Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Bold 9790 vs Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 vs BlackBerry Z10

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Samsung BlackBerry
Announced November 2011 February 2012 January 2013
Status Available - December 2011 Available - May 2012 Available - January 31, 2013
Colors Black Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 110 x 60 x 11.4 mm
(4.33 x 2.36 x 0.45 in)
118.3 x 62.2 x 10.5 mm
(4.66 x 2.45 x 0.41 in)
130 x 65.6 x 9 mm
(5.12 x 2.58 x 0.35 in)
Weight 107 g (3.77 oz) 122 g (4.3 oz) 135 g (4.76 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1900 (Verizon)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 800 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 2100 (Verizon)
4G Network - - LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900
LTE 700 MHz Class (Verizon)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS 7.0 Android OS, v2.3 BlackBerry 10 OS
Processor Marvel Tavor MG1 1 GHz Dual-core 800 MHz, NovaThor U8500 Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon
GPU Mali-400MP Adreno 225
RAM 768 MB 768 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 4 GB storage 16 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.45 inches 3.8 inches 4.2 inches
Resolution 480 x 360 pixels (245 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (246 ppi) 768 x 1280 pixels (355 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 28.14% 55.64% 59.01%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Continuous Auto-focus, Image Stabilization, Face Detection
Video Yes, VGA Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps HSDPA 21 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps; LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, UMA (carrier-dependent) Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual band
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

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 not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity (JM-1) 1500 mAh 1800 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 408 h (3G)
Up to 670 h (2G)
Up to 640 h (3G)
Up to 312 h
Talk Time Up to 5 h 10 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 16 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 10 h