Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Classic vs Samsung Galaxy A71 vs Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max

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general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Samsung Apple
Announced June 2014 December 2019 September 2023
Status Available - November 2014 Available. Released 2020, January Available - September 2023
Price - Rs. 29,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 159,900 ($1199.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Prism Crush White, Black, Pink, Blue Black Titanium, White Titanium, Blue Titanium, Natural Titanium
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
163.6 x 76.0 x 7.7 mm
(6.44 x 2.99 x 0.3 in)
159.9 x 76.7 x 8.3 mm
(6.3 x 3.02 x 0.33 in)
Weight 177 g (6.24 oz) 179 g (6.31 oz) 221 g (7.8 oz)
SIM Type - Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM and eSIM - International
Dual eSIM with multiple numbers - USA
Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - China
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM)
CDMA 800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G Network LTE LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100) LTE
5G Network - - SA/NSA/Sub6 - International
SA/NSA/Sub6/mmWave - USA
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor(In-display)
IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 6m for 30 min)
Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.3 OS Android 10.0 iOS 17
User Interface Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait One UI 2.0 -
Processor Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz Kryo 470 Gold & 6x1.8 GHz Kryo 470 Silver), Qualcomm SDM730 Snapdragon 730 (8 nm) Hexa-core (2x + 4x), Apple A17 Pro (3 nm)
GPU Adreno 225 Adreno 618 Apple GPU (6-core graphics)
RAM 2 GB 8 GB 8 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 128 GB 1 TB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) No

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Full HD+ Infinity-O Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen FHD+ LTPO Super Retina XDR OLED Screen
120Hz Refresh Rate
HDR10, Dolby Vision
1000 Nits (typ), 2000 Nits (HBM)
Ceramic Shield Glass
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 6.7 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi) 1080 x 2400 pixels (393 ppi) 1290 x 2796 pixels (460 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 41.64% 87.08% 89.67%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes no
Radio No FM radio No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP 64 MP + 12 MP + 5 MP + 5 MP 48 MP + 12 MP + 12 MP
Flash LED Flash LED Flash Dual-LED Dual-tone Flash
Features AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR 64 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/2", 0.8µm, PDAF
12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide)
5 MP, f/2.2, depth sensor
5 MP, f/2.4, macro camera
Panorama, HDR
48 MP, f/1.8, 24mm (wide), 1/1.28", 1.22µm, dual pixel PDAF, sensor-shift OIS
12 MP, f/2.8, 120mm (periscope telephoto), 1.12µm, dual pixel PDAF, 3D sensor‑shift OIS, 5x optical zoom
12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF
TOF 3D LiDAR scanner (depth)
HDR (photo/panorama)
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 1080p@960fps; gyro-EIS 4K@24/25/30/60fps, 1080p@25/30/60/120/240fps, 10-bit HDR, Dolby Vision HDR (up to 60fps), ProRes, Cinematic mode (4K@24/30fps), 3D (spatial) video, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera 2 MP [Similar] 32 MP, f/2.0, 25mm (wide)
HDR
1080p@30fps [Similar]
12 MP, f/1.9, 23mm (wide), 1/3.6", PDAF, OIS
SL 3D, (depth/biometrics sensor)
HDR, Cinematic mode (4K@24/30fps)
4K@24/25/30/60fps, 1080p@25/30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSPA, LTE-A HSPA, LTE-A, 5G, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.3, A2DP, 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, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e, dual-band, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go USB Type-C 3.0, DisplayPort
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, QZSS, NavIC
Browser HTML5 Yes Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 128 GB, 8 GB RAM 1 TB, 8 GB RAM or 512 GB, 8 GB RAM or 256 GB, 8 GB RAM NVMe
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) No
USB OTG Not Supported Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor not present barometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 25W
Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Wired, 50% in 30 min
15W wireless (MagSafe)
7.5W wireless (Qi)
Capacity 2515 mAh 4000 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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