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Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs BlackBerry Classic

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung BlackBerry
Announced
May 2012 June 2014
Status
Available - May 2012 Available - November 2014
Colors
Blue, White Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
Weight
133 g (4.69 oz) 177 g (6.24 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE (regional) LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.8 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
65.84% 41.64%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) BlackBerry 10.3 OS
User Interface
- Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait
Processor
Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad [Similar] Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
GPU
Mali-400MP [Similar] Adreno 225 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32/64 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 8 MP [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED Flash
Features
Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge
Class 12 Yes
3G
HSDPA, 21 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 Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG
Supported Not Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity
2100 mAh 2515 mAh
Stand by
Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)
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