Nexus 4 and Blackberry Z10: Storage, connectivity compared

BANGALORE, INDIA: For those who make decisions regarding the purchase of a smartphone based on a device's storage space and connectivity, we present here a comparison between Google Nexus 4 and Blackberry Z10 as to how much memory do they hold and how all can they help you connect to a network.

Nexus 4 comes in two models, an 8GB variant and a 16 GB as well. Although, the company nowhere specifies that its memory is expandable, however, Nexus 4 users always rely on Google's own GDrive and can also get additional 50GB of free storage space on Box.net.

On the other hand, Blackberry Z10, though is available only as a 16 GB model, comes with a removable microSD memory card slot that can give up to 64 GB of additional storage space. Both the devices have 2GB of RAM

Buyers have to keep in mind that actual formatted capacity of a device will be always less than what is specified. So, given operating system, Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) in the case of Nexus 4 and BlackBerry 10 OS of Blackberry Z10, and other built-in applications tend of seize a sizable portion from the storage space' share, the actual available storage space for users could be less by a range of 2GB-4GB.

Now, coming to the connectivity aspect of both the devices, both Nexus 4 and BlackBerry Z10 support dual-band 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz / 5 GHz ), GPS, HDMI (Z10 has Micro HDMI port and Nexus 4 has SlimPort HDMI), and Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy.

Also, Nexus supports NFC through Android Beam, whereas, Z10 does it through BlackBerry Tag, Moreover, while Nexus 4 has the advantage of wireless charging, BlackBerry Z10 supports 4G LTE and also features 4G mobile hotspot.

Now, which one will you choose?