Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer
BlackBerry
Phone model
Bold 9790
Year of release
2011

Appearance

Case type
Monoblock
Body length
110 mm (millimeters)
Body width
60 mm (millimeters)
Body thickness
11.4 mm (millimeters)
Weight
107 g (grams)
Volume
75.24 cm³ (cubic centimeters)
Body materials and finishes
  • Metal
  • Plastic
Colors

Processor (CPU)

Processor model
  • Marvell Tavor MG1
CPU clock speed
1000 MHz (megahertz) place #93
Number of processor cores
1
Processor size
32 bits
Instruction set architecture
ARMv7
Manufacturing process
65 nm (nanometers)

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GPU
GPU model
  • PowerVR SGX543

Primary storage (RAM)

The amount of RAM
768 MB (megabytes) place #13

Internal storage

Built-in memory
  • 8 GB (gigabytes)
place #19

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)
Hot swappable memory card

Mainboard

Chipset
  • Marvell Tavor MG1

Battery

Battery capacity
1230 (milliampere hours)
Battery type
Li-Ion (lithium ion)
Removable battery
Charging the battery from USB
Battery charging time
2 h (hours)
Call duration in GSM networks
5 h 12 min (hours, minutes)
Standby time in GSM networks
432 h (hours)
Call duration in UMTS (WCDMA) networks
5 h (hours)
Standby time on UMTS (WCDMA) networks
408 h (hours)
Duration of listening to music
33 h (hours)

Screen

Screen diagonal
2.45 in (inches) place #158
Screen resolution
480 x 360 pixels place #117
Pixel density
245 ppi (pixels per inch)
Screen technology
TFT
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
Digital zoom
2 X
Shooting settings
Autofocus
Face detector
Video capability
Maximum video resolution
640 x 480 pixels
Movie settings

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards
1
MP3 ringtones
Polyphonic ringtones
Vibration mode
Speakerphone
Conference call
Speed dial
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 800 MHz
  • UMTS 850 MHz
  • UMTS 900 MHz
  • UMTS 1700 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
  • 802.11 a
Wi-Fi standards
  • 802.11a (IEEE 802.11.a, 54 Mbit/s, 5 GHz)
  • 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
Dual band Wi-Fi

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
Built-in digital compass

Sensors and gauges

Ambient light sensor
Proximity sensor
Accelerometer
Magnetometer

Connectors and interfaces

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

Images

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)
  • M4A (MPEG-4 Part 14, .m4a)
  • MKV (Matroska Multimedia Container, .mkv .mk3d .mka .mks)
  • AVI (Audio Video Interleaved, .avi)
  • 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project, .3gp)
  • 3GPP (.3gp)
  • Xvid
  • H.263
  • H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10)
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)
  • M4A (MPEG-4 Part 14, .m4a)
  • 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
Dictaphone
Voice notes
TRS jack (mini/micro jack)
3.5 mm (millimeters)

Control elements

Touch input
  • 2 touches
Multitouch
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

JAVA support
Installed browser
  • HTML
  • WAP
Installed games

Receiving and sending SMS

SMS messages
SMS T9 support
MMS support

Additional features

Standalone mode (flight mode)

SAR level

SAR level
0.77 W/kg (watts per kilogram)

Equipment

Equipment
  • battery
  • charger
  • micro usb cable
  • stereo headset
  • smartphone case
  • user's guide
  • quick owner's manual