Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Bold 9700 vs BlackBerry Classic vs Sony Xperia Z3 Compact

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry BlackBerry Sony
Announced October 2009 June 2014 September 2014
Status Available - November 2009 Available - November 2014 Available - September 2014
Colors Black, White Black Black, White, Green, Orange
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 109 x 60 x 14 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in )
131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
127.3 x 64.9 x 8.6 mm
(5.01 x 2.56 x 0.34 in)
Weight 122 g (4.3 oz) 177 g (6.24 oz) 129 g (4.55 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - D5803
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - D5833
4G Network - LTE LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - IP68 Certified - Dust Proof and Water Resistant over 1 Meter and 30 Minutes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS v5.0, upgradable to v6.0 BlackBerry 10.3 OS Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat)
User Interface - Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait -
Processor 624 MHz Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801
GPU Adreno 225 Adreno 330
RAM 256 MB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 256 MB storage 16 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 16GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Triluminos Display, X-Reality Engine
Colors 65K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.44 inches 3.5 inches 4.6 inches
Resolution 480 x 360 pixels (246 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (319 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 28.17% 41.64% 70.72%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 8 MP 20.7 MP, 5248 х 3936 pixels
Flash LED flash LED Flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Image Stabilization AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, 1/2.3' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, HDR
Front Camera No [Similar] 2 MP [Similar] 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UMA 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, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 256MB storage, 256 MB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 16GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - Not Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor not present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1500 mAh 2515 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 408 h Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
Up to 880 h (2G)
Up to 920 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 6 h Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)
Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 14 h (3G)