Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 vs Acer Liquid E2 vs Nokia Lumia 625

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Acer Nokia
Announced May 2011 April 2013 July 2013
Status Available - August 2011 Coming Soon - May 2013 Available - August 2013
Colors Black, White Black, White Orange, Bright green, Yellow, Black and white
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115 x 66 x 10.5 mm
(4.53 x 2.6 x 0.41 in)
131 x 68 x 9.9 mm
(5.16 x 2.68 x 0.39 in)
133.2 x 72.2 x 9.2 mm
(5.24 x 2.84 x 0.36 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 140 g (4.94 oz) 159 g (5.61 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network - - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS 7.0 Android OS, v4.2.1 (Jelly Bean) Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor 1.2 GHz QC 8655 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, MTK 6589 Dual-core 1.2 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon
GPU PowerVR SGX 544MP Adreno 305
RAM 768 MB 1 GB 512 MB
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 4 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 2
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.8 inches 4.5 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 640 x 480 pixels (286 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (245 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (199 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 31.92% 62.55% 65.05%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1936 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Touch focus, Landscape orientation, Auto and manual exposure, Auto and manual white balance, Active toolbar, Full screen viewfinder, Geotagging
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA 14.4Mbps, HSUPA 5.76Mbps HSPA+ HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, BlackBerry Maps Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8GB storage, 768 MB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 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 Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1230 mAh 2000 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 307 h (2G)
Up to 307 h (3G)
Up to 450 h Up to 552 h
Talk Time Up to 6 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 9 h Up to 23 h 54 min (2G)
Up to 15 h 12 min (3G)