Comparison of BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry Classic smartphones based on their characteristics

BlackBerry Bold 9900

BlackBerry Classic

Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer

BlackBerry

BlackBerry

Phone model

Bold 9900

Classic

Year of release

2011

2014

Appearance

Case type

Monoblock

Monoblock

Body length

115 mm

Body width

66 mm

Body thickness

10.5 mm

Weight

130 g

Volume

79.7 cm³

Body materials and finishes

• Metal
• Plastic

• Plastic

Colors

• Black
• White

• Black

Processor (CPU)

Processor model

• Qualcomm Scorpion MSM 8655

• Qualcomm Snapdragon 800

CPU clock speed

1200 MHz

2400 MHz

Number of processor cores

1

4

Level 1 cache (L1)

32 + 32 kB

Level 2 cache (L2)

384 kB

Processor size

32 bits

Instruction set architecture

ARMv7

Manufacturing process

45 nm

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GPU

GPU model

• Adreno 205 GPU

• Adreno 330

Primary storage (RAM)

The amount of RAM

768 MB

RAM type

LPDDR2

RAM frequency

500 MHz

Number of RAM channels

2

Internal storage

Built-in memory

• 8 GB

SD card

Types of Supported Memory Cards

• microSDHC
• microSD

• microSDXC
• microSDHC
• microSD

Maximum expandable memory

32 GB

64 GB

Mainboard

Chipset

• Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8655

Operating system

Operating system

BlackBerry OS 10

Battery

Battery capacity

1230

Battery type

Li-Ion

Removable battery

Charging the battery from USB

Call duration in GSM networks

6 h 18 min

Standby time in GSM networks

307 h

Call duration in UMTS (WCDMA) networks

5 h 54 min

Standby time on UMTS (WCDMA) networks

307 h

Duration of listening to music

50 h

Video watching duration

7 h

Screen

Screen diagonal

2.8 in

3.5 in

Screen resolution

640 x 480 pixels

1440 x 1440 pixels

Resolution formats

• HD

Pixel density

286 ppi

582 ppi

Screen technology

TFT

Color depth

24 bit

24 bit

Touch screen

Touch screen type

Capacitive

Capacitive

Aspect ratio

1.333

1

Auto-rotate screen

Ambient light sensor

Proximity sensor

Main photo/video camera

Camera megapixels

5 Mp

Maximum photo resolution

2592 x 1944 pixels

Shooting resolution formats

• Quad HD
• Full HD
• HD

The presence of a flash

Flash type

LED

LED

Digital zoom

4 X

Shooting settings

Face detector

Viewfinder

Video capability

Maximum video resolution

1280 x 720 pixels

1920 x 1080 pixels

Movie speed

30 fps

30 fps

Movie settings

Front photo/video camera

Front camera video

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards

1

1

MP3 ringtones

Polyphonic ringtones

Vibration mode

Speakerphone

Conference call

Speed dial

Video calls

Ability to mute the microphone during a call

Extended phone book

Contacts in the phone book

Unlimited

Unlimited

Data exchange between SIM card and internal memory

Mobile communications

Cellular generation

3.5G

4G

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 1700 MHz
• UMTS 1900 MHz
• UMTS 2100 MHz

• UMTS 900 MHz
• UMTS 2100 MHz

LTE support

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

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

4.0

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

Orientation and rotation sensor

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
• GIF
• BMP

• PNG
• JPG
• EXIF
• GIF

Installed image editor

Geo tags

DLNA support

Video

Installed video player

Supported video formats

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

• MP4
• Xvid
• H.263
• H.264
• WMV

Video resolution formats

• HD

• Full HD
• HD

Streaming video

Installed video editor

Geo tags

Audio

Installed audio player

Supported audio formats

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

• AAC
• MP3
• WMA
• WAV

MP3 support

Streaming audio

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

• PDF

Email

Convert speech to text

Connectivity and synchronization

PC connection

Tethering support

OTA sync

Synchronization with services

• Facebook
• BlackBerry Travel
• BlackBerry Hub

Software features

JAVA support

Installed browser

• HTML
• HTML5
• 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

Installed VPN

Additional features

Standalone mode (flight mode)

SAR level

SAR level

0.76 W/kg