Phone Comparison - BlackBerry 9720 vs Huawei Ascend P7

BlackBerry 9720
blackberry 9720
Huawei Ascend P7
huawei ascend p7
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general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Huawei
Announced August 2013 May 2014
Status Available - August 2013 Coming Soon - July 2014
Colors Black, White, Purple, Blue, Pure Pink Black, white, pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 114 x 66 x 12 mm
(4.49 x 2.6 x 0.47 in)
139.8 x 68.8 x 6.5 mm
(5.5 x 2.71 x 0.26 in)
Weight 120 g (4.23 oz) 124 g (4.37 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS 7.1 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor 806 MHz Tavor MG1 [Similar] Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cotex-A9, HiSilicon Kirin 910T [Similar]
GPU - Mali-450MP4 [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 512 MB ROM 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type IPS capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.8 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 360 pixels (214 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 32.35% 71.52%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 8 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 60 kbps
Edge Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1450 mAh 2500 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h Up to 422 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 7 h Up to 22 h (2G)
Up to 14 h (3G)