Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Bold 9790 vs Nokia 230

BlackBerry Bold 9790
blackberry bold 9790
Nokia 230
nokia 230
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general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Nokia
Announced November 2011 November 2015
Status Available - December 2011 Coming Soon - December 2015
Price - Rs. 3,500 ($51.47) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 110 x 60 x 11.4 mm
(4.33 x 2.36 x 0.45 in)
124.6 x 53.4 x 10.9 mm
(4.91 x 2.1 x 0.43 in)
Weight 107 g (3.77 oz) 91.8 g (3.21.0.28 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
N/A
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS 7.0 -
Processor Marvel Tavor MG1 1 GHz [Similar] -
GPU -
RAM 768 MB [Browse Similar] 16 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB storage N/A
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT
Colors 16M colors 65K colors
Size 2.45 inches [Similar] 2.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 360 pixels (245 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (143 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 28.14% 36.42%
Multi-Touch yes no

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar] 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization -
Video Yes, VGA 240p@15fps
Front Camera No [Similar] 2 MP, 480p, LED flash [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps N/A
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR v3.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, UMA (carrier-dependent) No
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v1.1
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support No
Browser HTML WAP 2.0/xHTML

memory User Memory

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall 1000 entries
Call Records Practically unlimited Yes
Internal 8 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 16 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor not present accelerometer sensor not present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity (JM-1) 1200 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 408 h (3G)
Up to 648 h
Talk Time Up to 5 h 10 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 23 h