BlackBerry Q10 vs BlackBerry Z30 Comparison and Differences

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BlackBerry Q10

BlackBerry Q10

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BlackBerry Z30

BlackBerry Z30

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BlackBerry Q10 or BlackBerry Z30 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model BlackBerry Q10 BlackBerry Z30
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Release date 2013, January 2013, September
Dimensions (HxWxD) 119.6 x 66.8 x 10.4 mm | 4.71 x 4.71 x 2.63 in 140.7 x 72 x 9.4 mm | 5.54 x 5.54 x 2.83 in
Weight 139 g | 4.9 oz 170 g | 6 oz
Body Build Plastic body
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Colors Black, White Black
Battery 2100 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 2880 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 360 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 10 h (2G) / Up to 13 h 30 min (3G)
Stand by time - Up to 384 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 25 h (2G) / Up to 18 h (3G)
Keyboard QWERTY
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 3.1" in 5" in
Screen area 31.0 cm2 68.9 cm2
Screen format 1:1 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 38.8% 68.0%
Screen resolution 720 x 720 px 720 x 1280 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 328 PPI 294 PPI
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 8 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Camera specs -8 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard), AF -8 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard), AF
Functions LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 2 MP, Single 2 MP, Single
Specifications 2 MP 2 MP
Video 720p 720p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS BlackBerry OS 10, upgradable to 10.3.1 BlackBerry OS 10.2, upgradable to 10.3.1
Chipset - Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 - Qualcomm MSM8960T Snapdragon S4 Pro
CPU - Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait (LTE version)/ Cortex-A9 (Non-LTE) - Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait
GPU Adreno 225 (LTE version)/ PowerVR SGX544 (Non-LTE) Adreno 320
External memory microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM

Benchmark

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Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Micro-SIM Micro-SIM
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions 
CDMA 800 / 1900 - SQN100-2, SQN100-4
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - SQN100-1 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - SQN100-2, SQN100-3, SQN100-4 
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - SQN100-5
-4G - LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 17(700) - SQN100-1, SQN100-5 
LTE band 4(1700/2100), 13(700) - SQN100-2 
LTE band 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - SQN100-3 
LTE band 25(1900) - SQN100-4
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Speed EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps, HSPA, LTE (market dependent) HSPA, LTE
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0, USB Host
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP 4.0, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.16 W/kg (head)     0.75 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 1.41 W/kg (head)     0.78 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio (after SW upgrade) FM radio (after SW upgrade)
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Other extras
- HDMI port

- HDMI port

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