Samsung Galaxy S7 edge (CDMA) vs BlackBerry Torch 9850 Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy S7 edge (CDMA)

Samsung Galaxy S7 edge (CDMA)

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BlackBerry Torch 9850

BlackBerry Torch 9850

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Samsung Galaxy S7 edge (CDMA) or BlackBerry Torch 9850 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy S7 edge (CDMA) BlackBerry Torch 9850
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Release date 2016, February 2011, August
Dimensions (HxWxD) 150.9 x 72.6 x 7.7 mm | 5.94 x 5.94 x 2.86 in 120 x 62 x 11.5 mm | 4.72 x 4.72 x 2.44 in
Weight 157 g | 5.54 oz 135 g | 4.76 oz
Body Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame
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Colors Black Onyx, Silver Titanium, Gold Platinum, Coral Blue Black
Battery 3600 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 1230 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 320 h
Talking time - Up to 6 h 50 min
Music play - Up to 50 h
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED TFT
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.5" in 3.7" in
Screen area 83.4 cm2 39.0 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 5:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 76.1% 52.4%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2560 px 480 x 800 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 534 PPI 252 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Other specs - Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF -5 MP, AF
Functions LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama LED flash
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 720p
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 0 MP,
Specifications 5 MP, f/1.7, 22mm (wide), 1/4.1'', 1.34µm
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo); TouchWiz UI BlackBerry OS 7
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 (14 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8655 Snapdragon S2
CPU - Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo) - 1.2 GHz Scorpion
GPU Adreno 530 Adreno 205
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 32 GB, 4 GB RAM 4 GB, 768 MB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 178659
GeekBench 5 Single Core 343
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1154

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Mini-SIM
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900  
CDMA 800 / 1900 - G935V, G935P, G935R
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - G935A, G935P, G935R 
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - G935V, G935P, G935R 
HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - G935T
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 20(800), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - G935A 
LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 13(700), 20(800), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300) - G935V 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 13(700), 20(800) - G935T 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 8(900), 12(700), 25(1900), 26(850), 41(2500) - G935P2,4,5,8,12,13,18,19,25,38,39,40 - G935R
-2G - CDMA 800 / 1900  
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 450/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 14.4/5.76 Mbps, EV-DO Rev A 3.1 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
NFC Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 2.1, A2DP, EDR
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.03 W/kg (head)     1.59 W/kg (body)     SAR - 0.90 W/kg (head)     0.66 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.76 W/kg (head)     0.43 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio (after SW update; ope No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 - Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Other extras
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-ANT+
-S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
-OneDrive (115 GB cloud storage)
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
-PMA wireless charging
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
-IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

- Social feeds
-BlackBerry maps
-Document viewer
-MP3/WMA/eAAC+/FlAC player
-DivX/XviD/MP4/WMV/H.264
-Organizer
-Voice memo/dial
-Predictive test input
Versions
- Versions: G935A (AT&T); G935P (Sprint); G935V (Verizon); G935T (T-Mobile); G935R (US Cellular)

- For Verizon Also known as BlackBerry Volt

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