Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Classic vs Google Nexus 9 vs Samsung Galaxy A5

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry HTC Samsung
Announced June 2014 October 2014 October 2014
Status Available - November 2014 Available - October 2014 Available - November 2014
Price - - Rs. 18,090 ($266.03) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Indigo Black, Lunar White, Sand Pearl White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light B
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
228.25 x 153.68 x 7.95 mm
(8.99 x 6.05 x 0.31 in)
139.3 x 69.7 x 6.7 mm
(5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 in)
Weight 177 g (6.24 oz) 425 g / 436 g (14.99 oz / 15.38 oz) 123 g (4.34 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Dual front-facing speakers with HTC BoomSound -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.3 OS Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
User Interface Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait - -
Processor Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1 Quad-core 1.2 GHz
GPU Adreno 225 ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores) -
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 16/32 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) No microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 8.9 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi) 2048 x 1536 pixels (288 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 41.64% 69.76% 70.85%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No -
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED Flash LED flash LED flash
Features AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, OIS Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR, Wide Selfie, Rear-cam Selfie
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, BLE, ANT+
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) No microSD, up to 64 GB
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 supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2515 mAh 6700 mAh 2300 mAh
Stand by Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
Up to 720 h -
Talk Time Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)
Up to 9 h 30 min -