Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Z10 vs Samsung Galaxy A15 5G vs Samsung Galaxy A16 5G

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Samsung Samsung
Announced January 2013 December 2023 October 2024
Status Available - January 31, 2013 Coming Soon - December 2023 Coming Soon - October 2024
Colors Black Black, Personality Yellow, Fantasy Blue, Optimistic Blue Blue Black, Light Gray, Gold, Light Green
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 130 x 65.6 x 9 mm
(5.12 x 2.58 x 0.35 in)
160.1 x 76.8 x 8.4 mm
(6.3 x 3.02 x 0.33 in)
164.4 x 77.9 x 7.9 mm
(6.47 x 3.07 x 0.31 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 200 g (7.05 oz) 200 g (7.05 oz)
SIM Type - Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1900 (Verizon)
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual sim model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual sim model only)
3G Network HSDPA 800 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 2100 (Verizon)
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900
LTE 700 MHz Class (Verizon)
LTE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41, 66
5G Network - SA/NSA 1, 3, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41, 77, 78 SA/NSA/Sub6
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
0.38 W/kg (head)
0.94 W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor (side-mounted)
- Fingerprint Sensor (side-mounted)
IP54, dust and splash resistant

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10 OS Android 14 Android 14, up to 6 major Android upgrades
User Interface - One UI 6 One UI 6.1
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55), Mediatek Dimensity 6100+ (6 nm) Octa-core (2x2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55) or Octa-core (2x2.4 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55), Exynos 1330 (5 nm) or Mediatek Dimensity 6300 (6 nm)
GPU Adreno 225 Mali-G57 MC2 Mali-G68 MP2 or Mali-G57 MC2
RAM 2 GB 8 GB 8 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 256 GB 256 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSDXC microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen FHD+ Super AMOLED Screen
90Hz Refresh Rate
800 Nits (HBM)
FHD+ Super AMOLED Screen
90Hz Refresh Rate, 800 Nits (HBM)
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.2 inches 6.5 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 768 x 1280 pixels (355 ppi) 1080 x 2340 pixels (396 ppi) 1080 x 2340 pixels (385 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.01% 84.56% 85.89%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes no
Radio - Unspecified No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 50 MP + 5 MP + 2 MP 50 MP + 5 MP + 2 MP
Flash LED flash LED Flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Continuous Auto-focus, Image Stabilization, Face Detection 50 MP, f/1.8, (wide), AF
5 MP, f/2.2, (ultrawide)
2 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
Panorama, HDR
50 MP, f/1.8, (wide), AF
5 MP, f/2.2, (ultrawide)
2 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] 13 MP, f/2.0, (wide)
1080p@30fps [Similar]
13 MP, f/2.0, (wide)

1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA 21 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps; LTE HSPA, LTE, 5G HSPA, LTE, 5G
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes 5.3, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual band Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 USB Type-C 2.0 USB Type-C 2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS, BDS, QZSS GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS, BDS, QZSS
Browser HTML5 Yes Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 256 GB, 8 GB RAM 256 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 8 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSDXC microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)
USB OTG - Not Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery Charging 25W
Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast Battery Charging 25W
Capacity 1800 mAh 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Stand by Up to 312 h - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h - -