Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Classic vs Samsung Galaxy A31 vs Ulefone Armor 8

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Samsung Ulefone
Announced June 2014 2020, March 24 August 2020
Status Available - November 2014 Coming Soon - April 2020 Available - August 2020
Colors Black Prism Crush Black, Prism Crush Blue, Prism Crush Red, Prism Crush White Black, Orange, Red
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
159.3 x 73.1 x 8.6 mm
(6.27 x 2.88 x 0.34 in)
166 x 81.8 x 15 mm
(6.54 x 3.22 x 0.59 in)
Weight 177 g (6.24 oz) 185 g (6.53 oz) 282 g (9.95 oz)
SIM Type - Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE (unspecified) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 28, 66
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor (under display, optical)
Fingerprint Sensor (side-mounted)
IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Drop-to-concrete resistance from up to 1.2 m
MIL-STD-810G compliant

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10.3 OS Android 10.0 Android 10
User Interface Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait One UI 2.0 -
Processor Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus Octa-core (2x2.0 GHz Cortex-A75 & 6x1.7 GHz Cortex-A55), Mediatek MT6768 Helio P65 (12nm) Octa-core (4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A53), Mediatek MT6771 Helio P60 (12 nm)
GPU Adreno 225 Mali-G52 MC2 Mali-G72 MP3
RAM 2 GB 6 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 128 GB 64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSDXC microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 6.4 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi) 1080 x 2400 pixels (411 ppi) 720 x 1560 pixels (282 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 41.64% 85.01% 67.11%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No - FM radio, RDS, recording
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP 48 MP + 8 MP + 5 MP + 5 MP 16 MP + 5 MP + 2 MP
Flash LED Flash LED flash LED Flash
Features AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR 48 MP, f/2.0, (wide), 1/2.0", 0.8µm, PDAF
8 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/4.0", 1.12µm
5 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
5 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
panorama, HDR
16 MP, f/2.2, (wide), PDAF
5 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
2 MP, f/2.2, (depth)
Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP [Similar] 20 MP, f/2.2, 0.8µm
HDR
1080p@30fps [Similar]
8 MP, f/2.0
1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSPA, LTE-A HSPA 42.2/11.5 Mbps, LTE-A Cat7 300/150 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE 4.2, A2DP, 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/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
Browser HTML5 Yes Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 128 GB, 6 GB RAM or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM (UFS 2.1) 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSDXC microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)
USB OTG Not Supported Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint 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 supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 15W
Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 15W
Capacity 2515 mAh 5000 mAh 5580 mAh
Stand by Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)
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