Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 3GS vs BlackBerry Z10 vs Apple iPhone 5S

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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple BlackBerry Apple
Announced June 2009 January 2013 September 2013
Status Available - June 2009 Available - January 31, 2013 Available - September 2013
Colors Black, White Black Black/Slate, White/Silver
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
130 x 65.6 x 9 mm
(5.12 x 2.58 x 0.35 in)
123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm
(4.87 x 2.31 x 0.3 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 135 g (4.76 oz) 112 g (3.95 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1900 (Verizon)
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 800 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 2100 (Verizon)
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G Network - LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900
LTE 700 MHz Class (Verizon)
LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iPhone OS 3, upgradable to iOS 5 BlackBerry 10 OS iOS 7.0.1
Processor 600 MHz Cortex-A8 Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone, Apple A7 with M7 Motion Coprocessor
GPU PowerVR SGX535 Adreno 225 PowerVR G6430
RAM 256 MB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8/16/32 GB storage 16 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 4.2 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 768 x 1280 pixels (355 ppi) 640 x 1136 pixels (326 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.75% 59.01% 60.84%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels
Flash No LED flash dual-LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Continuous Auto-focus, Image Stabilization, Face Detection Auto focus, 1.5 µm pixel size, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, touch focus, geo-tagging, face detection, panorama, HDR
Video Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120 fps, video stabilization
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA 21 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps; LTE DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 100 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, headset support only Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, Lightning Port
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5 HTML (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16/32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB No

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 not supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1800 mAh 1440 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 312 h Up to 250 h
Talk Time Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 10 h Up to 10 h