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Apple iPhone 4S vs BlackBerry Classic

General Info

Manufacturer
Apple BlackBerry
Announced
October 2011 June 2014
Status
Available - October 2011 Available - November 2014
Colors
Black, White Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
Weight
140 g (4.94 oz) 177 g (6.24 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
LED-backlit IPS TFT Capacitive touchscreen
Colors
capacitive touchscreen 16M colors
Size
3.5 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
53.92% 41.64%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
iOS 5 BlackBerry 10.3 OS
User Interface
- Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait
Processor
1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Apple A5 chipset [Similar] Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
GPU
PowerVR SGX543MP2 [Similar] Adreno 225 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32/64 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory
No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 8 MP [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED Flash
Features
Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No No
Games
Downloadable, incl. motion-bas Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth
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, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML (Safari) HTML5

User Memory

Call Records
100 received, dialed and missed calls Practically unlimited
Internal
16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG
- Not Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Po Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity
1432 mAh 2515 mAh
Stand by
Up to 200 h (2G)
Up to 200 h (3G)
Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)
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