Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4S vs BlackBerry Curve 8530 vs BlackBerry Q10

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple BlackBerry BlackBerry
Announced October 2011 November 2009 January 2013
Status Available - October 2011 Available - December 2009 Available - April 2013
Colors Black, White Black, Purple Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar, QWERTY
Dimension 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
109 x 60 x 13.9 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in)
119.6 x 66.8 x 10.4 mm
(4.71 x 2.63 x 0.41 in)
Weight 140 g (4.94 oz) 106 g (3.74 oz) 139 g (4.9 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 5 BlackBerry OS 5.0 BlackBerry 10 OS
Processor 1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Apple A5 chipset 528 MHz Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470
GPU PowerVR SGX543MP2 PowerVR SGX544
RAM 512 MB N/A 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 256 MB ROM 16 GB storage
External Memory No microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT TFT Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors capacitive touchscreen 65K colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 2.46 inches 3.1 inches
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 320 x 240 pixels (163 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (328 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 28.52% 38.91%
Multi-Touch yes no yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No -
Games Downloadable, incl. motion-bas Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels
Flash LED flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Geo-tagging Geo-tagging, Continuous Auto-focus, Image Stabilization, Face Detection
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes No Yes
Edge Yes No Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps Rev. 0, up to 153.2 Kbps HSDPA, HSUPA
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual band, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Call Records 100 received, dialed and missed calls Practically unlimited Practically unlimited
Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 256 MB ROM 16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1432 mAh 1150 mAh 1800 mAh
Stand by Up to 200 h (2G)
Up to 200 h (3G)
Up to 252 h -
Talk Time Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 4 h 30 min Up to 10 h