It’s official: the BlackBerry Z10, the first smartphone to ship with the new BlackBerry 10 operating system, and what many believe is the last chance for BlackBerry (formerly RIM) to save itself from complete irrelevance.
The early reviews of the Z10 aren’t bad, but aren’t great, pretty much agreeing that the smartphone is just good enough to buy BlackBerry some time. But how does it stack up, spec-for-spec, against the iPhone 5 and some of Android’s top phones? We’ve put together a chart for you to see for yourself.
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BlackBerry Z10
iPhone 5
Nokia Lumia 920
Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX HD
Samsung Galaxy SIII
HTC One X
Operating System
BlackBerry 10
iOS 6
Windows Phone 8
Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich
Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich
Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwitch
Display
4.2-inch LCD display (1280 x 768)
4-inch Retina display (1136×640)
4.3-inch AMOLED display (800×480)
4.7-inch Super AMOLED display (1280×720)
4.8-inch Super AMOLED display (1280×720)
4.7-inch Super LCD 2 display (1280×720)
PPI
356
326
332
312
306
312
Processor
1.2GHz dual-core
1.3GHz dual-core A6
1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4
1.5GHz dual-core
1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4
1.5 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A9
RAM
2GB
1GB
1GB
1GB
1GB-2GB
1GB
Storage
16GB + microSD slot
16GB, 32GB, 64GB
32GB
32GB + microSD slot
16GB, 32GB, 64GB
32GB
Camera(s)
8MP (rear) + 2MP (front)
8MP (rear) with f2.4 + 1.3MP (front)
8.7MP PureView (rear) + 1.3MP (front)
8MP (rear) + 1.3MP (front)
8MP (rear) + 1.9MP (front)
8MP (rear) + 1.3MP (front)
Wireless
UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, GSM, CDMA, LTE
UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, GSM, CDMA, LTE
HSDPA, GSM, LTE
HSDPA, GSM, CDMA, LTE
UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, GSM, CDMA, LTE
UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+, GSM
Dimensions
130mm x 66mm x 9.3mm
123.83 x 58.57 x 7.6 mm
130.3 x 70.8 x 10.7 mm
131.9 x 67.9 x 9.3 mm
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
134.4 x 69.9 x 8.9 mm
Weight
136 g
112 g
185 g
157 g
133 g
130 g
Battery
1,800 mAh
1,440 mAh, 3.8V
2,000 mAh
3,300 mAh
2,100 mAh, 3.8V
1,800 mAh
Please scroll the table left and right to see all of its contentsAs you can see, hardware-wise, the BlackBerry Z10 is about on-par with what we expect from a modern smartphone, but doesn’t exactly push the envelope in anything except pixel density. And with Mobile World Congress 2013 right around the corner, it’s likely that before the Z10 even launches in March, we’ll see some smartphones that blow the BlackBerry 10 out of the water.
Even so, compared to the hardware Dark Ages that BlackBerry users have been haunting up until now, the Z10 is clearly a step in the right direction: the first truly modern BlackBerry that the company has introduced in years. But are decent specs alone enough to stop BlackBerry’s calamitous plummet when it comes to market share?
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