Research In Motion , announced the rumored BlackBerry Bold 9790 qwerty phone and BlackBerry Curve 9380 touch screen phone. Both of the newly announced phones are powered by BlackBerry OS 7.
BlackBerry Bold 9790, besides a qwerty keyboard packs 2.45” 480 x 360 pixels display, 5 MP with LED flash, 8 GB internal storage and the hood is a Marvel Tavor MG1 1 GHz processor with a 768 MB RAM.
While, BlackBerry Curve 9380 carries a 3.2″ display with HVGA+ resolution, 806 MHz processor, 512 MB RAM and 5512 MB internal storage with microSD card slot.
Both of the devices don’t have a front facing camera for video calling and both of them are capable of only capturing VGA videos. But, both of them carry NFC technology which is a plus point.
Overall these two devices are awesome and their specifications are mentioned below:
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Black Berry Bold 9790 |
BlackBerry Curve 9380 |
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General |
2G Network
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GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
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3G Network
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HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800 |
850 / 1900 / 2100 or HSDPA 800 / 1900 / 2100 |
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HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100 |
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100 |
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Announced |
2011, November |
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Status |
Coming soon |
Coming soon |
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Size |
Dimensions |
110 x 60 x 11.4 mm |
109 x 60 x 11.2 mm |
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Weight |
107 g |
98 g |
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- QWERTY keyboard |
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Display |
Type
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TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
TFT capacitive touchscreen |
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Size
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480 x 360 pixels, 2.45 inches (~245 ppi pixel density) |
360 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches (~188 ppi pixel density) |
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Optical trackpad |
Optical trackpad |
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QWERTY keyboard |
Touch-sensitive control
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Proximity sensor for auto-turn off
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Sound |
Alert types |
Vibration, |
Vibration |
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MP3 ringtones |
Polyphonic(64), MP3 ringtones |
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Loudspeaker |
Yes |
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3.5mm jack |
Yes |
3.5mm jack |
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Memory |
Phonebook
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Practically unlimited entries and fields |
Practically unlimited entries and fields, |
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Photocall |
Photocall |
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Call records |
Yes |
Yes |
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Internal
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8 GB storage |
512 MB internal storage |
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768 MB RAM |
512 MB RAM |
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Card slot |
microSD |
microSD |
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Up to 32GB |
up to 32GB |
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Data |
GPRS |
Yes |
Yes |
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EDGE |
Yes |
Yes |
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3G |
HSDPA |
HSDPA, HSUPA |
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7.2 Mbps |
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HSUPA |
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5.76 Mbps |
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WLAN
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Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, UMA (carrier-dependent) |
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, UMA (carrier-dependent) |
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Bluetooth |
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR |
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR |
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Infrared port |
No |
No |
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USB |
Yes, microUSB v2.0 |
Yes, microUSB v2.0 |
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Camera |
Primary |
5 MP |
5 MP |
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2592×1944 pixels |
2592х1944 pixels |
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autofocus, |
autofocus, |
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LED flash |
LED flash |
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Features |
Geo-tagging |
Geo-tagging |
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Face detection |
Face detection |
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Image stabilization |
Image stabilization |
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Video |
Yes, VGA |
Yes, VGA |
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Secondary |
No |
No |
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OS |
BlackBerry OS 7.0 |
BlackBerry OS 7.0 |
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CPU
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Marvel Tavor MG1 1 GHz processor |
806 MHz processor |
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Messaging |
SMS (threaded view) |
SMS(threaded view) |
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MMS |
MMS |
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Push Email |
Push Email |
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IM |
IM |
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Browser |
HTML |
HTML |
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Radio |
No |
No |
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Games |
Yes + downloadable |
Yes + downloadable |
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Colors |
Black |
Black |
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GPS
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Yes, with A-GPS support |
Yes, with A-GPS support |
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aFeatures |
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Java |
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No |
No |
No |
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NFC support (carrier-dependent) |
NFC support (carrier-dependent) |
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SNS applications |
SNS applications |
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Document viewer |
Document viewer |
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MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player |
MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV/FLAC- player |
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MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player |
MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player |
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Organizer |
Organizer |
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Voice memo/dial |
Voice memo/dial |
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Predictive text input |
Predictive text input |
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Battery |
Standard battery, Li-Ion (JM-1) |
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Standard battery, Li-Ion (JM-1) |
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Stand-by |
Up to 432 h (2G) / Up to 408 h (3G) |
Up to 360 h (2G) / Up to 360 h (3G) |
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Talk time
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Up to 5 h 10 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 20 min (3G) |
Up to 5 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 40 min (3G) |
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Music play |
Up to 33 h |
Up to 30 h |
Price of these two phones is now yet available but BlackBerry do mentioned that they would be coming to the market in the next few weeks.
