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BlackBerry Bold 9790 vs Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4

General Info

Manufacturer
BlackBerry Samsung
Announced
November 2011 March 2013
Status
Available - December 2011 Available - April 2013
Colors
Black White Frost, Black Mist
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
110 x 60 x 11.4 mm
(4.33 x 2.36 x 0.45 in)
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
Weight
107 g (3.77 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE (Dependent on Country)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
2.45 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 360 pixels (245 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
28.14% 72.15%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
BlackBerry OS 7.0 Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
Marvel Tavor MG1 1 GHz [Similar] Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5410 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX 544MP3 [Similar]
RAM
768 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
Video
Yes, VGA Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec.
Front Camera
No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, UMA (carrier-dependent) Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML HTML5, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
8 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
(JM-1) 2600 mAh
Stand by
Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 408 h (3G)
Up to 350 h
Talk Time
Up to 5 h 10 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 17 h
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