Blackberry Classic vs Blackberry Q10

Comparing the Blackberry Classic vs Blackberry Q10 across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Both Blackberry Classic and Blackberry Q10 run at the same processing speed of 1.5 GHz.

Display: Blackberry Classic offers a screen size of 3.5 inches, while Blackberry Q10 offers 3.1 inches, making Blackberry Classic the larger display of the two. Blackberry Q10 features a Super AMOLED display compared to Blackberry Classic's TFT, making Blackberry Q10 the better display of the two.

Rear Camera: Both Blackberry Classic and Blackberry Q10 feature a 8 MP primary rear camera.

Front Camera: Both Blackberry Classic and Blackberry Q10 feature a 2 MP primary front camera.

Battery: Blackberry Classic offers a higher battery capacity with 2515 mAh, while Blackberry Q10 offers 2100 mAh, making Blackberry Classic better for longer battery life.

Storage: Both Blackberry Classic and Blackberry Q10 offer the same internal storage of 16 GB.

User Rating: Blackberry Q10 receives a higher user rating of 3.5, while Blackberry Classic has a rating of 3.4.

Blackberry Classic

₹15,999

(Discontinued)

Blackberry Q10

₹10,299

(Discontinued)

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Summary

Release Date

15 Jan, 2015

07 Jun, 2013

User Ratings

3.4/5

(337 ratings)

3.5/5

(2,137 ratings)

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Blackberry v10.3.1

Blackberry v10

Performance

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960

Processor

Dual core, 1.5 GHz, Krait

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 225

RAM

2 GB

Display

Display Type

TFT	Super AMOLED

Screen Size

3.5 inches (8.89 cm)

3.1 inches (7.87 cm)

Resolution

720x720 px (HD)

Pixel Density

291 ppi

328 ppi

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass v3

N/A

Display Colour

16M

Design

Height

131 mm

119.6 mm

Width

72.4 mm

66.8 mm

Thickness

10.2 mm

10.4 mm

Weight

177 grams

139 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

8 MP
Primary Camera

Autofocus

Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash

Image Resolution

3264 x 2448 Pixels

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

Continuous Shooting

Camera Features

5 x Digital Zoom
Face detection
Touch to focus

5 x Digital Zoom
Digital image stabilization
Face detection

Video Recording

1920x1080 @ 30 fps

Front Camera

Resolution

2 MP
Front Camera

Camera Features

N/A	Fixed Focus

Video Recording

1280x720 fps

Battery

Capacity

2515 mAh

2100 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 11.7 Hours(3G) / Up to 17.2 Hours(2G)

Up to 13.50 Hours(3G) / Up to 10 Hours(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

16 GB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 128 GB

Yes Up to 64 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Nano

SIM1: Micro

Network Support

5G Not Supported 4G

SIM 1

4G Bands:

FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 1900(band 2) / 850(band 5) / 800(band 20)

4G Bands:

FD-LTE 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 800(band 20)

4G Speed:

50 Mbit/s ↑ 150 Mbit/s ↓ (LTE category 4)

N/A

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/b/g/n) 5GHz

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v4.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS

NFC

N/A

Yes

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

Video Player

Yes Video Formats: 3GP ASF AVI MKV MOV MPEG4 WMV

Yes Video Formats: H.263 H.264 MPEG4 Xvid DivX

Ring Tone

Music ringtones Polyphonic ringtones Vibration

Music

Yes Music Formats: AAC AMR FLAC M4A (Apple lossless) MP3 OGG WAV WMA

Yes Music Formats: 3GP 3GPP AMR eAAC MP3 WAV

Special Features

N/A	Voice Memo Voice dialing

Sensors

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

Games

Yes

Java

Yes MIDP 2.1

Browser

Yes HTML

Yes HTML5

Phone Book

Yes Practically Unlimited

Practically Unlimited Practically Unlimited

SMS

N/A

Yes

MMS

N/A

Yes

Email

Yes	Yes Push e-mail

Instant Messaging

Yes

Other Facilities

Calculator World clock Calendar Alarm Document viewer

Organizer Voice memo/dial Predictive text input