Blackberry Z10 vs Apple iPhone 5s

Comparing the Blackberry Z10 vs Apple iPhone 5s across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Blackberry Z10 runs at a higher processing speed of 1.5 GHz, while Apple iPhone 5s runs at 1.3 GHz, making Blackberry Z10 the better performer.

Display: Blackberry Z10 offers a screen size of 4.2 inches, while Apple iPhone 5s offers 4 inches, making Blackberry Z10 the larger display of the two. Apple iPhone 5s features a IPS LCD display compared to Blackberry Z10's LCD, making Apple iPhone 5s the better display of the two.

Rear Camera: Both Blackberry Z10 and Apple iPhone 5s feature a 8 MP primary rear camera.

Front Camera: Blackberry Z10 offers a higher front camera resolution with 2 MP, while Apple iPhone 5s offers 1.2 MP, making Blackberry Z10 better for front camera photography.

Battery: Blackberry Z10 offers a higher battery capacity with 1800 mAh, while Apple iPhone 5s offers 1560 mAh, making Blackberry Z10 better for longer battery life.

Storage: Both Blackberry Z10 and Apple iPhone 5s offer the same internal storage of 16 GB.

User Rating: Apple iPhone 5s receives a higher user rating of 4.4, while Blackberry Z10 has a rating of 3.5.

Blackberry Z10

₹4,999

(Discontinued)

Apple iPhone 5s

₹25,000

(Out of Stock)

Summary

Release Date

27 Jan, 2013

01 Nov, 2013

N/A

Performance

N/A	N/A
Snapdragon S4 Plus	Apple A7	Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
(upto 1.5 GHz)	Dual Core (upto 1.3 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 2.4 GHz)
2 GB RAM	1 GB RAM	6 GB RAM

Display

N/A	N/A
4.2 inches (10.67 cm)	4 inches (10.16 cm)	6.72 inches (17.07 cm)
LCD	IPS LCD	LCD
768x1280 px (HD)	640x1136 px	1080x2400 px (FHD+)
N/A	N/A	120 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera

N/A	N/A
8 MP Primary Camera	8 MP Primary Camera	50 MP Primary Camera, Sony LYTIA 600 sensor
N/A	N/A	8 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

Front Camera

N/A	N/A
2 MP	1.2 MP	32 MP

Battery

N/A	N/A
1800 mAh	1560 mAh	7000 mAh
N/A	N/A	30W Turbo Charging
No Wireless Charging	No Wireless Charging	No Wireless Charging

Storage

16 GB	16 GB	128 GB
N/A	N/A	UFS 3.1

User Ratings

3.5/5

(3,303 ratings)

4.4/5

(67,397 ratings)

N/A

Video

There are no videos available for the device.

1 Video

There are no videos available for the device.

User Feedback

General

Launch Date

N/A

Nov 01, 2013

(Official)

Aug 14, 2026

(Expected)

Operating System

Blackberry v10

iOS v7

Android v16

OS Updates

N/A

2 Year

Security Updates

N/A

3 Year

Custom UI

N/A

Hello UI

Performance

Performance Rating

N/A

Very Good

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960

Apple A7 APL0698

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4

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Processor

Dual core, 1.5 GHz, Krait

Dual core, 1.3 GHz, Cyclone

Octa core

2.4 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A78 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A55

Architecture (The higher, the better)

N/A

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

N/A

4 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 225

PowerVR G6430

Adreno 710

RAM

2 GB

1 GB

6 GB

RAM Type

LPDDR2

LPDDR3

LPDDR5X

Display

Display Rating

N/A

Excellent

Display Type

LCD

IPS LCD

LCD

Screen Size

4.2 inches (10.67 cm)

4 inches (10.16 cm)

6.72 inches (17.07 cm)

Resolution

768x1280 px (HD)

640x1136 px

1080x2400 px (FHD+)

