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BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 vs BlackBerry Classic

General Info

Manufacturer
BlackBerry BlackBerry
Announced
May 2011 June 2014
Status
Available - August 2011 Available - November 2014
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)
131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
Weight
130 g (4.59 oz) 177 g (6.24 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
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
2.8 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
640 x 480 pixels (286 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
31.92% 41.64%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
BlackBerry OS 7.0 BlackBerry 10.3 OS
User Interface
- Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait
Processor
1.2 GHz QC 8655 [Similar] Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
GPU
Adreno 225 [Similar]
RAM
768 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar] 8 MP [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED Flash
Features
Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR
Video
Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
No [Similar] 2 MP [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 14.4Mbps, HSUPA 5.76Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support, BlackBerry Maps Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML HTML5

User Memory

Internal
8GB storage, 768 MB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG
- Not Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity
1230 mAh 2515 mAh
Stand by
Up to 307 h (2G)
Up to 307 h (3G)
Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 6 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)
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