Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia S vs BlackBerry Q10 vs LG G3 Beat

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony BlackBerry LG
Announced January 2012 January 2013 July 2014
Status Available - Q1 2012 Available - April 2013 Available - August 2014
Colors Silver, Black Black, White Silk White, Shine Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar, QWERTY Candybar
Dimension 128 x 64 x 10.6 mm
(5.04 x 2.52 x 0.42 in)
119.6 x 66.8 x 10.4 mm
(4.71 x 2.63 x 0.41 in)
137.7 x 69.6 x 10.3 mm
(5.42 x 2.74 x 0.41 in)
Weight 144 g (5.08 oz) 139 g (4.9 oz) 134 g (4.73 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 - LT26i
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - LT26a
HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 BlackBerry 10 OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
GPU Adreno 220 PowerVR SGX544 Adreno 305
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 16 GB storage 8 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 3.1 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (342 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (328 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 62.05% 38.91% 71.77%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS - -
Games Yes Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP, 4000x3000 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization Geo-tagging, Continuous Auto-focus, Image Stabilization, Face Detection Laser Auto- focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face & Smile Detection, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 86 kbps Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge Up to 237 kbps Yes Class 12
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA HSPA+; LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, 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, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, HS, USB On-the-go support Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG 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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1750 mAh 1800 mAh 2540 mAh
Stand by Up to 450 h (2G)
Up to 420 h (3G)
- -
Talk Time Up to 7 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 10 h -