Comparison of BlackBerry 9720 and BlackBerry Curve 9320 smartphones based on their characteristics

BlackBerry 9720

BlackBerry Curve 9320

Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer

BlackBerry

BlackBerry

Phone model

9720

Curve 9320

Year of release

2013

2012

Appearance

Case type

Monoblock

Monoblock

Body length

114 mm

109 mm

Body width

66 mm

60 mm

Body thickness

12 mm

12.7 mm

Weight

120 g

103 g

Volume

90.29 cm³

83.06 cm³

Body materials and finishes

• Plastic

• Plastic

Colors

• Black

• Black

Processor (CPU)

Processor model

• Tavor MG1

CPU clock speed

806 MHz

800 MHz

Number of processor cores

1

1

Processor size

32 bits

Instruction set architecture

ARMv7

Manufacturing process

65 nm

Primary storage (RAM)

The amount of RAM

512 MB

512 MB

Internal storage

Built-in memory

• 512 MB

• 512 MB

SD card

Types of Supported Memory Cards

• microSDHC
• microSD

• microSDHC
• microSD

Maximum expandable memory

32 GB

32 GB

Hot swappable memory card

Mainboard

Chipset

• Marvell PXA930

Operating system

Operating system

BlackBerry OS 7.1

Battery

Battery capacity

1450

1450

Battery type

Li-Ion

Li-Ion

Removable battery

Charging the battery from USB

Call duration in GSM networks

7 h

7 h

Standby time in GSM networks

432 h

432 h

Call duration in UMTS (WCDMA) networks

7 h

7 h

Standby time on UMTS (WCDMA) networks

432 h

432 h

Duration of listening to music

30 h

30 h

Screen

Screen diagonal

2.8 in

2.44 in

Screen resolution

480 x 360 pixels

320 x 240 pixels

Pixel density

214 ppi

164 ppi

Screen technology

IPS

TFT

Color depth

24 bit

16 bit

Touch screen

Touch screen type

Capacitive

Aspect ratio

1.333

1.333

Auto-rotate screen

Ambient light sensor

Proximity sensor

Main photo/video camera

Camera megapixels

5 Mp

3.2 Mp

Maximum photo resolution

2592 x 1944 pixels

2048 x 1536 pixels

Shooting resolution formats

• Quad HD
• Full HD
• HD

• Full HD
• HD

The presence of a flash

Flash type

LED

LED

Digital zoom

4 X

Shooting settings

Video capability

Movie settings

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards

1

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

3.5G

GSM support

GSM frequencies

• GSM 850 MHz
• GSM 900 MHz
• GSM 1800 MHz
• GSM 1900 MHz

• 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

• UMTS 800 MHz
• UMTS 850 MHz
• UMTS 900 MHz
• UMTS 1900 MHz
• UMTS 2100 MHz

Internet data transmission standards

Data transmission standards

• HSUPA
• HSDPA
• EDGE
• GPRS

• HSUPA
• HSDPA
• EDGE
• GPRS

Wi-Fi

Built-in Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi standards

• 802.11b
• 802.11g
• 802.11n

• 802.11b
• 802.11g
• 802.11n

Wi-Fi Direct support

Wi-Fi hotspot mode

USB

USB connector

USB connector type

Micro USB

Micro USB

USB standard

2.0

2.0

USB Mass Storage support

Bluetooth

Built-in Bluetooth

Bluetooth standard

2.1 + EDR

2.1

A2DP support

AVRCP support

Navigation and positioning

Built-in GPS

A-GPS support

Built-in digital compass

Radio

Built-in radio receiver

Radio range

87.5 - 108 МГц

87.5 - 108.0

RDS support

Sensors and gauges

Ambient light sensor

Proximity sensor

Accelerometer

Magnetometer

Connectors and interfaces

USB connector

Micro USB

Micro USB

TRS jack (mini/micro jack)

3.5 mm

3.5 mm

Wireless NFC

Images

Supported image formats

• PNG
• JPG
• EXIF
• GIF

Geo tags

Video

Installed video player

Supported video formats

• MP4
• MPEG-4
• AVI
• QuickTime
• H.263
• H.264
• WMV

• MPEG-4
• AVI
• 3GPP
• H.263
• H.264
• WMV

Streaming video

Geo tags

Audio

Installed audio player

Supported audio formats

• AAC
• eAAC+
• AMR
• AMR-NB
• FLAC
• MIDI
• MP3
• OGG
• WMA
• WAV

• AAC
• eAAC+
• AMR
• AMR-NB
• FLAC
• M4A
• MIDI
• MP3
• OGG
• WMA
• WAV

MP3 support

Streaming audio

Number of polyphony voices

64

64

Dictaphone

Voice notes

TRS jack (mini/micro jack)

3.5 mm

3.5 mm

Control elements

Touch input

QWERTY keyboard

Pinch zoom

Russified input

Documents and office

Installed Organizer (PIM)

Office document support

Supported document formats

• PDF

Email

Connectivity and synchronization

PC connection

Tethering support

OTA sync

Synchronization with services

• Facebook
• YouTube
• Twitter

Software features

Installed browser

• HTML
• WAP

• HTML
• WAP

Installed games

Receiving and sending SMS

SMS messages

SMS T9 support

SMS output in the form of a chat

MMS support

Security

Remotely wipe data from your phone

Additional features

Standalone mode (flight mode)

SAR level

SAR level

1.1 W/kg

1.24 W/kg