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| 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 | 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 general score of 52.4, which is just a bit better than the Nokia Lumia 510's 48.2 overall score. The BlackBerry Bold 9930 counts with BlackBerry 7.1 OS, and Nokia Lumia 510 works with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango OS. The BlackBerry Bold 9930 body is just a little bit thinner than Nokia Lumia 510, but it's just a little heavier and was released just 18 months before.
The BlackBerry Bold 9930 features a bit superior CPU than Lumia 510, and although they both have 1 CPU cores, the BlackBerry Bold 9930 also has 512 MB more RAM and a much better graphics co-processor. BlackBerry Bold 9930 features a brighter display than Lumia 510, because although it has a much smaller display and a little bit worse resolution of 480 x 640, it also counts with a just a bit more pixels per screen inch.
The BlackBerry Bold 9930 counts with a way bigger storage for games and applications than Lumia 510, because it has a slot for an external memory card that admits up to 32 GB and 8 GB internal storage. Nokia Lumia 510 features a way better camera than BlackBerry Bold 9930. Both of them have the same (VGA) video definition, a 5 MP resolution camera and the same video frame rates.
The Lumia 510 counts with a little longer battery duration than BlackBerry Bold 9930, because it has a 6% greater battery size.
BlackBerry Bold 9930 not only is the best devices in our current comparison, but it's also cheap compared to the Nokia Lumia 510, which makes this phone a very good choice.
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