Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 vs BlackBerry Classic vs Nokia Lumia 730 Dual SIM

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry BlackBerry Nokia
Announced May 2011 June 2014 September 2014
Status Available - August 2011 Available - November 2014 Available - September 2014
Colors Black, White Black Orange, green, white, black
Form Factor Candybar 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)
134.7 x 68.5 x 8.9 mm
(5.3 x 2.7 x 0.35 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 177 g (6.24 oz) 134 g (4.73 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 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
Build Features - - ClearBlack display

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS 7.0 BlackBerry 10.3 OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
User Interface - Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait -
Processor 1.2 GHz QC 8655 Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
GPU Adreno 225 Adreno 305
RAM 768 MB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 16 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.8 inches 3.5 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 640 x 480 pixels (286 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 31.92% 41.64% 66.20%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8 MP 6.7 MP, Carl Zeiss optics
Flash LED flash LED Flash LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, 1/3.4'' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera No [Similar] 2 MP [Similar] 5 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G HSDPA 14.4Mbps, HSUPA 5.76Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, 21.1 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.0, A2DP
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 Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, BlackBerry Maps Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8GB storage, 768 MB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 128 GB
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 not present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery Li-Ion Battery (BV-T5A)
Capacity 1230 mAh 2515 mAh 2200 mAh
Stand by Up to 307 h (2G)
Up to 307 h (3G)
Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
Up to 600 h
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)
Up to 22 h (2G)
Up to 17 h (3G)