BlackBerry Key2 vs Samsung Galaxy S8 vs Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Comparison
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BlackBerry Key2
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Common specs
| Brand and model | BlackBerry Key2 | Samsung Galaxy S8 | Samsung Galaxy S7 edge |
| Rating | (+0) | (+0) | |
| Release date | 2018, June | 2017, March | 2016, February |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 151.4 x 71.8 x 8.5 mm | 5.96 x 5.96 x 2.83 in | 148.9 x 68.1 x 8 mm | 5.86 x 5.86 x 2.68 in | 150.9 x 72.6 x 7.7 mm | 5.94 x 5.94 x 2.86 in |
| Weight | 168 g | 5.93 oz | 155 g | 5.47 oz | 157 g | 5.54 oz |
| Body Build | Aluminum frame (7000 series), plastic back | Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame | Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame |
| Case | buy from Amazon | buy from Amazon | |
| Colors | Black, Silver | Midnight Black, Orchid Gray, Arctic Silver, Coral Blue, Maple Gold, Rose Pink, Burgundy Red | Black, White, Gold, Silver, Pink Gold, Black Pearl, Coral Blue |
| Battery | 3500 mAh, Non-removable Li-Ion | 3000 mAh, Non-removable Li-Ion | 3600 mAh, Non-removable Li-Ion |
| Battery life |
Talking time - Up to 20 h (3G) Music play - Up to 67 h |
Talking time - Up to 27 h (3G) Music play - Up to 74 h |
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| Keyboard | QWERTY | ||
| Approximate price | 500 EUR | 390 EUR | 400 EUR |
| Check price | from Amazon | from Amazon |
Screen
| Technology | IPS LCD | Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| Touchscreen | capacitive touchscreen | capacitive touchscreen | capacitive touchscreen |
| Display colors | 16M | 16M | 16M |
| Screen size | 4.5" in | 5.8" in | 5.5" in |
| Screen area | 60.0 cm2 | 84.8 cm2 | 83.4 cm2 |
| Screen format | 3:2 (height:width) | 18.5:9 (height:width) | 16:9 (height:width) |
| Screen to body ratio | 55.2% | 83.6% | 76.1% |
| Screen resolution | 1080 x 1620 px | 1440 x 2960 px | 1440 x 2560 px |
| Screen PPI /points per inch/ | 434 PPI | 570 PPI | 534 PPI |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Corning Gorilla Glass 4 |
| Other specs | - HDR10 -3D Touch (home button only) -Always-on display |
- Always-on display | |
| Screen protector | buy from Amazon | buy from Amazon |
Camera and Video
| Rear camera, main | 12 MP, Dual | 12 MP, Single | 12 MP, Single |
| Camera specs | -12 MP, f/1.8, 1/2.3'', 1.28µm, dual pixel PDAF -12 MP, f/2.6, 1/3.4'', 1.0µm, PDAF |
-12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF | -12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF |
| Functions | Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama | LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama | LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama |
| Video | 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps | 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec. | 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec. |
| DxOMark Main Score | 89 | ||
| DxOMark Photo | 91 | ||
| DxOMark Video | 86 | ||
| Front camera, selfie | 8 MP, Single | 8 MP, Single | 5 MP, Single |
| Specifications | 8 MP, f/2.0, 1/4'', 1.12µm | 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6'', 1.22µm, AF | 5 MP, f/1.7, 22mm (wide), 1/4.1'', 1.34µm |
| Functions | Dual video call, Auto-HDR | Dual video call, Auto-HDR | |
| Video | 1080p@30fps | 1440p@30fps | |
| DxOMark Selfie Score | 73 | ||
| DxOMark Photo | 71 | ||
| DxOMark Video | 75 |
Performance
| Operating system - OS | Android 8.1 (Oreo) | Android 7.0 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo) | Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo); TouchWiz UI |
| Chipset | - Qualcomm SDM660 Snapdragon 660 (14 nm) | - Exynos 8895 Octa (10 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) - USA & China |
- Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 (14 nm) - Exynos 8890 Octa (14 nm) - G935FD, G935F, G935W8 |
| CPU | - Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Kryo 260 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260) | - Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose M2 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - EMEA -Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - USA & China |
- Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo) - G9350 -Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose & 4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53) - G935FD, G935F, G935W8 |
| GPU | Adreno 512 | Mali-G71 MP20 - EMEA Adreno 540 - USA & China |
Adreno 530 - G9350 Mali-T880 MP12 - G935FD, G935F, G935W8 |
| External memory | microSD, up to 256 GB | microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only | microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only |
