Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Bold 9700 vs BlackBerry Bold 9790 vs Samsung Galaxy Ace 2

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry BlackBerry Samsung
Announced October 2009 November 2011 February 2012
Status Available - November 2009 Available - December 2011 Available - May 2012
Colors Black, White Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 109 x 60 x 14 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in )
110 x 60 x 11.4 mm
(4.33 x 2.36 x 0.45 in)
118.3 x 62.2 x 10.5 mm
(4.66 x 2.45 x 0.41 in)
Weight 122 g (4.3 oz) 107 g (3.77 oz) 122 g (4.3 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS v5.0, upgradable to v6.0 BlackBerry OS 7.0 Android OS, v2.3
Processor 624 MHz Marvel Tavor MG1 1 GHz Dual-core 800 MHz, NovaThor U8500
GPU Mali-400MP
RAM 256 MB 768 MB 768 MB
Internal Memory 256 MB storage 8 GB storage 4 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 16GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32GB

display Display

Type TFT TFT capacitive touchscreen PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 65K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.44 inches 2.45 inches 3.8 inches
Resolution 480 x 360 pixels (246 ppi) 480 x 360 pixels (245 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (246 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 28.17% 28.14% 55.64%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection
Video Yes Yes, VGA Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UMA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, UMA (carrier-dependent) Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0 microUSB
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 256MB storage, 256 MB RAM 8 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 16GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor not present accelerometer sensor not 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 1500 mAh (JM-1) 1500 mAh
Stand by Up to 408 h Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 408 h (3G)
Up to 670 h (2G)
Up to 640 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 6 h Up to 5 h 10 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 16 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 30 min (3G)