash LED Flash LED Flash Carl Zeiss optics
Features AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR AutoFocus, OIS, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama 1/2.4' Sensor Size, 1.12 μm Pixel Size, PureView Technology, Dual Capture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, optical stabilization, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera 2 MP [Similar] 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE 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, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 200 GB
USB OTG Not 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 supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2515 mAh 3450 mAh 3340 mAh
Stand by Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 444 h (3G)
Up to 288 h (2G)
Up to 288 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)
Up to 18 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)
Up to 25 h (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)