Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Z30 vs BlackBerry Classic vs Apple iPhone 6s Plus

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general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry BlackBerry Apple
Announced September 2013 June 2014 September 2015
Status Available - October 2013 Available - November 2014 Available - September 2015
Price - - Rs. 53,999 ($794.10) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Black Space Gray, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 140.7 x 72 x 9.4 mm
(5.54 x 2.83 x 0.37 in)
131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm
(6.23 x 3.07 x 0.29 in)
Weight - 177 g (6.24 oz) 192 g (6.77 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G Network LTE LTE LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300) - A1633
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8
SAR US - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.12 W/kg (head)
1.14 W/kg (body)
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
0.93 W/kg (head)
0.98 W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Fingerprint sensor (TouchID v2)
- 3D Touch display
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.2 OS BlackBerry 10.3 OS iOS 9
User Interface - Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait -
Processor Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4Pro Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus 2 GHz Dual-core, Apple A9
GPU Adreno 320 Adreno 225 -
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 16 GB 16/64/128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Sapphire Crystal Glass, Ion-Strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 3.5 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 67.90% 41.64% 67.51%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP 12 MP, 4608 x 2592 pixels
Flash LED flash LED Flash Real-tone Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Phase-Detection AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (Photo/Panorama)
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization Yes, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] 2 MP [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 v2.0, reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5 (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) No
USB OTG - Not Supported -

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery (11.1 Wh)
Capacity 2880 mAh 2515 mAh 2915 mAh
Stand by - Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
Up to 384 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 25 h Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)
Up to 24 h (3G)