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BlackBerry Bold 9900 Mobile Phone
BlackBerry Bold 9900
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BlackBerry Q10 Mobile Phone
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Samsung Galaxy S3 Mobile Phone
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18
3.7 out of 5
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3.8 out of 5
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35
4.1 out of 5
35 user ratings
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4.3 out of 5
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Hardware

Operating systemBlackBerry 7BlackBerry 10Android 4.3
CPU clock speed1.2 GHz1.5 GHz1.4 GHz
CPU coresSingle-coreDual-coreQuad-core
CPU modelQualcomm Snapdragon MSM8655Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8960Samsung Exynos 4 Quad 4412
GPU modelQualcomm Adreno 205Qualcomm Adreno 225ARM Mali-400
RAM memory768 MB2 GB
  • 1 GB
  • 2 GB

Display

Screen size2.8 in3.1 in4.8 in
Touchscreenyesyesyes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDOLEDOLED
Resolution640 x 480 px720 x 720 px1280 x 720 px
Pixel density287.0 ppi330.0 ppi306.0 ppi
Dual screen supportnonono
HDRnonono
Technology
N/A
Super AMOLED
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
Scratch resistant display
N/A
noyes
Multi touch
N/A
yesyes
Screen material
N/A
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 2.0

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution5.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx
Video recordingyesyesyes
Highest video resolution1280 x 720 px1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px
Autofocusyesyesyes
Digital Image Stabilizationyes
N/A
yes
Digital zoomyesyesyes
Geo-taggingyesyesyes
LED Flashyesyesyes
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution
N/A
30.0 fps30.0 fps
Face detection
N/A
yesyes
Primary lens aperture
N/A
N/A
2.6 f
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)
N/A
N/A
30.0 fps
Burst Mode
N/A
N/A
yes
HDR Capture
N/A
N/A
yes
Panorama
N/A
N/A
yes
Smile detection
N/A
N/A
yes
Touch focus
N/A
N/A
yes

Storage

Internal storage8 GB16 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
Memory card readeryesyesyes
Maximum card storage32GB64GB64GB
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • MMC
microSD
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Silver
  • Black
  • White
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Brown
  • Grey
  • Red
  • Titanium
  • White
MaterialSteelPlasticPlastic
Water resistantnonono
Shock resistantnonono

Dimensions

Height4.53 in4.71 in5.38 in
Width2.6 in2.63 in2.78 in
Depth0.41 in0.41 in0.34 in
Weight4.59 oz4.9 oz4.69 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyes
Digital compassyesyes
N/A
Ambient light sensoryesyesyes
Gyroscope
N/A
yesyes
Barometer
N/A
N/A
yes

Connectivity

Dual sim supportnonono
Sim card sizeMini-SIMMicro-SIMMicro-SIM
Bluetoothyesyesyes
Bluetooth version2.1 EDR4.04.0
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
A2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • HSP
Bluetooth codec
  • AAC
  • SBC
N/A
  • AAC
  • aptX
  • SBC
NFCyesyesyes
Charging connectionUSBUSBUSB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.02.02.0
Video outputNoHDMIMHL
DLNA certified
N/A
noyes
USB On-The-Go (OTG)
N/A
noyes
Type of USB connector
N/A
N/A
Micro-USB

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyes
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Data transmissionHSPA+HSPA+
  • DC-HSDPA
  • HSPA+
Navigation systemA-GPSS-GPSGLONASS
2G GSMyesyesyes
GSM frequencies
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
3G UMTSyesyesyes
UMTS frequences
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A
4G LTEyesyes
  • no
  • yes
CDMA frequences
N/A
  • 800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
N/A
LTE frequencies
N/A
  • 800 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 700 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • Regional
Mobile hotspot
N/A
yesyes

Battery

Replaceable batteryyesyesyes
Battery typeLithium ionLithium ionLithium ion
Battery capacity1230.0 mAh2100.0 mAh2100.0 mAh
Standby time288.0 h360.0 h830.0 h
Talk time6.0 h13.0 h22.0 h
Fast chargingnonono
Wireless charging nonono

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