Peak Brightness

N/A

1050 nits

Refresh Rate

N/A

120 Hz

Aspect Ratio

N/A

20:9

Pixel Density

355 ppi

326 ppi

391 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

58.88 %

60.66 %

85.74 %

Screen Protection

N/A

Corning Gorilla Glass Oleophobic coating

Corning Gorilla Glass Glass 7i

Bezel-less Display

N/A

Yes with punch-hole display

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

N/A

85.97 %

Display Colour

16M

N/A

Design

Height

130 mm

123.8 mm

166.23 mm

Width

65.6 mm

58.6 mm

76.50 mm

Thickness

9 mm

7.6 mm

8.60 mm

Weight

136 grams

112 grams

213 grams

Build Material

Back: Plastic

N/A

Back: Polycarbonate Satin Finish

Water Resistance

N/A

Yes Splash proof IP64

Ruggedness

N/A

Dust proof

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

N/A

Very Good

Resolution

8 MP
Primary Camera

8 MP
Primary Cameraf/2.2Back-illuminated sensor BSI

50 MP
Primary Camera8x Digital Zoomf/1.81/1.95" sensor size LYT 600 0.8µm pixel size

N/A

8 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera1.12µm pixel size

Autofocus

Yes

Yes Phase Detection Autofocus

OIS

N/A

Flash

Yes LED Flash

Yes Dual-color LED Flash

Yes LED Flash

Image Resolution

3264 x 2448 Pixels

N/A

Settings

N/A

Exposure compensation

N/A

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Burst mode

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

Camera Features

5 x Digital Zoom
Digital image stabilization
Touch to focus

Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Digital image stabilization
Face detection
Simultaneous HD video and image recording
Touch to focus

8 x Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

Video Recording

1920x1080 @ 30 fps

Full HD @30 fps
HD @120 fps

2k @30 fps
Full HD @30/60 fps

Video Recording Features

Optical Image stabilization
Stereo recording

N/A

Dual Video Recording
Slow Motion
Audio Zoom

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

N/A

Very Good

Resolution

2 MP
Front Camera

1.2 MP
Primary CameraBSI Sensor

32 MP
f/2.2 Primary Camera0.7µm pixel size

Autofocus

N/A

Yes

Flash

N/A

Yes Screen flash

Camera Features

Fixed Focus

N/A

Fixed Focus

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 30 fps

HD @30 fps

2k @30 fps
Full HD @30/60 fps
HD @120 fps

Battery

Battery Rating

N/A

Very Good

Capacity

1800 mAh

1560 mAh

7000 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion

N/A

TalkTime

Up to 11 Hours(3G) / Up to 10 Hours(2G)

Up to 10 Hours(3G)

N/A

Quick Charging

N/A

Yes 30W Turbo Charging

Storage

Internal Storage

16 GB

GB / 16 GB / 64 GB

128 GB

Storage Type

N/A

UFS 3.1

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 32 GB

N/A

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM

Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Micro

SIM1: Nano

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

Network Support

5G Not Supported

5G Not Supported 4G

5G 4G

VoLTE

N/A

Yes

SIM 1

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 1900(band 39)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 1900(band 2) / 850(band 5) / 800(band 20)

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N28
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N77 / N78

N/A

4G Speed:

50 Mbit/s ↑ 100 Mbit/s ↓

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 3500(band 42)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 850(band 5)

SIM 2

N/A

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N28
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N77 / N78

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 3500(band 42)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 850(band 5)

SAR Value

N/A

Head: 1.18 W/kg Body: 1.18 W/kg

N/A

Wi-Fi

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

Yes Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) MIMO

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v4

Yes v4.0

Yes v5.1

GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass

NFC

Yes

HDMI

YesMicro HDMI (Type D)

N/A

Multimedia

Stereo Speakers

N/A

Yes

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

Audio Features

N/A

Dolby Atmos

Video Player

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

N/A

Ring Tone

Music ringtones Vibration

N/A

Music

Yes Music Formats: AAC eAAC+ FLAC M4A (Apple lossless) MP3 MP4 OGG WAV WMA

N/A

Special Features

Voice Memo Voice dialing

N/A

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

N/A

Front

Side

Fingerprint Sensor Type

N/A

Optical

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Gyroscope

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

Java

Yes MIDP 2.1

N/A

Browser

Yes HTML5

N/A

Phone Book

Practically Unlimited Practically Unlimited

N/A

SMS

Yes Threaded View

N/A

MMS

Yes

N/A

Email

Push e-mail

N/A

Instant Messaging

Yes Other

N/A

Other Facilities

Organizer Voice memo/dial Predictive text input

N/A