Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Q10 vs BlackBerry 9720 vs BlackBerry Classic

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry BlackBerry BlackBerry
Announced January 2013 August 2013 June 2014
Status Available - April 2013 Available - August 2013 Available - November 2014
Colors Black, White Black, White, Purple, Blue, Pure Pink Black
Form Factor Candybar, QWERTY Candybar Candybar
Dimension 119.6 x 66.8 x 10.4 mm
(4.71 x 2.63 x 0.41 in)
114 x 66 x 12 mm
(4.49 x 2.6 x 0.47 in)
131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
Weight 139 g (4.9 oz) 120 g (4.23 oz) 177 g (6.24 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - 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 OS BlackBerry OS 7.1 BlackBerry 10.3 OS
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 806 MHz Tavor MG1 Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
GPU PowerVR SGX544 - Adreno 225
RAM 2 GB 512 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 512 MB ROM 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.1 inches 2.8 inches 3.5 inches
Resolution 720 x 720 pixels (328 ppi) 480 x 360 pixels (214 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 38.91% 32.35% 41.64%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8 MP
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Geo-tagging, Continuous Auto-focus, Image Stabilization, Face Detection Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar] No [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5 HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
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 not present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 1800 mAh 1450 mAh 2515 mAh
Stand by - Up to 432 h Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 7 h Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)