Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Classic vs Huawei Ascend Mate7

BlackBerry Classic
blackberry classic
Huawei Ascend Mate7
huawei ascend mate7
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general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Huawei
Announced June 2014 September 2014
Status Available - November 2014 Coming Soon - Q3 2014
Colors Black Obsidian black, Moonlight silver, Amber gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
157 x 81 x 7.9 mm
(6.18 x 3.19 x 0.31 in)
Weight 177 g (6.24 oz) 185 g (6.53 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.3 OS Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat)
User Interface Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait -
Processor Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, HiSilicon Kirin 925 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 225 [Similar] Mali-T628 [Similar]
RAM 2 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16 GB 16/32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) Yes, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches [Similar] 6.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (368 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 41.64% 77.68%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED Flash LED flash
Features AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP [Similar] 5 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat6, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
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, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host, USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM (3GB on 32GB model)
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) Yes, up to 32 GB
USB OTG Not Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2515 mAh 4100 mAh
Stand by Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
Up to 648 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)
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