Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S III I535 vs Samsung Galaxy Discover vs BlackBerry Z10

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung BlackBerry
Announced June 2012 November 2012 January 2013
Status Available - July 2012 Available - November 2012 Available - January 31, 2013
Colors Pebble blue, Marble white Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 137.2 x 71.1 x 7.6 mm
(5.4 x 2.8 x 0.3 in)
112.8 x 61.5 x 11.5 mm
(4.44 x 2.42 x 0.45 in)
130 x 65.6 x 9 mm
(5.12 x 2.58 x 0.35 in)
Weight 133.2 g (4.69.0.07 oz) 122 g (4.3 oz) 135 g (4.76 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1900 (Verizon)
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 HSDPA 800 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 2100 (Verizon)
4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 13 - LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900
LTE 700 MHz Class (Verizon)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) BlackBerry 10 OS
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon 800 MHz Cortex-A5 Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon
GPU Adreno 225 - Adreno 225
RAM 2 GB 512 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 4 GB 16 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors - 16M colors
Size 4.8 inches 3.5 inches 4.2 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 768 x 1280 pixels (355 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.09% 52.47% 59.01%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No -
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Geo-tagging, Touch Focus Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Continuous Auto-focus, Image Stabilization, Face Detection
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes Yes
Edge No Yes Yes
3G HSPA+, Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA 21 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps; LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual band
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG 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 supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 1300 mAh 1800 mAh
Stand by Up to 200 h Up to 440 h Up to 312 h
Talk Time Up to 15 h Up to 7 h 20 min Up to 10 h