Comparison of Sony Ericsson W700i and BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphones based on their characteristics

Sony Ericsson W700i

BlackBerry Bold 9700

Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer

Sony Ericsson

BlackBerry

Phone model

Ericsson W700i

Bold 9700

Year of release

2006

2009

Appearance

Case type

Monoblock

Monoblock

Body length

100 mm

109 mm

Body width

46 mm

60 mm

Body thickness

20.5 mm

14 mm

Weight

99 g

122 g

Volume

94.3 cm³

91.56 cm³

Body materials and finishes

• Plastic

• Plastic

Colors

• Silver

• Black
• White

Processor (CPU)

CPU clock speed

624 MHz

Number of processor cores

1

Primary storage (RAM)

The amount of RAM

256 MB

Internal storage

Built-in memory

• 34 MB

• 256 MB

SD card

Types of Supported Memory Cards

• MS PRO Duo
• MS Duo

• microSDHC
• microSD

Maximum expandable memory

4 GB

32 GB

Hot swappable memory card

Operating system

Operating system

BlackBerry OS 5.0

Battery

Battery capacity

900

1500

Battery type

Li-Pol

Li-Ion

Charging the battery from USB

Call duration in GSM networks

9 h

6 h

Standby time in GSM networks

400 h

504 h

Call duration in UMTS (WCDMA) networks

6 h

Standby time on UMTS (WCDMA) networks

408 h

Duration of listening to music

14 h

38 h

Screen

Screen diagonal

1.8 in

2.44 in

Screen resolution

220 x 176 pixels

480 x 360 pixels

Pixel density

157 ppi

246 ppi

Screen technology

TFT

TFT

Color depth

18 bit

16 bit

Aspect ratio

1.25

1.333

Main photo/video camera

Camera megapixels

2 Mp

3.2 Mp

Maximum photo resolution

1600 x 1200 pixels

2048 x 1536 pixels

Shooting resolution formats

• Full HD
• HD

The presence of a flash

Flash type

LED

LED

Digital zoom

4 X

2 X

Shooting settings

Autofocus

Video capability

Maximum video resolution

176 x 144 pixels

480 x 360 pixels

Movie settings

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards

1

1

MP3 ringtones

Polyphonic ringtones

Vibration mode

Speakerphone

Conference call

Speed dial

Autodial

Sound indication of talk time

Ability to mute the microphone during a call

Extended phone book

Contacts in the phone book

1000

Unlimited

Data exchange between SIM card and internal memory

Mobile communications

Cellular generation

2G

3.5G

GSM support

GSM frequencies

• 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 1900 MHz
• UMTS 2100 MHz

Internet data transmission standards

Data transmission standards

• GPRS

• HSUPA
• HSDPA
• EDGE
• GPRS

Wi-Fi

Built-in Wi-Fi

USB

USB connector

USB connector type

Micro USB

USB standard

2.0

2.0

Bluetooth

Built-in Bluetooth

Bluetooth standard

2.0

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 - 108.0

RDS support

Connectors and interfaces

USB connector

Micro USB

TRS jack (mini/micro jack)

3.5 mm

Infrared port (IrDA)

Images

Installed image editor

Video

Installed video player

Supported video formats

• MP4
• 3GPP

• MPEG-4
• Xvid
• H.263
• H.264
• WMV

Streaming video

Audio

Installed audio player

Supported audio formats

• AAC
• AMR
• MIDI
• MP3

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

MP3 support

Max audio bitrate

320 kbit/s

Streaming audio

Number of polyphony voices

40

32

Dictaphone

Voice notes

TRS jack (mini/micro jack)

3.5 mm

Control elements

Standard keypad

QWERTY keyboard

Russified input

Documents and office

Installed Organizer (PIM)

Office document support

Supported document formats

• PDF
• ZIP

Email

Connectivity and synchronization

PC connection

Software features

JAVA support

Installed browser

• HTML
• WAP

• HTML
• WAP

Installed games

Receiving and sending SMS

SMS messages

SMS T9 support

EMS support

MMS support

Additional features

Standalone mode (flight mode)

SAR level

SAR level

1.36 W/kg