Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Classic vs Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual SIM vs BlackBerry Z20

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Microsoft BlackBerry
Announced June 2014 November 2014 Expected Announcement - Q1 2015
Status Available - November 2014 Available - November 2014 Rumored - Q2 2015
Price - Rs. 7,999 ($117.63) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Black Orange, green, white, black, gray, blue Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
140.2 x 72.4 x 8.8 mm
(5.52 x 2.85 x 0.35 in)
9.5 mm thickness
(0.37 in thickness)
Weight 177 g (6.24 oz) 146 g (5.15 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 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.3 OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 BlackBerry 10.3 OS
User Interface Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait - -
Processor Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4
GPU Adreno 225 Adreno 302 Adreno 225
RAM 2 GB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 8 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 5.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 41.64% 68.08% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP 5 MP, 2592 x 1936 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED Flash LED flash LED flash
Features AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, 1/4' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 480p@30fps 1080p
Front Camera 2 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Up to 236 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.0, A2DP v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Li-Ion Battery (BL-L4A) Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2515 mAh 1905 mAh 2800 mAh
Stand by Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
Up to 336 h -
Talk Time Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)
Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 13 h (3G)
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