Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 vs Nokia Asha 311 vs Samsung Galaxy Chat B5330

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Nokia Samsung
Announced May 2011 June 2012 July 2012
Status Available - August 2011 Available - August 2012 Available - August 2012
Colors Black, White Dark Grey, Rose Red, Blue, Brown, Sand White White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115 x 66 x 10.5 mm
(4.53 x 2.6 x 0.41 in)
106 x 52 x 12.9 mm
(4.17 x 2.05 x 0.51 in)
118.9 x 59.3 x 11.7 mm
(4.68 x 2.33 x 0.46 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 95 (3.35) 112 g (3.95 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS 7.0 S40 Asha Android OS, v4.x (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor 1.2 GHz QC 8655 1 GHz -
GPU - -
RAM 768 MB 128 MB N/A
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 140 MB, 256 MB ROM 4 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 56K colors 256K colors
Size 2.8 inches 3.0 inches 3.0 inches
Resolution 640 x 480 pixels (286 ppi) 240 x 400 pixels (155 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (133 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 31.92% 46.77% 39.73%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
Flash LED flash No No
Features Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization - -
Video Yes, 720p Yes, VGA@25fps Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA 14.4Mbps, HSUPA 5.76Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, BlackBerry Maps No Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML

memory User Memory

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Yes, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records Practically unlimited Yes Practically unlimited
Internal 8GB storage, 768 MB RAM 140 MB, 256 MB ROM, 128 MB RAM 4 GB storage
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - Supported -

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1230 mAh 1110 mAh (BL-4U) 1200 mAh
Stand by Up to 307 h (2G)
Up to 307 h (3G)
Up to 696 h (2G)
Up to 768 h (3G)
Up to 520 h (2G)
Up to 380 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 6 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 6 h (3G)
Up to 14 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)