Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Classic vs Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016)

BlackBerry Classic
blackberry classic
Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016)
samsung galaxy a3 (2016)
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general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Samsung
Announced June 2014 December 2015
Status Available - November 2014 Coming Soon - December 2015
Price - Rs. 17,300 ($254.41) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Various
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
134.5 x 65.2 x 7.3 mm
(5.3 x 2.57 x 0.29 in)
Weight 177 g (6.24 oz) 132 g (4.66 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 band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.3 OS Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
User Interface Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait -
Processor Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 225 [Similar] Adreno 306 [Similar]
RAM 2 GB [Browse Similar] 1.5 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches [Similar] 4.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 41.64% 69.65%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED Flash LED flash
Features AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 128 GB
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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2515 mAh 2300 mAh
Stand by Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)
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