| Huawei Ascend P1 | RIM BlackBerry Porsche Design P9981 |
| Manufacture | Huawei | RIM |
| Model | Ascend P1 | BlackBerry Porsche Design P9981 |
| Form factor | Block | Block |
| Weight | 110 gram | 155.00 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 129 x 64.8 x 7.69 | 115.00 x 67.00 x 11.30 |
| Operating System | Android | BlackBerry OS |
| Networks | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900 3G - 850/900/1900/2100 | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900 3G - 850/1900/2100 |
| HSCSD |  | |
| GPRS |  | |
| EDGE | | |
| UMTS | | |
| HSDPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| WiMAX | | |
| LTE (4G light) | | |
| WLAN / Wi-Fi | | |
| Wi-Fi Hotspot | | |
| Wi-Fi Direct | | |
| SMS | | |
| MMS | | |
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| HDMI out | | |
| USB port | | |
| MHL | | |
| Bluetooth | | |
| Bluetooth version | 3.0 | 2.1 |
| DLNA | | |
| GPS | | |
| Glonass | | |
| ANT+ | | |
| IrDA | | |
| NFC | | |
| 3.5 mm audio connector | | |
| Camera | | |
| Camera resolution | 8 megapixel, autofocus, dual LED flash | 5 megapixel, autofocus, geo tagging, 4x digital zoom |
| Image Stabilization | | |
| BSI sensor | | |
| Camera Flash/Light | | |
| Flash type | NA | LED |
| Video recording | | |
| Video capture resolution | 1080p | 720p |
| Second Camera | 1.3 megapixel | NA |
| Display size | 4.3 inches | 2.80 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| Colour display | | |
| Number of colours | 16700000 | 16777216 |
| Display width | 540 | 640 |
| Display height | 960 | 480 |
| PPI | 256.15 | 285.71 |
| Second Display | NA | NA |
| CPU | 1.5 GHz, dual core TI OMAP 4460 Cortex-A9 | 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8655 |
| GPU | NA | Adreno 205 |
| Memory | 1 GB RAM. 4 GB storage. Expandable up to 32 GB with microSD card | 768 MB RAM. 8 GB internal storage. Expandable up to 32 GB with microSD card |
| Micro SIM | | |
| Dual SIM | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Ringtones / Music file format | MP3, AAC, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, FLAC, Vorbis, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2 | MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, FLAC, OGG, AAC-LC |
| Java | | |
| Games | Yes, downloadable | NA |
| FM Radio | | |
| Battery | 1800 mAh | 1230 mAh |
| Standby time (h) | 450 | 213 |
| Talktime (m) | 480 | 330 |
| Wireless Charging | | |
| Browser | Android HTML Webkit | HTML |
| Calendar | | |
| Voicedialing | | |
| IP Code | NA | NA |
| Predictive text | | |
| RSS reader | | |
| Voicememo | | |
| PC Synchronization | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Website | Website | Website |