BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) vs Samsung Galaxy A40 (SM-A405FM/DS)
Side by side comparison between BlackBerry Pearl Flip vs Samsung Galaxy A40 phones, differences, pros, cons and full specifications. What's the better?
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AMOLED
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1080x2340
16
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25mp
4GB
RAM
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Octa-core
3100
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(Non removable)
What's the better phone? Samsung Galaxy A40 (SM-A405FM/DS)
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2 Advantages 
36 Advantages | 6 Common items in both devices |
| LED flash |
| Only digital zoom |
| Ambient light sensor |
| Hands-free calling |
| Vibrating alert |
| 3.5mm jack |
| + specs and more in the table below |
Check the comparison table below for more items that are not evaluated in comparison score above.
Highlight differences Clear highlight📱 Model features | ||
| BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | Galaxy A40 (SM-A405FM/DS) | |
| Model | Pearl Flip (8230) | Galaxy A40 (SM-A405FM/DS) |
| Other model names | Verizon BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 CDMA, RIM Apex | Galaxy A40 SM-A405FM/Dual-Sim, SM-A405FZKGSER |
| Country or region available |  USA |   Kazakhstan, Russia |
| Brand | BlackBerry | Samsung |
| Release date | 2/28/2009 | 4/10/2019 |
| Depth | 17.5 millimeters (0.69 inches) | 7.9 millimeters (0.31 inches) |
| Size (width x height) | 50 x 101 millimeters (1.97 x 3.98 in) | 69.2 x 144.4 millimeters (2.72 x 5.69 in) |
| Weight | 102 grams (3.57 ounces) | 140 grams (4.9 ounces) |
| Build, materials | feature not registered | Plastic body, glass front |
| Protection against water and others | Not supported | Not supported |
📲 Display | ||
| BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | Galaxy A40 (SM-A405FM/DS) | |
| Display type | TFT LCD | Super AMOLED |
| Screen size | 2.6" inches | 5.9" inches |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~41.5% (screen-to-body ratio) | ~85.5% (screen-to-body ratio) |
| Display resolution | 240x320 pixels | 1080x2340 pixels |
| Touchscreen | Not supported | Capacitive Multitouch |
| Pixel density (dot pitch) | 154 PPI | 437 PPI |
| Colors | 65 thousand | 16 million |
| Scratch-resistant glass | Not supported | Not supported |
| Refresh rate | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| Display features | feature not registered | feature not registered |
🤖 Operating System | ||
| BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | Galaxy A40 (SM-A405FM/DS) | |
| System version | BlackBerry OS 4.6 | Android 9.0 Pie |
| Firmware update | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| User Interface | feature not registered | feature not registered |
⚙️ Processor | ||
| BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | Galaxy A40 (SM-A405FM/DS) | |
| Chipset | 32bit: Intel XScale PXA272 | 64bit: Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7885 (14nm) |
| CPU | Single-core, 1 processor: 1x 312MHz XScale (Single-core) | Octa-core, 2 processors: 2x 1.8GHz ARM Cortex-A73 (Dual-core) 6x 1.6GHz ARM Cortex-A53 (Hexa-core) |
| GPU graphical controller | feature not registered | ARM Mali-G71 MP2 |
| Performance (benchmark) | feature not registered | feature not registered |
💽 Memory and storage | ||
| BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | Galaxy A40 (SM-A405FM/DS) | |
| RAM memory | 128MB SDRAM | 4GB LPDDR4X |
| Internal storage | 128MB (75MB available) | 64GB (49GB available) eMMC 5.1 |
| External storage | Until 8GB microSD, microSDHC (dedicated slot) | Until 1TB microSD, microSDXC (dedicated slot) |
📶 Mobile networks | ||
| BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | Galaxy A40 (SM-A405FM/DS) | |
| Dual-SIM | Not supported | Dual-SIM Standby - Call active on one sim card (dedicated slot) |
| SIM card | Not supported | 2 slots (Dual-SIM) nano-SIM (4FF) |
| Maximum Download / Upload | 0.153 Mbps | 600/150 Mbps |
| Network technology | 2G | 2G, 3G, 4G |
| Frequency, bands | Expand band details Collapse details | |
| GSM MHz band | Not supported | Quad-Band 850/900/1800/1900 |
| Primary 2G network | CDMA 800/1900 | GSM 850/900/1800/1900 |
| Primary 3G network | Not supported | UMTS 850/900/1900/2100 |
| Primary 4G network | Not supported | LTE Cat12/13 (Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20) TD-LTE (Bands 38, 40, 41) |
| Primary 5G network | Not supported | Not supported |
| Primary data network | CDMA2000 EV-DO Rev 0 | GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, TD-LTE, LTE, LTE-A |
| Secondary 2G network | Not supported | GSM 850/900/1800/1900 |
| Secondary 3G network | Not supported | Not supported |
| Secondary 4G network | Not supported | Not supported |
