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BlackBerry Priv vs Samsung Galaxy A9

General Info

Manufacturer
BlackBerry Samsung
Announced
October 2015 December 2015
Status
Available - November 2015 Coming Soon - January 2016
Price
Rs. 34,999 ($514.69) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 33,000 ($499.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Black Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
147 x 77.2 x 9.4 mm
(5.79 x 3.04 x 0.37 in)
161.7 x 80.9 x 7.4 mm
(6.37 x 3.19 x 0.29 in)
Weight
192 g (6.77 oz) 200 g (7.05 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Curved Edge Screen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
5.4 inches [Similar] 6.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1440 x 2560 pixels (544 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (367 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
70.82% 75.93%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), planned upgrade to v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Processor
Dual-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A57 & quad-core 1.44 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8992 Snapdragon 808 [Similar] Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A72 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8976 Snapdragon 652 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 418 [Similar] Adreno 510 [Similar]
RAM
3 GB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
32 GB 32 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
18 MP [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
Dual-LED flash LED Flash
Features
Optical Image Stabilization, Schneider-Kreuznach optics, Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, f/1.9, OIS, 1/3'' sensor size, 1.12 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR
Video
2160p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
2 MP [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No FM radio with RDS; recording
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat7 350/50 Mbps
Bluetooth
v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB
microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
3410 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by
- -
Talk Time
- -
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