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BlackBerry Q10
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Sony Xperia SX
SO-05D| Global Score | |
| 60.8 | 62.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Blackberry | Sony |
| BlackBerry 10.3, 10.2, 10 | Android 4.0 |
| 2013-01-30 | 2012-05-09 |
| 4.71 x 2.63 x 0.41 inches | 4.53 x 2.13 x 0.37 inches |
| 4.90 ounces | 3.35 ounces |
| -- | Black, Orange, Pink and White |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 649.00 | $ 632.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 3.1 inches | 3.7 inches |
| 720 x 720 pixels | 540 x 960 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | LCD |
| 328 pixels per inch | 298 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 8.3 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 chipset |
| Krait (Dual-Core 1500 MHz) processor | Krait (Dual-Core 1500 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (500 MHz) RAM | 1 GB (500 MHz) RAM |
| Adreno 225 (400 MHz) GPU | Adreno 225 (400 MHz) GPU |
| 8.46 | 8.37 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 4 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slot | microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slot |
| 5.72 | 3.82 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 0.30 MP |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 6.49 | 7.26 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
| SIM | SIM |
| 6.5 | 6.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2100mAh Li-Ion Battery | 1500mAh Li-Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 367 hours standby time 13 hours talk time | 280 hours standby time 6 hours talk time |
| 4 | 3.28 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 3.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
| -- | Digital TV Broadcast |
Comparison review
The Xperia SX is a little bit better than the BlackBerry Q10, having a 62.2 score against 60.8. Xperia SX has Android 4.0 operating system, and BlackBerry Q10 comes with BlackBerry 10.3 operating system. Even though the Xperia SX and the BlackBerry Q10 were released with only 9 months difference, the Xperia SX is noticeably lighter and a little thinner.
BlackBerry Q10 features a slightly better looking display than Xperia SX, because although it has a bit smaller screen, and they both have exactly the same 720 x 720px resolution, the BlackBerry Q10 also counts with a little more pixels per display inch. BlackBerry Q10 has a way bigger memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Sony Xperia SX, and although they both have a SD memory slot that holds a maximum of 32 GB, the BlackBerry Q10 also has 16 GB internal memory capacity.
The BlackBerry Q10 features just a little better hardware performance than Sony Xperia SX, and although they both have a 400 MHz graphics processing unit and 2 CPU cores, the BlackBerry Q10 also has 1 GB more RAM memory. The BlackBerry Q10 features a much better battery duration than Sony Xperia SX, because it has a 40 percent larger battery capacity.
The Sony Xperia SX features a much better camera than BlackBerry Q10. Both of them have the same resolution back-facing camera, the same video frame rate and the same 1920x1080 video resolution.
Despite of being the best phone between the ones we are comparing here, Sony Xperia SX is also cheap compared to the BlackBerry Q10.
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