Blackberry 8800 vs Nokia 8800
The phones, Blackberry 8800 and Nokia 8800 are evaluated of their basic styling and wide features. You can buy Blackberry 8800 at around Rs. 30,000 ($714) and Nokia 8800 comes at around Rs. 43500 ($1036)
- Mobile Type
Blackberry 8800 is a Bar type mobile phone a user friendly design and has QWERTY as input type. Compared to, Nokia 8800 which is a Slider type mobile and has Keypad as input parameter.
- Display Properties
Blackberry 8800 has a display resolution of 320 x 240 and 65K colours. On the other side Nokia 8800 has a display resolution of 208 x 208 and contains 256K colours. A lot of Nokia phones are 256K colour enabled.
- Battery Talk Time / Standby Time
Blackberry 8800 is supported by Lithium Ion batteries and has a talk time of 300 minutes against a 528 hours of standby time. On the other side, Nokia 8800′s talk time is 165 minutes and a standby time of 240 hours. Nokia 8800 works on Lithium Ion battery.
- Memory / Expandable Memory
Nokia 8800 has a Inbuilt memory of 128 MB and expandable memory is not available. Compared to, Blackberry 8800 has a Inbuilt memory of 64 MB and memory expansion is supported.
- Camera / Flash
Blackberry 8800 has no camera, Whereas Nokia 8800 supports 2 MP camera and has no flash for fine pictures. A minimum of 3.2 MP camera with flash is required to have a clear pirntable picture, digital zooms are not that effective.
- Connectivity / Network Details
| Feature | BB 8800 | 8800 |
| WiFi | No | No |
| Bluetooth | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared | No | No |
| EDGE | Yes | Yes |
| USB | Yes | Yes |
| GPRS | Yes | Yes |
| WAP | Yes | Yes |
| Yes | Yes | |
| Dual Band | Yes | Yes |
| Tri Band | Yes | Yes |
- Music / FM Radio Details
Nokia 8800 supports FM Radio, Blackberry 8800 does not support FM Radio. Both the models support Music player and multiple format play.
- Mobile Dimensions / Weight
BB 8800 – 66x14x114 (WxDxL) – 134 grams
Nokia 8800 – 45x16x107 (WxDxL) – 134 grams.
PS: Mobile rates are subject to change with different markets. Currency rates are taken at $1= Rs. 42