Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Curve 9220 vs BlackBerry Q10 vs BlackBerry Classic

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry BlackBerry BlackBerry
Announced April 2012 January 2013 June 2014
Status Available - May 2012 Available - April 2013 Available - November 2014
Colors Black, Fuchsia Pink, Pure White, Teal Blue Black, White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar, QWERTY Candybar
Dimension 109 x 60 x 12.7 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.5 in)
119.6 x 66.8 x 10.4 mm
(4.71 x 2.63 x 0.41 in)
131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
Weight 102 g (3.6 oz) 139 g (4.9 oz) 177 g (6.24 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS 7.1 BlackBerry 10 OS BlackBerry 10.3 OS
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
GPU PowerVR SGX544 Adreno 225
RAM 512 MB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 512 MB ROM 16 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type TFT Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 65K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.44 inches 3.1 inches 3.5 inches
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels (164 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (328 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 28.17% 38.91% 41.64%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP
Flash No LED flash LED Flash
Features Geo-tagging, Continuous Auto-focus, Image Stabilization, Face Detection AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR
Video Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G No HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM 16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - - Not 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 not supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 1450 mAh 1800 mAh 2515 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h - Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 7 h Up to 10 h Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)