| Internal memory | 64/128 GB, 6 GB RAM | 64 GB, 4 GB RAM | 32/64/128 GB, 4 GB RAM |
Benchmark
| Antutu 8 Total | 231907 | 184713 | |
| Antutu 7 Total | |||
| GeekBench 6 Single Core | 361 | 257 | |
| GeekBench 6 Multi Core | 1243 | 639 | |
| GeekBench 6 OpenCL | 1255 | 527 | |
| GeekBench 6 Vulkan | 531 | ||
| GeekBench 5 Single Core | 340 | 252 | |
| GeekBench 5 Multi-Core | 1454 | 723 | |
| GeekBench 4 Single Core | 1628 | 1763 | 1456 |
| GeekBench 4 Multi-Core | 5894 | 6028 | 3744 |
| GeekBench 4 RenderScript | 8798 | 4571 | |
| GeekBench 4 Battery | 3410 | 2782 |
Communication and Connectivity
| SIM card | Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - BBF100-6 only | Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) | Single SIM (Nano-SIM) - G935F, G935W8Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - G935FD |
| Network | GSM / HSPA / LTE | GSM / HSPA / LTE | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
| Bands | -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (BBF100-6 model only) -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - EU, Africa, AU (BBF100-1) LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100) - Canada, US, LATAM (BBF100-2) LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - ME, APAC, India (BBF100-6) LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - China (BBF100-4) |
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 66(1700/2100), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) |
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 - G935FD, G9350 -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - G935F, G935FD, G935W8 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 & TD-SCDMA - G9350 -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - G935F, G935FD LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - G9350 LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - G935W8 |
| Speed | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat11 600/75 Mbps | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 450/50 Mbps |
| GPRS | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Edge | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS2 | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS |
| NFC | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| USB | 3.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go | 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector | microUSB 2.0, USB Host |
| Bluetooth | 5.0, A2DP, LE, EDR | 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX | 4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX |
| Harmful irradiation |
SAR EU - 0.72 W/kg (head) 1.68 W/kg (body) |
SAR - 0.44 W/kg (head) 0.75 W/kg (body) SAR EU - 0.32 W/kg (head) 1.27 W/kg (body) |
SAR - 1.17 W/kg (head) 1.59 W/kg (body) SAR EU - 0.26 W/kg (head) 0.51 W/kg (body) |
Music and Audio
| Radio | FM radio | No | No |
| Headphone jack | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Others | - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic | - 32-bit/384kHz audio -Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
- 24-bit/192kHz audio -Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
Other features
| Sensors | - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass | - Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 | - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 |
| Other extras |
- --Capacitive touch 4-row BlackBerry keyboard - Fast battery charging: 50% in 36 min (Quick Charge 3.0) |
- Samsung DeX (desktop experience support) - -ANT+ -Bixby natural language commands and dictation - Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0) -Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent) - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) -IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) |
- ANT+ - -S-Voice natural language commands and dictation - Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0) -Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent) - - - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) -IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) |
| Versions |
- Versions: BBF100-1 (EU, Africa, AU); BBF100-2 (Canada, US, LATAM); BBF100-6 (ME, APAC, India); BBF100-4 (China) Also known as BlackBerry Athena |
- Versions: G950F (Europe, Global Single-SIM); G950FD (Global Dual-SIM); G950U (USA Unlocked); G950A (AT&T); G950P (Sprint); G950T (T-Mobile); G950V (Verizon); G950R4 (US Cellular); G950W (Canada); G950 |
- Versions: G935F (Global); G935FD (Southeast Asia, India); G9350 (Hong Kong); G935W8 (Canada) Also known as Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Duos with dual-SIM card slots |