Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4S vs BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 vs BlackBerry Classic

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple BlackBerry BlackBerry
Announced October 2011 May 2011 June 2014
Status Available - October 2011 Available - August 2011 Available - November 2014
Colors Black, White Black, White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
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 140 g (4.94 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz) 177 g (6.24 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 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 SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 5 BlackBerry OS 7.0 BlackBerry 10.3 OS
Processor 1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Apple A5 chipset 1.2 GHz QC 8655 Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
GPU PowerVR SGX543MP2 Adreno 225
RAM 512 MB 768 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 8 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors capacitive touchscreen 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 2.8 inches 3.5 inches
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 640 x 480 pixels (286 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 31.92% 41.64%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No No
Games Downloadable, incl. motion-bas Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8 MP
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps HSDPA 14.4Mbps, HSUPA 5.76Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot 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, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support, BlackBerry Maps Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Call Records 100 received, dialed and missed calls Practically unlimited Practically unlimited
Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8GB storage, 768 MB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - - Not 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 present accelerometer sensor not present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 1432 mAh 1230 mAh 2515 mAh
Stand by Up to 200 h (2G)
Up to 200 h (3G)
Up to 307 h (2G)
Up to 307 h (3G)
Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
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)