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Blackberry Bold 9700 vs Samsung Galaxy S I9000

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Rs. 10,999
(Discontinued)

 

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Rs. 31,500
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Summary
Performance

256 MB RAM

Samsung Exynos 3 3110

512 MB RAM

Display

2.4" (6.1 cm)

480x360 px, 250 PPI

4" (10.16 cm)

480x800 px, 233 PPI

Rear Camera

3.2 MP

Single Camera

5 MP

Single Camera

Battery

1500 mAh

6 talktime (3G)

1500 mAh

6.5 talktime (3G)

Storage

256 MB

16 GB (Expandable)

16 GB

32 GB (Expandable)

Front Camera

N/A

N/A

Expert Rating
User Ratings

★★★★★
★★★★★

3.5/5 based on 316 ratings

★★★★★
★★★★★

4.6/5 based on 120 ratings

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Blackberry Bold 9700 is permanently discontinued.
Samsung Galaxy S I9000 is permanently discontinued.
General
Operating System

Android v2.1

Performance
Chipset

Samsung Exynos 3 3110

CPU

1 GHz

Graphics

PowerVR SGX 540

RAM

256 MB

512 MB

Display
Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

27.29 %

57.9 %

Design
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Dimensions

Height: 109 mm
Width: 60 mm
Thickness: 14.10 mm

Height: 122.4 mm
Width: 64.2 mm
Thickness: 9.90 mm

Weight

122 grams

118 grams

Colours

Black and Grey

Camera
Main Camera
Camera Setup

Single

Single

Resolution

3.2 MP Primary Camera

5 MP, Primary Camera

Autofocus

Flash

, LED Flash

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Digital image stabilization

Digital Zoom
Smile detection

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 30

Front Camera
Battery
Capacity

1500 mAh

1500 mAh

Type

Li-ion

Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 6(3G)

Up to 6.5(3G) / Up to 13.5(2G)

Standby time

Up to 408(3G) / Up to 21(2G)

Up to 576(3G) / Up to 750(2G)

Storage
Internal Memory

256 MB

16 GB

Expandable Memory

, Up to 16 GB

, Up to 32 GB

Network & Connectivity
SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM, GSM

Single SIM, GSM

Network Support

5G Not Supported in India, 3G, 2G

5G Not Supported in India, 3G, 2G

SIM 1

GPRS:
Class 10, 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE:
Class 10, 236.8 kbps

3G Speed:
HSPA
GPRS:
Class 12, 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE:
Class 12

Wi-Fi

, Wi-Fi 3 (802.11 b/g)

, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)

Bluetooth

, v2.1

, v3

GPS

with A-GPS

Multimedia
FM Radio

, RDS

Video Player

, Video Formats: DivX 4, 5, 6, XviD, H.263, H.264, WMV3, MPEG4

Music

, Music Formats: , Audio format support: .3gp, MP3, WMA9 (.wma/.asf), WMA9 Pro / WMA 10, MIDI, AMR-NB, Professional AAC/AAC+/eAAC+

Sensors
Other Sensors

Accelerometer

Java

, MIDP 2.0

Browser

Phone Book

Practically Unlimited

Email

, Wireless E-mail

Other Facilities

Trackpad navigation, Bright, hi-resolution screen, Full QWERTY keyboard, 3G technology, Organizer, Intuitive icons and menus, Data Input & Navigation, Voice Input & Output, Password protection, Screen lock, Sleep mode, Includes BlackBerry® Maps, Integrated GPS with A-GPS

Applications

Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration