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BlackBerry Bold 9700

BlackBerry 9720

Network
Technology GSM / HSPA GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
  HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
Speed HSPA 3.6/0.384 Mbps HSPA 7.2/5.76 Mbps
Launch
Announced 2009, October. Released 2009, November 2013, August. Released 2013, August
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Body
Dimensions 109 x 60 x 14 mm (4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in) 114 x 66 x 12 mm (4.49 x 2.60 x 0.47 in)
Weight 122 g (4.30 oz) 120 g (4.23 oz)
Keyboard QWERTY QWERTY
SIM Mini-SIM Mini-SIM
 Optical trackpad Optical trackpad
Display
Type TFT, 65K colors IPS LCD
Size 2.44 inches, 18.4 cm2 (~28.2% screen-to-body ratio) 2.8 inches, 24.3 cm2 (~32.3% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 360 pixels, 4:3 ratio (~246 ppi density) 480 x 360 pixels, 4:3 ratio (~214 ppi density)
Platform
OS BlackBerry 5.0, upgradable to 6.0 BlackBerry OS 7.1
CPU 624 MHz 806 MHz Tavor MG1
Memory
Card slot microSDHC (dedicated slot), 2 GB included microSDHC (dedicated slot)
Internal 256MB 256MB RAM 512MB ROM, 512MB RAM
Main Camera
Modules 3.15 MP, AF 5 MP
Features LED flash LED flash
Video Yes 480p@30fps
Selfie Camera
Modules No No
ADVERTISEMENT
Sound
Loudspeaker Yes Yes
3.5mm jack Yes Yes
Comms
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UMA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
Bluetooth 2.1, A2DP 2.1, A2DP, EDR
Positioning GPS, A-GPS GPS
NFC No
Infrared port No No
Radio No Stereo FM radio, RDS
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0
Features
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity
 BlackBerry maps
Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
Media player MP3/WMA/AAC+
Video player DivX/WMV/XviD/3gp
Organizer
Voice memo/dial
BBM key
MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV/Flac player
MP4/H.264/WMV player
Organizer
Document viewer
Voice memo/dial
Predictive text input
Battery
Type Removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery Li-Ion 1450 mAh, removable
Stand-by Up to 408 h Up to 432 h
Talk time Up to 6 h Up to 7 h
Music play Up to 30 h
Misc
Colors Black, White Black, White, Purple, Blue, Pure Pink
SAR 1.55 W/kg (head)     1.39 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 1.36 W/kg (head)     1.18 W/kg (body)     1.10 W/kg (head)    
Price About 90 EUR About 130 EUR
Tests
Loudspeaker Voice 72dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 73dB
Audio quality Noise -89.8B / Crosstalk -88.6dB

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