Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 vs Apple iPhone

BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900
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general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Apple
Announced May 2011 January 2007
Status Available - August 2011 Discontinued
Colors Black, White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115 x 66 x 10.5 mm
(4.53 x 2.6 x 0.41 in)
115 x 61 x 11.6 mm
(4.53 x 2.4 x 0.46 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 135 g (4.76 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS 7.0 iPhone OS, upgradable to iOS 3.1.3
Processor 1.2 GHz QC 8655 [Similar] 412 MHz ARM 11 [Similar]
GPU PowerVR MBX [Similar]
RAM 768 MB [Browse Similar] N/A
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 4/8/16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB No

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.8 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 640 x 480 pixels (286 ppi) [Similar] 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 31.92% 51.89%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio No No
Games Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar] 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash No
Features Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization -
Video Yes, 720p No
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSDPA 14.4Mbps, HSUPA 5.76Mbps -
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.0, headset support only
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, BlackBerry Maps No
Browser HTML HTML (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 8GB storage, 768 MB RAM 4/8/16 GB
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB No

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor not present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable, Li-Ion battery
Capacity 1230 mAh -
Stand by Up to 307 h (2G)
Up to 307 h (3G)
Up to 250 h
Talk Time Up to 6 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 8 h