Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer
BlackBerry
Phone model
9720
Year of release
2013

Appearance

Case type
Monoblock
Body length
114 mm (millimeters)
Body width
66 mm (millimeters)
Body thickness
12 mm (millimeters)
Weight
120 g (grams)
Volume
90.29 cm³ (cubic centimeters)
Body materials and finishes
  • Plastic
Colors

Processor (CPU)

Processor model
  • Tavor MG1
CPU clock speed
806 MHz (megahertz) place #170
Number of processor cores
1
Processor size
32 bits
Instruction set architecture
ARMv7
Manufacturing process
65 nm (nanometers)

Primary storage (RAM)

The amount of RAM
512 MB (megabytes) place #15

Internal storage

Built-in memory
  • 512 MB (megabytes)
place #46

SD card

Types of Supported Memory Cards
  • microSDHC (Micro Secure Digital High Capacity)
  • microSD (Micro Secure Digital Card, TransFlash)
Maximum expandable memory
32 GB (gigabytes)

Mainboard

Chipset
  • Marvell PXA930

Operating system

Operating system
BlackBerry OS 7.1

Battery

Battery capacity
1450 (milliampere hours)
Battery type
Li-Ion (lithium ion)
Removable battery
Charging the battery from USB
Call duration in GSM networks
7 h (hours)
Standby time in GSM networks
432 h (hours)
Call duration in UMTS (WCDMA) networks
7 h (hours)
Standby time on UMTS (WCDMA) networks
432 h (hours)
Duration of listening to music
30 h (hours)

Screen

Screen diagonal
2.8 in (inches) place #147
Screen resolution
480 x 360 pixels place #117
Pixel density
214 ppi (pixels per inch)
Screen technology
IPS
Color depth
24 bit (16777216 colors)
Touch screen
Touch screen type
Capacitive
Aspect ratio
1.333 (4:3)
Auto-rotate screen
Ambient light sensor
Proximity sensor

Main photo/video camera

Camera megapixels
5 Mp (megapixels) place #37
Maximum photo resolution
2592 x 1944 pixels
  • vga (640x480)
  • qvga (320x240)
  • 768x1024
Shooting resolution formats
  • Quad HD (2560 x 1440)
  • Full HD (1920 x 1080)
  • HD (1280 х 720)
The presence of a flash
Flash type
LED
Shooting settings
Video capability
Movie settings

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards
1
MP3 ringtones
Polyphonic ringtones
Vibration mode
Speakerphone
Conference call
Speed dial
Video calls
Extended phone book
Contacts in the phone book
Unlimited
Data exchange between SIM card and internal memory

Mobile communications

Cellular generation
3.5G (up to 42 Mbps)
GSM support
GSM frequencies
  • GSM 850 MHz
  • GSM 900 MHz
  • GSM 1800 MHz
  • GSM 1900 MHz
UMTS support
UMTS frequencies
  • UMTS 850 MHz
  • UMTS 900 MHz
  • UMTS 1900 MHz
  • UMTS 2100 MHz

Internet data transmission standards

Data transmission standards
  • HSUPA (5.8 Mbit/s)
  • HSDPA (1.8 Mbit/s)
  • EDGE (E-GPRS, 384 kbit/s)
  • GPRS (64 kbit/s)

Wi-Fi

Built-in Wi-Fi
  • 802.11b
Wi-Fi standards
  • 802.11b (IEEE 802.11.b, 11 Mbit/s, 2.4 GHz)
  • 802.11g (IEEE 802.11.g, 54 Mbit/s, 2.4 GHz)
  • 802.11n (IEEE 802.11.n, 150 Mbit/s, 2.4 GHz)
Wi-Fi hotspot mode

USB

USB connector
USB connector type
Micro USB (7 x 2 mm)
USB standard
2.0 (up to 480 Mbps)
USB Mass Storage support

Bluetooth

Built-in Bluetooth
Bluetooth standard
2.1 + EDR
A2DP support
AVRCP support

Navigation and positioning

Built-in GPS
A-GPS support

Radio

Built-in radio receiver
Radio range
87.5 - 108 МГц
RDS support

Sensors and gauges

Ambient light sensor
Proximity sensor
Accelerometer

Connectors and interfaces

USB connector
Micro USB (7 x 2 mm)
TRS jack (mini/micro jack)
3.5 mm (millimeters)

Images

Supported image formats
  • PNG (Portable Network Graphics, .png)
  • JPG (Joint Photographic Experts Group, .jpg, .jpeg, .jfif, .jpe)
  • EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format, .exif)
  • GIF (Graphics Interchange Format, .gif)
Geo tags

Video

Installed video player
Supported video formats
  • MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14, .mp4, .m4a, .m4p, .m4b, .m4r, .m4v)
  • MPEG-4 (MPEG-4 Part 14, .mp4, .m4a, .m4p, .m4b, .m4r, .m4v)
  • AVI (Audio Video Interleaved, .avi)
  • QuickTime (.mov, .qt)
  • H.263
  • H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10)
  • WMV (Windows Media Video, .wmv)
Streaming video
Geo tags

Audio

Installed audio player
Supported audio formats
  • AAC (Advanced Audio Coding, .aac)
  • eAAC+ (HE-AAC v2 High Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding)
  • AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate, .amr)
  • AMR-NB (Adaptive Multi-Rate Narrowband)
  • FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec, .flac)
  • MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
  • MP3 (MPEG-1/2/2.5 Layer 3, .mp3)
  • OGG (.ogg, .ogv, .oga, .ogx, .spx, .opus)
  • WMA (Windows Media Audio, .wma)
  • WAV (Waveform Audio File Format, .wav, .wave)
MP3 support
Streaming audio
Number of polyphony voices
64
Dictaphone
Voice notes
TRS jack (mini/micro jack)
3.5 mm (millimeters)

Control elements

Touch input
  • 2 touches
QWERTY keyboard
Pinch zoom
Russified input

Documents and office

Installed Organizer (PIM)
Office document support
Supported document formats
  • PDF (Adobe Portable Document Format, .pdf)
Email

Connectivity and synchronization

PC connection
Tethering support
OTA sync

Software features

Installed browser
  • HTML
  • WAP

Receiving and sending SMS

SMS messages
SMS T9 support
SMS output in the form of a chat
MMS support

Additional features

Standalone mode (flight mode)

SAR level

SAR level
1.1 W/kg (watts per kilogram)