Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 vs Samsung Galaxy Note 4 vs BlackBerry KeyOne

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Samsung BlackBerry
Announced May 2011 September 2014 February 2017
Status Available - August 2011 Available - October 2014 Coming Soon - April 2017
Colors Black, White Frosted white, Charcoal black, Bronze Gold, Blossom Pink Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115 x 66 x 10.5 mm
(4.53 x 2.6 x 0.41 in)
153.5 x 78.6 x 8.5 mm
(6.04 x 3.09 x 0.33 in)
149.1 x 72.4 x 9.4 mm
(5.87 x 2.85 x 0.37 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 176 g (6.21 oz) -
SIM Type - - Nano-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 13(700), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300) - EMEA
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Fingerprint Sensor
- Capacitive touch 4-row BlackBerry keyboard

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS 7.0 Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat)
Processor 1.2 GHz QC 8655 Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450 (SM-N910S)
Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53 & 1.9GHz quad-core Cortex-A57 (SM-N910C), Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 (SM-N910S)
Exynos 5433 (SM-N910C)
Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8953 Snapdragon 625
GPU Adreno 420 (SM-N910S)
Mali-T760 (SM-N910C)
Adreno 506
RAM 768 MB 3 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 32 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 256 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.8 inches 5.7 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 640 x 480 pixels (286 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (515 ppi) 1080 x 1620 pixels (433 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 31.92% 74.32% 55.77%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels 12 MP
Flash LED flash LED Flash Dual-LED (dual Tone)
Features Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Smart OIS, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, Panorama, HDR Phase Detection Autofocus, f/2.0, 1/2.3'' Sensor Size, 1.55µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 720p 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, optical stabilization 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] 3.7 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 8 MP, 1.12 µm pixel size, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA 14.4Mbps, HSUPA 5.76Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat4 (N910C), Cat6 (N910S), 50 Mbps UL, 300 Mbps (N910S), 150 Mbps (N910C) DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat9 450/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB Host Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, BlackBerry Maps Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Baidu Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8GB storage, 768 MB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 256 GB
USB OTG - Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1230 mAh 3220 mAh 3505 mAh
Stand by Up to 307 h (2G)
Up to 307 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 6 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 50 min (3G)
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