Phone Comparison - Samsung I9230 Galaxy Golden vs BlackBerry Classic

Samsung I9230 Galaxy Golden
samsung i9230 galaxy golden
BlackBerry Classic
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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung BlackBerry
Announced August 2013 June 2014
Status Available - September 2013 Available - November 2014
Colors Black and Gold Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 118 x 59.5 x 15.8 mm
(4.65 x 2.34 x 0.62 in)
131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
Weight 179 g (6.31 oz) 177 g (6.24 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features 3.5 inches (480 x 800 pixels) External Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, 16M colors -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) BlackBerry 10.3 OS
User Interface - Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait
Processor Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon 400 [Similar] Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
GPU Adreno 305 [Similar] Adreno 225 [Similar]
RAM 1.5 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.7 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 55.56% 41.64%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar] 8 MP [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec. Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21.1 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 1820 mAh 2515 mAh
Stand by - Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
Talk Time - Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)