The BlackBerry Pearl is a 14.5mm thick Cell Phone with digital camera and multimedia functions. The device is clad in a piano black gloss finish that appears to be pretty scratch resistant. The Samsung BlackJack II is a thin and lightweight QWERTY smartphone. Delivering a Windows Mobile operating system and it offers services such as voice, email and entertainment in one device.

The Pearl's camera settings are limited to white balance, resolution, and JPEG quality when compare to SGH_I617 and it has the zoom upto 5x. The Samsung BlackJack II camera is provided with 2.0 megapixel camera with an advanced video capture capabilities. Both the mobiles are provided with good speaker phone.

The Pearl 8100 has 64MB of built-in storage space and a microSD memory card slot for additional storage. And the black jack ii has a Flexible mobile email through Microsoft's Windows Mobile software, advanced mobile phone technology, and rich multimedia capabilities.

The SGH I617 has a significant improvement standard battery capacity amd it gets through out the day. The BlackBerry Pearl is rated for 3.5 hours of talk time and up to 15 days of standby time. The BlackBerry Pearl supports MP3, AAC, MIDI, and WAV files and the BlackJack II is a fully-loaded device designed for seamless connectivity.