BlackBerry Q10 vs Samsung Galaxy S5 (USA)

BlackBerry Q10

Samsung Galaxy S5 (USA)

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900

CDMA 800, 1900; GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 850, 1900, 2100

CDMA2000 1xEV-DO; HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100
4G network

LTE 700, 850, 1700, 1900

LTE frequency band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 25(1900), 26(850), 41(2500)
HSPA speed

HSPA

HSPA
EV-DO speed

3.1 Mbps

3.1 Mbps
LTE speed

LTE

LTE, Cat4, 150 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Display
Display type

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

3.1 inches

5.1 inches
Resolution

720 x 720 pixels

1080 x 1920 pixels
Pixel density

328 ppi

432 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

-

Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Multitouch

-

Yes

Hardware
CPU

Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait

Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400
Chipset

Snapdragon S4 (LTE version)/ TI OMAP 4470 (Non-LTE)

Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801
GPU

Adreno 225 (LTE version)/ PowerVR SGX544 (Non-LTE)

Adreno 330
Memory RAM

2 GB

2 GB
Internal storage

16 GB

16 GB
Memory card

microSD

microSD
Memory card max

64 GB

128 GB

Main camera
Camera type

Photo / Video

-
Main camera

8 MP

16 MP
Primary camera resolution

3264 x 2448 pixels

-
Primary camera video

1080p@30fps

2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps
Primary camera Autofocus

autofocus

phase detection autofocus
Primary camera flash

LED flash

LED flash
Primary camera video dual video

-

dual-video record
Primary camera video hdr

-

HDR
Camera features

-

1.12 µm pixel size, 1/2.6" sensor size, HDR, face/smile detection, geo-tagging, panorama, touch focus

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

-

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

Yes

Yes
USB

microUSB 2.0

microUSB 3.0
USB host

-

Yes
Bluetooth

v4.0

v4.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

-

Yes
Bluetooth EDR

-

Yes
Bluetooth AptX

-

Yes
Infrared

-

Yes
NFC

-

Yes
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

-

Yes

Features
Messaging SMS

SMS

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

MMS

MMS
Messaging Email

Email

Email
Messaging IM

IM

IM
Messaging Push Email

Push Email

-
Messaging Push Mail

-

Push Mail
Messaging BBM 6

BBM 6

-
Java

Yes

No
Java MIDP

MIDP 2.1

-
Sensors

-

Fingerprint, accelerometer, barometer, compass, gesture, gyro, heart rate, proximity