Which Blackberry device is worth the purchase? We compare the Blackberry Z10 and the Q10 unit to see which is better.

For the design and display, the Blackberry Z10 comes with a 4.2 capacitive touch screen, which can render a resolution of 768 x 1280 pixels. It has the following dimensions: 130 x 65.5 x 9 mm and weighs 137.5 grams.

Meanwhile, the Q10 has a 3.1 inch Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen which renders 720 x 720 pixels. It dimensions are 119,6 x 66,8 x 10.4 mm and weighs 139 grams.

For the hardware and OS, both smartphones run on the BlackBerry 10 operating system. The difference is that the BlackBerry Q10 comes with a 1.5 GHz dual core processor and Snapdragon S4 chipset, while the BlackBerry Z10 has a 1.5 GHz dual core processor and Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon. Both Blackberry units come with a 2GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal memory which can be extended up to 64 GB using micro SD card.

For battery and camera specs, the Blackberry Q10 comes with a Li-Ion 2100 mAh battery, which users can talk for about 13 hours and 30 minutes on 3 G and a standby time of 360 hours. The Blackberry Z10 on the other hand, has a Li-Ion 1800 mAh battery, which users can talk for about 10 hours and a standby time of 321 hours.

Both smartphones have a 8MP primary camera, with LED flash, autofocus, face detection, image stabilization. They also have a 2 MP secondary camera.

Both Blackberry units have a WLAN, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, 2.0 Micro USB and HDMI port.

Blackberry Z10 cost around $206, while Blackberry Q10 is around $254 in amazon.com.

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