Phone Comparison - BlackBerry 9720 vs Microsoft Lumia 535 vs Microsoft Lumia 435

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Microsoft Microsoft
Announced August 2013 November 2014 January 2015
Status Available - August 2013 Available - November 2014 Available - February 2015
Price - Rs. 7,000 ($102.94) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 5,350 ($78.68) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White, Purple, Blue, Pure Pink Orange, green, white, black, gray, blue Black, White, Green, Orange
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 114 x 66 x 12 mm
(4.49 x 2.6 x 0.47 in)
140.2 x 72.4 x 8.8 mm
(5.52 x 2.85 x 0.35 in)
118.1 x 64.7 x 11.7 mm
(4.65 x 2.55 x 0.46 in)
Weight 120 g (4.23 oz) 146 g (5.15 oz) 134.1 g (4.73.0.04 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS 7.1 Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
Processor 806 MHz Tavor MG1 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8210 Snapdragon 200
GPU - Adreno 302 Adreno 302
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 512 MB ROM 8 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type IPS capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.8 inches 5.0 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 360 pixels (214 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 32.35% 68.08% 59.72%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1936 pixels 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash No
Features Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization Auto focus, 1/4' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging Geo-tagging
Video Yes 480p@30fps 480p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] VGA, 480p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Up to 236.8 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery (BL-L4A) Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1450 mAh 1905 mAh 1560 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h Up to 552 h Up to 504 h (2G)
Up to 504 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 7 h Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 13 h (3G)
Up to 21 h (2G)
Up to 11 h 45 min (3G)