Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Z10 vs Samsung Galaxy S7 vs Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017)

Price Comparison (India) - -

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Samsung Samsung
Announced January 2013 February 2016 January 2017
Status Available - January 31, 2013 Available - March 2016 Coming Soon - January 2017
Price - Rs. 43,400 ($638.24) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 28,990 ($399.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Black, Gold, Silver Black, White, Gold, Pink Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 130 x 65.6 x 9 mm
(5.12 x 2.58 x 0.35 in)
142.4 x 69.6 x 7.9 mm
(5.61 x 2.74 x 0.31 in)
146.1 x 71.4 x 7.9 mm
(5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 152 g (5.36 oz) -
SIM Type - Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, Dual Stand-by) Dual-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1900 (Verizon)
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 800 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 2100 (Verizon)
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900
LTE 700 MHz Class (Verizon)
LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Heart rate sensor
- Fingerprint sensor
- IP68 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
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Notification LED - - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10 OS Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)
User Interface - TouchWiz UI -
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon Quad-core (2x 2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x 1.6 GHz Kryo)/ Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose & 4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53) , Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820/ Exynos 8 Octa 8890 1.9 GHz Quad-core Cortex-A72 & 1.3 GHz Quad-core Cortex-A53, Exynos 7880
GPU Adreno 225 Adreno 530/ Mali-T880 MP12 Mali-T860 MP4
RAM 2 GB 4 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 32/64 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 2 TB microSD, up to 256 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, Always-on display Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.2 inches 5.1 inches 5.2 inches
Resolution 768 x 1280 pixels (355 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.01% 72.33% 71.34%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio - - FM radio, recording
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels Dual Pixel 12 MP, 4608 x 2592 pixels 16 MP
Flash LED flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone) LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Continuous Auto-focus, Image Stabilization, Face Detection Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.7, 1/2.6' Sensor Size, 1 µm Pixel Size,Smart Optical Image Stablization, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama Auto focus, f/1.9 aperture, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] 5 MP, f/1.7, Dual Video Call, Auto HDR [Similar] 16 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA 21 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps; LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat9 450/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, VoLTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.2, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE, ANT+
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 2 TB microSD, up to 256 GB
USB OTG - Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint 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 present barometer sensor
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor present heart rate sensor
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1800 mAh 3000 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 312 h - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h - -