BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 vs BlackBerry Q10 Comparison and Differences

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BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900

BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900

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BlackBerry Q10

BlackBerry Q10

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BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 or BlackBerry Q10 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 BlackBerry Q10
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Release date 2011, May 2013, January
Dimensions (HxWxD) 115 x 66 x 10.5 mm | 4.53 x 4.53 x 2.6 in 119.6 x 66.8 x 10.4 mm | 4.71 x 4.71 x 2.63 in
Weight 130 g | 4.59 oz 139 g | 4.9 oz
Body Build Plastic body
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Colors Black, White Black, White
Battery 1230 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 2100 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 307 h (2G) / Up to 307 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 6 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 50 min (3G)
Music play - Up to 50 h
Stand by time - Up to 360 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 10 h (2G) / Up to 13 h 30 min (3G)
Keyboard QWERTY QWERTY
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Screen

Technology TFT Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 2.8" in 3.1" in
Screen area 24.3 cm2 31.0 cm2
Screen format 4:3 (height:width) 1:1 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 32.0% 38.8%
Screen resolution 640 x 480 px 720 x 720 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 286 PPI 328 PPI
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 5 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Camera specs -5 MP -8 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard), AF
Functions LED flash LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 720p 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 0 MP, 2 MP, Single
Specifications 2 MP
Video 720p

Performance

Operating system - OS BlackBerry OS 7.0 BlackBerry OS 10, upgradable to 10.3.1
Chipset - Qualcomm Snapdragon S4
CPU - 1.2 GHz QC 8655 - Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait (LTE version)/ Cortex-A9 (Non-LTE)
GPU Adreno 225 (LTE version)/ PowerVR SGX544 (Non-LTE)
External memory microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 8 GB, 768 MB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Mini-SIM Micro-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions 
CDMA 800 / 1900 - SQN100-2, SQN100-4
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - SQN100-1 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - SQN100-2, SQN100-3, SQN100-4 
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - SQN100-5
-4G - LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 17(700) - SQN100-1, SQN100-5 
LTE band 4(1700/2100), 13(700) - SQN100-2 
LTE band 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - SQN100-3 
LTE band 25(1900) - SQN100-4
Speed HSPA 14.4/5.76 Mbps EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps, HSPA, LTE (market dependent)
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual band, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, BlackBerry Maps Yes, with A-GPS
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 2.1, A2DP, EDR 4.0, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.19 W/kg (head)     1.03 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.76 W/kg (head)     0.90 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 1.16 W/kg (head)     0.75 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 1.41 W/kg (head)     0.78 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No FM radio (after SW upgrade)
Headphone jack Yes Yes

Other features

Sensors - Proximity, compass - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Other extras
- HDMI port
Versions
- Also known as BlackBerry Dakota, BlackBerry Magnum

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