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BlackBerry Bold 9790 vs BlackBerry Classic

General Info

Manufacturer
BlackBerry BlackBerry
Announced
November 2011 June 2014
Status
Available - December 2011 Available - November 2014
Colors
Black Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
110 x 60 x 11.4 mm
(4.33 x 2.36 x 0.45 in)
131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
Weight
107 g (3.77 oz) 177 g (6.24 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 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
2.45 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 360 pixels (245 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
28.14% 41.64%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
BlackBerry OS 7.0 BlackBerry 10.3 OS
User Interface
- Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait
Processor
Marvel Tavor MG1 1 GHz [Similar] Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
GPU
Adreno 225 [Similar]
RAM
768 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar] 8 MP [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED Flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR
Video
Yes, VGA Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
No [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, UMA (carrier-dependent) Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML HTML5

User Memory

Internal
8 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG
- Not Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity
(JM-1) 2515 mAh
Stand by
Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 408 h (3G)
Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 5 h 10 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)
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