Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Classic vs HTC One M8 Dual Sim vs BlackBerry Priv

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry HTC BlackBerry
Announced June 2014 June 2014 October 2015
Status Available - November 2014 Available - July 2014 Available - November 2015
Price - - Rs. 34,999 ($514.69) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Gunmetal Gray, Glacial Silver, Amber Gold Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
- 147 x 77.2 x 9.4 mm
(5.79 x 3.04 x 0.37 in)
Weight 177 g (6.24 oz) - 192 g (6.77 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.3 OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
User Interface Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait - -
Processor Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus Quad-core 2.3 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 Dual-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A57 & quad-core 1.44 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8992 Snapdragon 808
GPU Adreno 225 Adreno 330 Adreno 418
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 16 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Super LCD3 capacitive touchscreen AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Curved Edge Screen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 5.0 inches 5.4 inches
Resolution 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (544 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 41.64% - 70.82%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP Dual 4 MP, 2688х1520 pixels 18 MP
Flash LED Flash dual-LED (dual tone) Dual-LED flash
Features AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, 1/3' Sensor Size, 2µm Pixel Size, Automatic Simultaneous Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection, HDR, Panorama Optical Image Stabilization, Schneider-Kreuznach optics, Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec., video stabilization 2160p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, HDR [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE Yes, v4.0 with 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/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go, USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB
USB OTG Not Supported 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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2515 mAh 2600 mAh 3410 mAh
Stand by Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)
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