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BlackBerry Bold 9790 vs BlackBerry Bold 9700

General Info

Manufacturer
BlackBerry BlackBerry
Announced
November 2011 October 2009
Status
Available - December 2011 Available - November 2009
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)
109 x 60 x 14 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in )
Weight
107 g (3.77 oz) 122 g (4.3 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT
Colors
16M colors 65K colors
Size
2.45 inches [Similar] 2.44 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 360 pixels (245 ppi) 480 x 360 pixels (246 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
28.14% 28.17%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
BlackBerry OS 7.0 BlackBerry OS v5.0, upgradable to v6.0
Processor
Marvel Tavor MG1 1 GHz [Similar] 624 MHz [Similar]
GPU
RAM
768 MB [Browse Similar] 256 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB storage 256 MB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 16GB, 2GB included

Camera

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

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No No
Games
Yes Yes + downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

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

User Memory

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

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
(JM-1) 1500 mAh
Stand by
Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 408 h (3G)
Up to 408 h
Talk Time
Up to 5 h 10 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 6 h
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