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Nokia Lumia 510
GlobalBlackBerry Bold 9930
9930| Global Score | |
| 48.2 | 52.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Nokia | Blackberry |
| Windows Phone 7.5 Mango | BlackBerry 7.1, 7 |
| 2012-10-23 | 2011-05-02 |
| 4.75 x 2.56 x 0.45 inches | 4.53 x 2.60 x 0.41 inches |
| 4.55 ounces | 4.59 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Red, White and Yellow | -- |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 139.00 | $ 129.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 2.8 inches |
| 480 x 800 pixels | 640 x 480 pixels (VGA) |
| LCD | TFT |
| 233 pixels per inch | 286 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.2 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A chipset | -- |
| ARM Cortex-A5 (Single-Core 800 MHz) processor | QC 8655 (Single-Core 1200 MHz) processor |
| 256 MB RAM | 768 MB RAM |
| Adreno 200 (enhanced) (200 MHz) GPU | ARM Mali-400 MP1 (320 MHz) GPU |
| 7.2 | 7.83 |
| Storage | |
| 4 GB internal memory | 8 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slot |
| 2.5 | 4.62 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP | 5.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | -- |
| 28.00mm focal length | -- |
| 640 x 480 (30 fps) (VGA) video resolution | 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution |
| 6.93 | 5.5 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EDGE, GSM and CDMA |
| Micro SIM | SIM |
| 3.4 | 4.3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1300mAh Li-Ion Battery | 1230mAh Li-Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 739 hours standby time 6.2 hours talk time | 307 hours standby time 6.6 hours talk time |
| 3.04 | 2.88 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 2.1, EDR | Bluetooth 2.1, EDR |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Accelerometer, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The BlackBerry Bold 9930 has a global score of 52.4, which is a little bit better than the Lumia 510's overall score of 48.2. Even though BlackBerry Bold 9930 is older and just a bit heavier than the Lumia 510, it's construction is still just a little thinner. The BlackBerry Bold 9930 has BlackBerry 7.1 OS, and Lumia 510 counts with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango OS.
BlackBerry Bold 9930 has a sharper screen than Nokia Lumia 510, because although it has a bit worse resolution of 480 x 640px and a much smaller screen, it also counts with a little bit more pixels per display inch. The BlackBerry Bold 9930 counts with just a bit better processing power than Nokia Lumia 510, and although they both have the same number of cores, the BlackBerry Bold 9930 also has a faster GPU working at 320 megahertz and more RAM.
The BlackBerry Bold 9930 features a lot bigger memory to store more apps and games than Lumia 510, because it has a SD memory card expansion slot that supports a maximum of 32 GB and 4 GB more internal storage capacity. The Nokia Lumia 510 has a bit superior battery lifetime than BlackBerry Bold 9930, because it has 1300mAh of battery capacity against 1230mAh.
The Nokia Lumia 510 features a lot better camera than BlackBerry Bold 9930. Both have the same video frame rate, a 5 megapixels back camera and the same video quality.
The BlackBerry Bold 9930 not only is the best devices between the ones we are comparing here, but it's also cheap compared to the other phone.
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