Comparison of BlackBerry Bold 9790 and BlackBerry Curve 3G smartphones based on their characteristics

BlackBerry Bold 9790

BlackBerry Curve 3G

Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer

BlackBerry

BlackBerry

Phone model

Bold 9790

Curve 3G

Year of release

2011

2010

Appearance

Case type

Monoblock

Monoblock

Body length

110 mm

109 mm

Body width

60 mm

60 mm

Body thickness

11.4 mm

13.9 mm

Weight

107 g

104 g

Volume

75.24 cm³

90.91 cm³

Body materials and finishes

• Metal
• Plastic

• Plastic

Colors

• Black

• Black

Processor (CPU)

Processor model

• Marvell Tavor MG1

CPU clock speed

1000 MHz

624 MHz

Number of processor cores

1

1

Processor size

32 bits

Instruction set architecture

ARMv7

Manufacturing process

65 nm

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GPU

GPU model

• PowerVR SGX543

Primary storage (RAM)

The amount of RAM

768 MB

256 MB

Internal storage

Built-in memory

• 8 GB

• 256 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 Tavor MG1

Operating system

Operating system

BlackBerry OS 5.0

Battery

Battery capacity

1230

1150

Battery type

Li-Ion

Li-Ion

Removable battery

Charging the battery from USB

Battery charging time

2 h

Call duration in GSM networks

5 h 12 min

4 h 30 min

Standby time in GSM networks

432 h

456 h

Call duration in UMTS (WCDMA) networks

5 h

5 h 30 min

Standby time on UMTS (WCDMA) networks

408 h

348 h

Duration of listening to music

33 h

29 h

Screen

Screen diagonal

2.45 in

2.46 in

Screen resolution

480 x 360 pixels

320 x 240 pixels

Pixel density

245 ppi

163 ppi

Screen technology

TFT

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

2 Mp

Maximum photo resolution

2592 x 1944 pixels

1600 x 1200 pixels

Shooting resolution formats

• Quad HD
• Full HD
• HD

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

320 x 240 pixels

Movie settings

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards

1

1

MP3 ringtones

Polyphonic ringtones

Vibration mode

Speakerphone

Conference call

Speed dial

Extended phone book

Contacts in the phone book

Unlimited

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 800 MHz
• UMTS 850 MHz
• UMTS 900 MHz
• UMTS 1700 MHz
• UMTS 1900 MHz
• UMTS 2100 MHz

• UMTS 850 MHz
• UMTS 900 MHz
• UMTS 1700 MHz
• UMTS 1900 MHz
• UMTS 2100 MHz

Internet data transmission standards

Data transmission standards

• HSUPA
• HSDPA
• EDGE
• GPRS

• HSDPA
• EDGE
• GPRS

Wi-Fi

Built-in Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi standards

• 802.11a
• 802.11b
• 802.11g
• 802.11n

Wi-Fi hotspot mode

Dual band Wi-Fi

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 + 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

Micro USB

TRS jack (mini/micro jack)

3.5 mm

3.5 mm

Wireless NFC

Images

Geo tags

Video

Installed video player

Supported video formats

• MP4
• MPEG-4
• M4A
• MKV
• AVI
• 3GPP
• 3GPP
• Xvid
• H.263
• H.264

• MPEG-4
• H.263
• H.264
• WMV9

Streaming video

Geo tags

Audio

Installed audio player

Supported audio formats

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

• AAC+
• eAAC+
• AMR-NB
• FLAC
• MP3
• WMA

MP3 support

Streaming audio

Number of polyphony voices

32

Dictaphone

Voice notes

TRS jack (mini/micro jack)

3.5 mm

3.5 mm

Control elements

Touch input

Multitouch

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

Software features

JAVA support

Installed browser

• HTML
• WAP

• 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

1.42 W/kg