Overview:

Recently while Samsung Galaxy S III is obviously becoming the prized possession, Blackberry is all set to make their prominence once again in the market, with its flagship phone Blackberry Z10.

Will Blackberry be able to instill fear on its competitors? Let’s find out.

Design:

• Galaxy S III is lighter as well as skinnier than Z10. Due to its round corner, S III holds the grip in hand much better than Z10. They both are constructed with plastic bodies. In the comfort level of carrying a phone in hand, its thumbs up for Galaxy S III.

• They both have microphones, 3.5mm headset jacks, microUSB ports, earpieces, sensors along with LED notification light.

• Nevertheless, the touch of volume and control buttons of Galaxy S III feels more distinguish and easy to operate while as in Z10, it flatters.

• Z10 offers microHDMI port so that user gets easy video-out functionality while in Galaxy S III, one need to buy further MHL adapter.

• The Z10 has front camera of 2MP while Galaxy S III is slightly behind with 1.9 MP front camera. On the back side, both have 8MP auto-focus cameras with LED flash and can shoot videos in 1080p. In both smartphones, you need to flip out the back cover to access batteries as well as microSD card slots.

Display:

• Z10 offers 4.2” 768 x 1280 LCD display with the pixel density of 356 ppi, while S III has 4.8” 720 x 1280 Super AMOLED panel with the PenTile matrix arrangement.

• Though colours are more neutral in Z10, It can’t beat the wow factor of S III, established using the lively and saturated colour tones. In outdoors and sunlight, Z10 is better.

Interface and Functionality:

• Interface is certainly a main feature to look out. It is the main characteristic for the high end performance.

• S III uses TouchWiz Nature UX along with the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Android has provided amazing power to the phone in both visual as well as navigation sector. Besides, it supports the personalization too. It is sheer joy to use the Android interface for the great fun and preferences.

• However, Blackberry 10 lacks in offering the best. It has the v1.0 platform but power users will still wish to upgrade or switch it. BB has worked quite hard on the visual presentation and transitions.
• If we talk about the main functions of the both OS, certainly Android is more advanced OS. Also the main disparity you will is between Google maps vs. Blackberry maps and the voice control, Google Now vs. Blackberry voice control.

• In the email apps, Gmail in S III is highly armed to handle our needs. If we talk about respective keyboards, Z10 is much faster for input with the improved auto-correct functionality.

Processor and Memory:

• Both the platforms are great with the equal performances at par. However, sometimes live wallpapers slowdowns the presentation of Galaxy S III. Both run on the same chipset which is dual core 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus processor combined with 2GB of RAM.

• Both smartphones have internal storage of 16GB and allow for the external memory storage using microSD card.

Internet and Connectivity:

• With these 4G LTE enabled phones, speed is not an issue. In a moment, you can download complex webpages. Both have exceptional navigation controls, zooming and page scrolling facilities. Besides, they support, Adobe Flash to present realistic experience.

• Samsung Galaxy S III and Blackberry Z10, both are manufactured in GSM as well as CDMA. They support all contemporary features like aGPS, 5GHz 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC and mobile hotspot functionality.

• Overall, both smartphones offer considerable quality of pictures which are taken outdoors. However, one can see more sharpness and fine details in the results of Galaxy S III. Z10 tends to be dull in capturing background details.

Camera and Multimedia:

• In the 1080p video recording, Galaxy S III triumphs due to its constant visual clarity. Though, voice cracks in videos taken by Galaxy S III which doesn’t happen with Z10.

• Thanks to Google Play music app and its 3D cassette look, we will go with Galaxy S III against to Z10, which has dull and predictable look. They volume results are almost identical however, clarity is more apparent in Galaxy S III. Lastly, there are volume equalizers present in S III to enhanced voice quality.

• Due to the large and bright display of Galaxy S III, it is more preferable option to view high definition videos however, performance of both handsets is perfectly crisp to watch videos.

Call Quality:

• If you are talkative, you will be happy to know that both devices are equally great in voice department. They are clear, audible and noise free. However, there is some lapse in speakerphone because in Z10, output is edgy in quality while Galaxy S III generated over sharpness in the voice.

Battery:

• It is obvious that bigger screens tend to consume more battery. However, we figured out that Galaxy S III is energy-saver. Essentially, the argument can take place that it is due to its larger 2100 mAh battery. Nonetheless, one can easily spend a day of normal usage without worrying about charging handset. On contrary, Z10 with its 1800 mAh can offer you up to 10 hours of normal usage.

Final Words:

• Is it possible that Blackberry will repeat the history of Google which Google did by introducing Android?  Some might be swift to predict the decease of Blackberry, but there is still expectation, mainly while Google is on top. Nevertheless it is not easy to start raw again, but if Blackberry is able to put timely upgrades for latest experience, there is always a ray of hope.

• So what should be your call to pick the device? Looking at the price fact that both smartphones are available at $200 on-contract, it is no brainer to decide Samsung Galaxy S III. Multiple software features along with its TouchWiz Nature UX, Android is all set to provide the never ending fun to its user. However, if you wish to select Blackberry Z10, be sure to make some compromises.   

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