Which smartphone is better? We compare the Blackberry Z3 and the Nokia Lumia Icon to see which device is ideal choice for consumers.
For of design and display, the Blackberry Z3 has a 5 inches screen which renders 540x960pixels and 221ppi. as the display cand support 16M colors and it has light and proximity sensors. Its dimensions are 140×72.8×9.3 mm and weighs 164 grams.
The Nokia Lumia Icon has also 5 inch display, but it’s AMOLED, and has a higher resolution of 1080x1920pixels and 441ppi. It also has light and proximity sensors, and its screen is scratch resistant. It is 3 grams heavier, and its dimensions are: 137x71x9.8 mm.
For the hardware and OS, the Blackberry Z3 has a 1.2GHZ dual core Krait, backed by a Qualcomm MSM8230 Snapdragon 400 chipset and an Adreno 305 GPU and has 8GB of internal memory which can be expanded up to 32GB. It runs on the BlackBerry 10.2.1 OS and it has 1.5GB of RAM
The Nokia Lumia Icon has a 2.2GHz quad core Krait 400 processor, based on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chipset and has an Adreno 330 GPU. The built in storage is unexpandable and has a capacity of 32GB. It runs on the Microsoft Windows Phone 8 OS, upgraded to the 8.1 version and has 2GB of RAM.
In terms of battery and camera specs, the Blackberry Z3 has a non-removable 2500mAh battery which last 15 hours and a half while talking, 384 hours on stand by, and 84 hours while listening to music. The Nokia Lumia Icon has a removable battery with the capacity of 2420mAh (BV-5QW) which last 16 hours of talk time on 3G and 435 hours on stand by mode.
The Blackberry model sports a 5MP rear camera which provides 2592х1944pixels, autofocus, LED flash, geo tagging and video recording at 1080p. The front camera is 1.1MP. The Nokia handset has a 20MP rear camera with 4992х3744pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, PureView technology, autofocus, dual capture, optical image stabilization, dual-LED flash, 1.12 µm pixel size, 1/2.5” sensor size etc. Users can record great videos at 1080p@30fps with optical stabilization. The front camera is 1.2MP, which can record videos at 720p.
The Blackberry Z3 costs around $250 and it’s available in India and other 6 countries, while the Nokia Lumia Icon is available via Verizon Wireless and it costs between $49.99 (two year contract) – $549.99.
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