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Blackberry Bold 9790 vs Samsung Galaxy S Advance

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Rs. 9,200
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Rs. 5,999
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Summary
Performance

Marvell Tavor-MG1

768 MB RAM

ST-Ericsson NovaThor

768 MB RAM

Display

2.45" (6.22 cm)

360x480 px

4" (10.16 cm)

480x800 px

Rear Camera

5 MP

Single Camera

5 MP

Single Camera

Battery

1230 mAh

5.33 h talktime (3G)

1500 mAh

7.33 talktime (3G)

Storage

8 GB

32 GB (Expandable)

2 GB

32 GB (Expandable)

Front Camera

N/A

1.3 MP

Single Camera

Expert Rating
User Rating

★★★★★
★★★★★

3.1/5 based on 814 ratings

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★★★★★

4/5 based on 1,560 ratings

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Blackberry Bold 9790 is permanently discontinued.
Samsung Galaxy S Advance is permanently discontinued.
General
Operating System

Blackberry v7

Android v2.3.6 (Gingerbread)

Custom UI

TouchWiz UI

Performance
Chipset

Marvell Tavor-MG1 PXA930

ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500

CPU

1 GHz

Dual core, 1 GHz

Graphics

PowerVR SGX 543

Mali-400

RAM

768 MB

768 MB

Display
Display Type

TFT

Super AMOLED

Screen Size

2.45 " (6.22 cm)

4 " (10.16 cm)

Resolution

360x480 px

480x800 px

Pixel Density

245 ppi

233 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

28.18 %

58.62 %

Touch Screen

, Capacitive Touchscreen, Multi-touch

, Capacitive Touchscreen

Display Colour

16M

Design
Size Compare
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Dimensions

Height: 110 mm
Width: 60 mm
Thickness: 11.4 mm

Height: 123.2 mm
Width: 63 mm
Thickness: 9.7 mm

Weight

107 grams

120 grams

Colours

Black

Black

Camera
Main Camera
Camera Setup

Single

Single

Resolution

5 MP Primary Camera

5 MP, Primary Camera

Autofocus

Flash

, LED Flash

, LED Flash

Image Resolution

2592 x 1944 Pixels

2592 x 1944 Pixels

Shooting Modes

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
Camera Setup

Single

Resolution

1.3 MP, Primary Camera

Camera Features

Fixed Focus

Battery
Capacity

1230 mAh

1500 mAh

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)

Standby time

Up to 408 Hours(3G) / Up to 432 Hours(2G)

Up to 550(3G) / Up to 570(2G)

Storage
Internal Memory

8 GB

2 GB

Expandable Memory

, Up to 32 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

3G Bands:
UMTS 1900 / 2100 / 800 / 850 MHz
2G Bands:
GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz
3G Speed:
HSDPA 7.2 Mbit/s ↓, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s ↑
GPRS:
Available
EDGE:
Available

3G Bands:
UMTS 1900 / 2100 / 850 / 900 MHz
2G Bands:
GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz
3G Speed:
HSDPA 14.4 Mbit/s ↓, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s ↑
GPRS:
Class 12, 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE:
Class 12

SAR Value

Head: 1.56 W/kg, Body: 0.84 W/kg

Wi-Fi

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

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

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

, v2.1

, v3

GPS

with A-GPS

with A-GPS

USB Connectivity

microUSB 2.0

microUSB, microUSB 2.0

Multimedia
FM Radio

No

, RDS

Loudspeaker

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

3.5 mm

Video Player

, Video Formats: 3GP, AVI, MPEG4

Ring Tone

Music ringtones, Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration

Music

, Music Formats: AAC, AMR, FLAC, MIDI, MP3, OGG, WAV

Special Features

Voice Memo, Voice dialing

Sensors
Other Sensors

Accelerometer

Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope

Games

, + Downloadable

Java

No

Browser

, HTML

Phone Book

, Limited

SMS

, Threaded View

MMS

Email

, Push e-mail

Instant Messaging

Other Facilities

Calculator, World clock, Calendar, Alarm, Document viewer

Applications

Document Viewer

Document Editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)