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BlackBerry Q5 vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)

General Info

Manufacturer
BlackBerry Samsung
Announced
May 2013 May 2012
Status
Available - June 2013 Available - May 2012
Colors
Black, White, Red Blue, White
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
120 x 66 x 10.8 mm
(4.72 x 2.6 x 0.43 in)
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
Weight
120 g (4.23 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE LTE (regional)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
3.1 inches [Similar] 4.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 720 pixels (328 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
39.25% 65.84%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
BlackBerry 10 OS, upgradable to v10.1 Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor
Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon [Similar] Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad [Similar]
GPU
- Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM
2 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Yes Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge
Yes Class 12
3G
HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi
Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML5 HTML, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
8 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
2180 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by
Up to 336 h (3G) Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 12 h 30 min (3G) Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G)
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