BlackBerry 9900 Bold vs BlackBerry 8530 Curve
| Type | Bar (classic) | Bar (classic) |
| Dimensions | 115.00 x 66.00 x 10.50 mm | 109.00 x 60.00 x 13.90 mm |
| Weight | 130.00 g | 106.00 g |
| Display size | 2.80" | 2.46" |
| Display | Color / TFT 16M colors 640 x 480 px (2.80") 286 ppi | Color / TFT 64k colors 320 x 240 px (2.46") 163 ppi |
| Display protection |   | |
| Additional display | | |
| Protection of the secondary display | | |
| Talk time (max.) | 2G: 380 min. (6.3 h) | 2G: 270 min. (4.5 h) |
| Stand-by (max.) | 2G: 307 h. (12.8 days) | 2G: 252 h. (10.5 days) |
| Playback time (max.) | Audio: 50 h (2.1 days) Video: 7,4 h (0.3 days) | nd |
| Standard battery | Li-Ion 1230 mAhBuy powerbank
| Li-Ion 1150 mAhBuy powerbank
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| Quick battery charging | | |
| Wireless battery charging | | |
| Internal memory | 8 GB |  |
| RAM memory | 768 MB | |
| Memory cards |  microSD, microSDHC up to 32 GBBuy memory card | microSD up to 32 GBBuy memory card |
| Operating system | BlackBerry OS 7.0 | Blackberry OS 5.0 |
| Processor | Qualcomm MSM8655 | - |
| Processor clock | 1200 MHz | 528 MHz |
| GPU | Adreno 205 | - |
| Touchscreen | | |
| SAR (10g) | | 1,24 W/kg |
| DualSIM | | |
| Announced | 3Q 2011 | 4Q 2009 |
| Other names | Dakota | - |
| GSM frequencies | 850 900 1800 1900 | |
| UMTS | 900 1700 2100 | |
| LTE standard | | |
| CDMA | | 850 1900 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO |
| Standard TD-SCDMA | | |
| UMA | | |
CAMERAS - BACK
| First camera | | |
| Photo matrix | 5 Mpx | 2 Mpx |
| Resolution | 2592x1944 px | 1600x1200 px |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Digital zoom | 4x | 5x |
| Flash | LED | |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | |
| Video resolution | 1280x720 px | 320x240 px |
| Video formats | H.264 - 30 fps | |
| Additional | EIS | - |
CAMERAS - FRONT
SENSORS
| Accelerometer | | |
| Proximity | | |
| Light | | |
| Magnetometer | | |
| Gyroscope | | |
| Barometer | | |
| Altimeter | | |
| Gravity | | |
| Hall-effect | | |
| Iris scanner | | |
| Fingerprint scanner | | |
| Thermometer | | |
| Hygrometer | | |
Data transfer
| xHTML | | |
| WAP | | |
| HSCSD | | |
| HSDPA | 14.40 Mbit/s | |
| HSUPA | 5.76 Mbit/s | |
| HSPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| LTE DL | | |
| LTE UP | | |
| WIMAX+ | | |
| GPRS | | |
| EDGE | | |
| Bluetooth | v2.1 EDR | v2.1 |
| A2DP Profile | | |
| HDMI | | |
| WiFi | v802.11 a/b/g/n | v802.11 b/g |
| WiFi frequencies | 2,4 GHz; 5 GHz | 2,4 GHz |
| WiFi Direct | | |
| WiFi Display | | |
| DLNA | | |
| Miracast | | |
| WiFi hotspot | | |
| IrDA | | |
| USB | v2.0 | |
| GPS | | |
| A-GPS | | |
| Beidou | | |
| NFC | | |
COMMUNICATION AND MESSAGING
| Call waiting | | |
| Conferency | | |
| Call forwarding | | |
| Push To Talk | | |
| Instant Messenger | | |
| SMS | | |
| EMS | | |
| MMS | | |
| Dictionary | OTHER | OTHER |
| Swype | | |
| e-mail client | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP | |
| Hardware QWERTY keyboard | | |
| RSS Reader | | |
Multimedia
| Radio | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Stereo speakers | | |
| Audio Jack | 3.5 mm | 3.5 mm |
| HD Voice | | |
| Sound formats | AAC, AAC+, AMR, FLAC, OGG, eAAC+ | AAC, AAC+, AMR, QCELP, WMA, eAAC+ |
| Polyphony | 128 voices | 32 voices |
| Video ringtone | | |
| Ring composer | | |
| Games | | |
| Java | MIDP 2.1 | |
| Videophone | | |
| DVB-H television | | |
| TV-Out | | |
PIM AND ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
| Watch | | |
| Stopwatch | | |
| Alarm | | |
| Calculator | | |
| Currency converter | | |
| Organizer | | |
| Calendar | | |
| Flight mode | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Data and fax | | |
| Screensaver | | |
| Themes | | |
| Interchangeable covers | | |
| Voice dial | | |
| Speakerphone | | |
| Recorder | | |
| Vibrations | | |