Blackberry Bold 9790 vs Samsung Galaxy S Advance

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Comparing the Blackberry Bold 9790 vs Samsung Galaxy S Advance across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Both Blackberry Bold 9790 and Samsung Galaxy S Advance run at the same processing speed of 1.0 GHz.


Display: Samsung Galaxy S Advance offers a screen size of 4 inches, while Blackberry Bold 9790 offers 2.45 inches, making Samsung Galaxy S Advance the larger display of the two. Samsung Galaxy S Advance features a Super AMOLED display compared to Blackberry Bold 9790's TFT, making Samsung Galaxy S Advance the better display of the two.


Rear Camera: Both Blackberry Bold 9790 and Samsung Galaxy S Advance feature a 5 MP primary rear camera.


Battery: Samsung Galaxy S Advance offers a higher battery capacity with 1500 mAh, while Blackberry Bold 9790 offers 1230 mAh, making Samsung Galaxy S Advance better for longer battery life.


Storage: Blackberry Bold 9790 offers higher internal storage with 8 GB, while Samsung Galaxy S Advance offers 2 GB, making Blackberry Bold 9790 the better option for storage.


User Rating: Samsung Galaxy S Advance receives a higher user rating of 4, while Blackberry Bold 9790 has a rating of 3.1.

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Blackberry Bold 9790
₹9,200
(Discontinued)
Samsung Galaxy S Advance
₹5,999
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

13 Nov, 2011
N/A

Performance

Marvell Tavor-MG1
ST-Ericsson NovaThor
(upto 1 GHz)
(upto 1 GHz)
768 MB RAM
768 MB RAM

Display

2.45 inches (6.22 cm)
4 inches (10.16 cm)
TFT
Super AMOLED
360x480 px
480x800 px

Rear Camera

5 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Front Camera

N/A
1.3 MP

Battery

1230 mAh
1500 mAh

Storage

8 GB
2 GB

User Ratings

3.1/5
(791 ratings)
4/5
(1,480 ratings)

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Blackberry v7
Android v2.3.6 (Gingerbread)

Custom UI

N/A
TouchWiz UI

Performance

Chipset

Marvell Tavor-MG1 PXA930
ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500

Processor

1 GHz
Dual core, 1 GHz

Graphics (GPU)

PowerVR SGX 543
Mali-400

RAM

768 MB
768 MB

Display

Display Type

TFT
Super AMOLED

Screen Size

2.45 inches  (6.22 cm)
4 inches  (10.16 cm)

Resolution

360x480 px
480x800 px

Pixel Density

245 ppi
233 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

28.18 %
58.62 %

Display Colour

16M
N/A

Design

Height

110 mm
123.2 mm

Width

60 mm
63 mm

Thickness

11.4 mm
9.7 mm

Weight

107 grams
120 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

5 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Autofocus

Yes
Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash
Yes LED Flash

Image Resolution

2592 x 1944 Pixels
2592 x 1944 Pixels

Shooting Modes

N/A
Continuous Shooting

Camera Features

2 x Digital Zoom
Digital image stabilization
Face detection
Digital Zoom
Smile detection

Video Recording

640x480 fps
1280x720 @ 30 fps

Front Camera

Resolution

N/A
1.3 MP
Primary Camera

Camera Features

N/A
Fixed Focus

Battery

Capacity

1230 mAh
1500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 5.33 Hours(3G) / Up to 5.16 Hours(2G)
Up to 7.33(3G) / Up to 15(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

8 GB
2 GB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 32 GB
Yes Up to 32 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM
Single SIM

Network Support

5G Not Supported
5G Not Supported

SAR Value

Head: 1.56 W/kg Body: 0.84 W/kg
N/A

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/b/g/n) Dual antennas
Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/b/g/n)

Wi-Fi Features

N/A
Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v2.1
Yes v3

GPS

Yes with A-GPS
Yes with A-GPS

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm
3.5 mm

Video Player

Yes Video Formats: 3GP AVI MPEG4
N/A

Ring Tone

Music ringtones Polyphonic ringtones Vibration
N/A

Music

Yes Music Formats: AAC AMR FLAC MIDI MP3 OGG WAV
N/A

Special Features

Voice Memo Voice dialing
N/A

Sensors

Other Sensors

Accelerometer
Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

Games

Yes + Downloadable
N/A

Java

No
N/A

Browser

Yes HTML
N/A

Phone Book

Yes Practically Unlimited Entries and Fields Photocall Limited
N/A

SMS

Yes Threaded View
N/A

MMS

Yes
N/A

Email

Yes Push e-mail
N/A

Instant Messaging

Yes
N/A

Other Facilities

Calendar Alarms To-Do / Tasks Document Viewer Calculator
N/A

Applications

Document Viewer
Document Editor (Word Excel PowerPoint PDF)