Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Passport vs LG G3 Stylus vs Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Duos

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry LG Samsung
Announced June 2014 August 2014 October 2014
Status Available - September 2014 Available - October 2014 Available - October 2014
Colors Black Black, White, Gold Frosted white, Charcoal black, Bronze Gold, Blossom Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
149.3 x 75.9 x 10.2 mm
(5.88 x 2.99 x 0.4 in)
153.5 x 78.6 x 8.5 mm
(6.04 x 3.09 x 0.33 in)
Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 163 g (5.75 oz) 175 g (6.17 oz)
SIM Type Single-SIM - -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1
TD-SCDMA 1880 / 2010 - SIM 1
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - SIM 1
4G Network LTE LTE LTE 1800 / 2100 / 2600 (Bands 1, 3, 7) - SIM 1
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - QWERTY Keyboard - - Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- S Pen stylus

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.1 OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat)
User Interface BBOS 10 - -
Processor Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801 Quad-core 1.3 GHz Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805
GPU Adreno 330 - Adreno 420
RAM 3 GB 1 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 8 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches 5.5 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (200 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (515 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.40% 73.79% 74.32%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels
Flash LED Flash LED flash optical image stabil
Features AutoFocus, OIS, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, optical stabilization, dual-video rec.
Front Camera 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] 3.7 MP, 1440p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Class 12 Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, HSUPA. LTE HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.0, A2DP v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
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 hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3), USB Host, USB On-the-go
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, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not 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-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3450 mAh 3000 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 444 h (3G)
- Up to 381 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 18 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)
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