| Secondary data network | Not supported | GPRS, EDGE |
📷 Camera | ||
| BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | Galaxy A40 (SM-A405FM/DS) | |
| Back camera (main camera) | 2 megapixels | (dual camera) 16 megapixels 5MP ultrawide f/2.213mmFF |
| Main camera resolution | 1600x1200 pixels | 4608x3456 pixels |
| Video recording (primary) | QCIF (240x180) 15 fps | Full HD (1920x1080) 30 fps |
| Flash | LED flash | LED flash |
| Focal aperture | feature not registered | f/1.7 (aperture) |
| Focal length | feature not registered | 26mm (lens) |
| Sensor size | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| Pixel size | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| Autofocus | Not supported | PDAF: phase detection autofocus |
| Touch focus | feature not registered | Supported |
| Image stabilization | feature not registered | EIS: Digital stabilization |
| Zoom | Only digital zoom | Only digital zoom |
| Face/smile detection | feature not registered | Face detection, Smile detection |
| BSI sensor | feature not registered | Not supported |
| HDR | feature not registered | HDR photo on both cameras |
| Camera extras | feature not registered | feature not registered |
📸 Front camera | ||
| BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | Galaxy A40 (SM-A405FM/DS) | |
| Front camera (secondary) | Not supported | 25 megapixels |
| Front camera resolution | Not supported | 5760x4320 pixels |
| Video recording (secondary) | Not supported | Full HD (1920x1080) |
| Front flash | Not supported | Not supported |
| Focal aperture | feature not registered | f/2.0 (aperture) |
| Focal length | feature not registered | 25mm (lens) |
| Sensor size | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| Pixel size | feature not registered | feature not registered |
🔉 Sound and multimedia | ||
| BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | Galaxy A40 (SM-A405FM/DS) | |
| Loudspeaker | Supported | Supported |
| Active noise cancellation | feature not registered | 2 microphones or more |
| Radio | Not supported | FM |
| TV | Not supported | Not supported |
| Video formats | MP4, H.264, H.263, WMV | MP4, H.264, H.263, WMV, MKV |
| Audio formats | MP3, WAV, WMA, eAAC+ | MP3, WAV, WMA, eAAC+, FLAC |
🔌 Connectivity | ||
| BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | Galaxy A40 (SM-A405FM/DS) | |
| USB | MicroUSB 2.0 | USB 3.1 Type-C, USB OTG On-The-Go |
| Audio output | 3.5mm jack | 3.5mm jack |
| TV output | Not supported | Not supported |
| Bluetooth | 2.0 + A2DP | 5.0 + A2DP/LE |
| WiFi | Not supported | 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac [wifi5] (2.4GHz, 5GHz) + MIMO WiFi Direct, hotspot |
| DLNA | feature not registered | Not supported |
| GPS | Not supported | A-GPS, GeoTagging, GLONASS, GALILEO, BeiDou |
| NFC | Not supported | Supported |
| Infrared port | feature not registered | Not supported |
🧭 Sensors | ||
| BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | Galaxy A40 (SM-A405FM/DS) | |
| Sensors | Ambient light sensor | Accelerometer Ambient light sensor ANT+ Compass Face unlock 2D Fingerprint sensor (rear-mounted) Gyroscope Proximity sensor |
| Vibrating alert | Supported | Supported |
🔋 Battery | ||
| BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | Galaxy A40 (SM-A405FM/DS) | |
| Battery type | Li-Ion: lithium-ion (Removable) | LiPo: li-ion polymer (Non removable) |
| Battery capacity | 900 mAh | 3100 mAh |
| Charger, watts | Wired charging | 15W Wired fast charging |
| Inductive / wireless charging | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| Talk time autonomy | 3.5 hours | 18 hours |
| Standby | 216 hours (9 days) | feature not registered |
➕ Other features | ||
| BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | Galaxy A40 (SM-A405FM/DS) | |
| Call control | Voice dialing, Voice recorder, Voice commands | Voice dialing, Voice recorder |
| Messaging | SMS, MMS, E-mail, Push mail | SMS (T9), MMS, E-mail, Push mail |
| Hands-free calling | Supported | Supported |
| Video calling | Not supported | Supported |
| Ringtones | Polyphonic and customized | Polyphonic and customized |
| Web browser | WAP, HTML | HTML, XHTML, HTML5 |
| Antenna | Internal antenna | Internal antenna |
| Qwerty physical keyboard | Not supported | Not supported |
| Miscellaneous | • Colors: Black, Red, Pink • Secondary external 65K TFT display 128x160 pixels • Half-QWERTY • Trackball navigation • BlackBerry maps • Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF editor Java framework | • Colors: Black, White, Blue, Coral • 19.5:9 display ratio FHD+ • One UI |
☢️ Radiation rate | ||
| BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | Galaxy A40 (SM-A405FM/DS) | |
| SAR 1.6W/kg (USA, Mexico, etc.) | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| SAR 2W/kg (Europe, UK, etc.) | feature not registered | 0.49W/kg (head), 1.34W/kg (body) |