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BlackBerry Bold 9700 vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)

General Info

Manufacturer
BlackBerry Samsung
Announced
October 2009 May 2012
Status
Available - November 2009 Available - May 2012
Colors
Black, White Blue, White
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
109 x 60 x 14 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in )
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
Weight
122 g (4.3 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE (regional)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
65K colors 16M colors
Size
2.44 inches [Similar] 4.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 360 pixels (246 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
28.17% 65.84%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
BlackBerry OS v5.0, upgradable to v6.0 Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor
624 MHz [Similar] Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad [Similar]
GPU
Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM
256 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
256 MB storage 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 16GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization
Video
Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
No [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge
Class 10, 236.8 kbps Class 12
3G
HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UMA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML HTML, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
256MB storage, 256 MB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 16GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
1500 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by
Up to 408 h Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 6 h Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G)
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