Blackberry Pearl 8120 vs Palm Pre Plus

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Comparing the Blackberry Pearl 8120 vs Palm Pre Plus across performance, display, camera, battery and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Palm Pre Plus runs at a higher processing speed of 0.6 GHz, while Blackberry Pearl 8120 runs at 0.31 GHz, making Palm Pre Plus the better performer.


Display: Palm Pre Plus offers a screen size of 3.1 inches, while Blackberry Pearl 8120 offers 2.2 inches, making Palm Pre Plus the larger display of the two. Palm Pre Plus features a LCD display compared to Blackberry Pearl 8120's TFT, making Palm Pre Plus the better display of the two.


Rear Camera: Palm Pre Plus offers a higher rear camera resolution with 3 MP, while Blackberry Pearl 8120 offers 2 MP, making Palm Pre Plus better for rear camera photography.


Battery: Blackberry Pearl 8120 offers a higher battery capacity with 900 mAh, while Palm Pre Plus offers 1150 mAh, making Blackberry Pearl 8120 better for longer battery life.


Storage: Blackberry Pearl 8120 offers higher internal storage with 64 GB, while Palm Pre Plus offers 16 GB, making Blackberry Pearl 8120 the better option for storage.

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Blackberry Pearl 8120
(Discontinued)
Palm Pre Plus
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

15 Oct, 2007
19 May, 2010

Performance

Intel Xscale
N/A
(upto 312 MHz)
(upto 600 MHz)
32 MB RAM
512 MB RAM

Display

2.2 inches (5.59 cm)
3.1 inches (7.87 cm)
TFT
LCD
240x260 px
320x480 px

Rear Camera

2 MP
Primary Camera
3 MP
Primary Camera

Battery

900 mAh
1150 mAh

Storage

64 MB
16 GB

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General

Operating System

Blackberry
WebOS v1.3

Performance

Chipset

Intel Xscale
N/A

Processor

312 MHz
600 MHz

RAM

32 MB
512 MB

Display

Display Type

TFT
LCD

Screen Size

2.2 inches  (5.59 cm)
3.1 inches  (7.87 cm)

Resolution

240x260 px
320x480 px

Pixel Density

161 ppi
186 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

29.1 %
47.85 %

Display Colour

65K
N/A

Design

Height

107 mm
100.5 mm

Width

50 mm
59.5 mm

Thickness

14.5 mm
16.90 mm

Weight

90 grams
138 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

2 MP
Primary Camera
3 MP
Primary Camera

Flash

Yes LED Flash
Yes LED Flash

Image Resolution

1600 x 1200 Pixels
N/A

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Digital Zoom
Smile detection

Battery

Capacity

900 mAh
1150 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 4 Hours(2G)
Up to 5(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

64 MB
16 GB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 4 GB
Yes

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM
Single SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Mini
N/A

Network Support

5G Not Supported
5G Not Supported

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 3 (802.11 b/g)
Yes Wi-Fi 3 (802.11 a/b/g)

Bluetooth

Yes v2.0
Yes v2.1

GPS

N/A
Yes with A-GPS

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm
N/A

Video Player

Yes Video Formats: H.263 H.264 MPEG4 WMV
N/A

Ring Tone

Music ringtones Polyphonic ringtones Vibration
N/A

Music

Yes Music Formats: eAAC+ MP3 WMA
Yes Music Formats: Yes Music Formats : MP3 AAC AAC+ eAAC+ AMR QCELP WAV with 3.5 mm audio jack

Special Features

Service lights Phone profiles Voice dialing Voice commands Voice recording
N/A

Sensors

Other Sensors

N/A
Accelerometer

Games

Yes + Downloadable
3D Games

Java

Yes MIDP 2.0
Yes MIDP 2.1

Browser

Yes HTML
Yes

Phone Book

Practically unlimited entries and fields Photocall Limited
Practically unlimited entries Photocall

SMS

Yes
Yes

MMS

Yes
Yes

Email

Yes
Yes IMAP Microsoft Exchange Microsoft Direct Push e-mail POP3 Push e-mail SMTP

Instant Messaging

Yes
N/A

Other Facilities

Document editor (Word Excel PowerPoint PDF) Organizer Voice memo/dial
Multi-touch input method Organizer Document viewer Voice memo/dial

Applications

Document editor (Word Excel PowerPoint PDF)
N/A