Phone Comparison - Samsung S8500 Wave vs BlackBerry Q10 vs BlackBerry Classic

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung BlackBerry BlackBerry
Announced February 2010 January 2013 June 2014
Status Available - April 2010 Available - April 2013 Available - November 2014
Colors Ebony Gray Black, White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar, QWERTY Candybar
Dimension 118 x 56 x 10.9 mm
(4.65 x 2.2 x 0.43 in )
119.6 x 66.8 x 10.4 mm
(4.71 x 2.63 x 0.41 in)
131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
Weight 118 g (4.16 oz) 139 g (4.9 oz) 177 g (6.24 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS bada OS BlackBerry 10 OS BlackBerry 10.3 OS
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
GPU PowerVR SGX540 PowerVR SGX544 Adreno 225
RAM N/A 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 2 GB storage 16 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.3 inches 3.1 inches 3.5 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (283 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (328 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 46.81% 38.91% 41.64%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM r - No
Games Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face, Smile And Blink Detection, Image Stablilization, Touch Focus Geo-tagging, Continuous Auto-focus, Image Stabilization, Face Detection AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, video light Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA 3.6 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, Samsung Mobile Navigator Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Phonebook Yes, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records Yes Practically unlimited Practically unlimited
Internal 2 GB storage 16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - - Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not 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 not supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 1500 mAh 1800 mAh 2515 mAh
Stand by Up to 600 h (2G)
Up to 550 h (3G)
- Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 15 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 10 h Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)