Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Bold 9790 vs Sony Xperia J vs Asus Zenfone 4

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Sony Asus
Announced November 2011 August 2012 January 2014
Status Available - December 2011 Available - October 2012 Available - June 2014
Colors Black Black, White, Gold, Pink Black, White, Red, Blue, Yellow
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 110 x 60 x 11.4 mm
(4.33 x 2.36 x 0.45 in)
124.3 x 61.2 x 9.2 mm
(4.89 x 2.41 x 0.36 in)
124.4 x 61.4 x 6.3-11.2
(4.9 x 2.42 x 0.25-0.44)
Weight 107 g (3.77 oz) 124 g (4.37 oz) 115 g (4.06 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST26i
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST26a
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS 7.0 Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Marvel Tavor MG1 1 GHz 1 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM7227A Snapdragon Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Intel Atom Z2520
GPU Adreno 200 PowerVR SGX544MP2
RAM 768 MB 512 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 4 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.45 inches 4.0 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 360 pixels (245 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 28.14% 57.92% 59.74%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Panorama
Video Yes, VGA Yes, VGA Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 86 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Up to 237 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, UMA (carrier-dependent) Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor not present accelerometer sensor 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 Li-Po Battery
Capacity (JM-1) 1750 mAh 1200/1600 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 408 h (3G)
Up to 607 h (2G)
Up to 618 h (3G)
Up to 192 h
Talk Time Up to 5 h 10 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 18 min (3G)
Up to 10 h