Which smartphone is the ideal purchase for consumers? We pit the Blackberry Z3 against the Sony Xperia M2 to see which is better.
In terms of design and display, the Sony Xperia M2 has a 4.8 inch display that can render at 540 x 960pixels with 220 ppi, while the BlackBerry Z3 has a bigger screen measuring 5 inches and has the same resolution with on a bugger ppi of 290.
The Xperia M2 has a plastic body and is measured at 0.34 inches with a weight of 148 grams making it lighter and thinner than its competitor. The Blackberry Z3 on the other hand has a solid body design, with a textured plastic back panel and smooth glass in the front. It is measured at 0.36 inches and weighs 164 grams.
For the hardware and OS, The Blackberry Z3 packs a 1.2 GHz dual-core Qualcom Snapdragon processor, while the Sony Xperia M2 has a 1.2 GHz Cortex A7 quad-core processor. The Z3 has a 1.5 GB of RAM while the Xperia M2 has a 1 GB of RAM as both smartphones offer 8 GB of internal storage, upgradable through a microSD card to up to 32 GB.
The Sony smartphone operates on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, while the BlackBerry unit has the BlackBerry 10.2 OS.
For battery usage and camera specs, The BlackBerry Z3 has a 5 MB rear camera and a 1.1 MP front camera, while the M2 has an 8 MP camera on the rear and a lower VGA camera on the front.
The BlackBerry smartphone has a 2500 mAh battery, bigger than the Sony smartphone's 2300 mAh unit. Both are Li-Ion non-removable, but the Blackberry smartphone can last around 15 hours and 30 minutes, but less standby time for 389 hours. The Sony unit last around 14 hours and 36 minutes of call time, and 693 hours of standby time.
In addition, the Blackberry Z3’s only initial color was set as black, while the Sony Xperia M2 comes in black, white and purple. Both smartphones have Bluetooth and WiFi, but the M2 comes with NFC capability, while the Z3 has none.
The Sony Xperia M2 cost around $345 , while the Blackberry Z3 is around $280.
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