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GSMArena team, 2 January 2015

For old times' sake


BlackBerry Classic review: For old times' sake

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5. Performance benchmarks
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, design and build quality, display
  3. 3. Keyboard, controls, battery life, connectivity
  4. 4. User interface
  5. 5. Performance benchmarks
  6. 6. Phonebook, telephony, messaging
  7. 7. Gallery, media players, audio quality
  8. 8. Still and video camera
  9. 9. Web browser, other apps
  10. 10. Conclusion
  11.  
  12. BlackBerry Classic specification
  13. User opinions and reviews
  14. Review comments (64)

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Synthetic benchmarks

BlackBerry Classic features Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 chipset with 1.5GHz dual-core Scorpion CPU, Adreno 225 GPU, and 2GB of RAM. As you have probably guessed by now, the hardware configuration of the smartphone is decidedly old. Qualcomm took the wraps off the MSM8960 in the distant 2011 - the year BlackBerry Bold 9900 launched.

We put the BlackBerry Classic through the paces of several hardware benchmarks. Unsurprisingly, the results came out pedestrian by today's standards. See for yourself below.

AnTuTu 5

Higher is better

  • BlackBerry Passport
    35173
  • Samsung Galaxy Core Prime
    21533
  • Xiaomi Redmi 1S
    19912
  • BlackBerry Classic
    18851

Basemark OS II

Higher is better

  • BlackBerry Passport
    628
  • Samsung Galaxy Core Prime
    564
  • Motorola Moto G 4G
    495
  • Nokia Lumia 830
    478
  • Xiaomi Redmi 1S
    394
  • BlackBerry Classic
    168

Basemark OS II (single-core)

Higher is better

  • BlackBerry Passport
    2061
  • Xiaomi Redmi 1S
    1435
  • Samsung Galaxy Core Prime
    1313
  • Motorola Moto G 4G
    1192
  • BlackBerry Classic
    1160

Basemark OS II (multi-core)

Higher is better

  • BlackBerry Passport
    9916
  • Samsung Galaxy Core Prime
    5283
  • Motorola Moto G 4G
    5012
  • Xiaomi Redmi 1S
    4875
  • BlackBerry Classic
    2526

Web browsing benchmarks test JavaScript and HTML5 performance. The scores of BlackBerry Classic were once again far from impressive.

Kraken 1.1

Lower is better

  • Xiaomi Redmi 1S
    12470
  • BlackBerry Passport
    14624
  • Motorola Moto G (2014)
    15988
  • Samsung Galaxy Core Prime
    18353
  • Nokia Lumia 830
    26542
  • BlackBerry Classic
    28732

BrowserMark 2.1

Higher is better

  • Motorola Moto G (2014)
    1085
  • BlackBerry Passport
    1030
  • BlackBerry Classic
    634
  • Nokia Lumia 830
    599

As you can see above, BlackBerry Classic is hardly a device to smash through benchmarks with. Thankfully, its real-life performance paints a different picture - the QNX-based BlackBerry OS 10.3.1 is smooth and responsive even on such old hardware.

It's worth pointing out that the smartphone slows down when running some of today's popular Android apps. We tried popular titles such as Crossy Road and Spotify and noticed a bit of lag on both occasions.

Next Page » 6. Phonebook, telephony, messaging
5. Performance benchmarks
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, design and build quality, display
  3. 3. Keyboard, controls, battery life, connectivity
  4. 4. User interface
  5. 5. Performance benchmarks
  6. 6. Phonebook, telephony, messaging
  7. 7. Gallery, media players, audio quality
  8. 8. Still and video camera
  9. 9. Web browser, other apps
  10. 10. Conclusion
  11.  
  12. BlackBerry Classic specification
  13. User opinions and reviews
  14. Review comments (64)

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