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Samsung I9230 Galaxy Golden vs BlackBerry Classic

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung BlackBerry
Announced
August 2013 June 2014
Status
Available - September 2013 Available - November 2014
Colors
Black and Gold Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
118 x 59.5 x 15.8 mm
(4.65 x 2.34 x 0.62 in)
131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
Weight
179 g (6.31 oz) 177 g (6.24 oz)
2G Network
GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features
3.5 inches (480 x 800 pixels) External Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, 16M colors -

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
3.7 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
55.56% 41.64%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) BlackBerry 10.3 OS
User Interface
- Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait
Processor
Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon 400 [Similar] Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
GPU
Adreno 305 [Similar] Adreno 225 [Similar]
RAM
1.5 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB 16 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar] 8 MP [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED Flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec. Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, 1.9 MP [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, 21.1 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG
- Not Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity
1820 mAh 2515 mAh
Stand by
- Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
Talk Time
- Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)
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