Blackberry 8800 vs Nokia 9500
The phones, Blackberry 8800 and Nokia 9500 are differentiated on the basis of their basic mode and characteristic. You can buy Blackberry 8800 at around Rs. 30,000 ($714) and Nokia 9500 comes at around Rs. 24500 ($583)
- Mobile Type
Blackberry 8800 is a Bar type phone allowing ease of use and has QWERTY as input type, this is in contrast to, Nokia 9500 which is a Bar type mobile phone and has QWERTY & Keypad as input parameter.
- Display Properties
Blackberry 8800 has a display resolution of 320 x 240 and 65K colours. Alternatively Nokia 9500 has a display resolution of 640 x 200 and contains 65K colours. Many mainstream Nokia phones are 65K 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. This is in contrast to, Nokia 9500′s talk time is 360 minutes and a standby time of 300 hours. Nokia 9500 runs on Lithium Ion battery.
- Memory / Expandable Memory
Nokia 9500 has a Inbuilt memory of 80 MB and expandable memory is supported. Whereas, Blackberry 8800 has a Inbuilt memory of 64 MB and memory expansion is supported.
- Camera / Flash
Blackberry 8800 has no camera, While Nokia 9500 supports 1.3 MP camera and has no flash for excellent 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 | 9500 |
| WiFi | No | Yes |
| Bluetooth | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared | No | Yes |
| 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 9500 does not support FM Radio, Blackberry 8800 also 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 9500 – 57x25x148 (WxDxL) – 230 grams.
PS: Mobile rates are subject to change with different markets. Currency rates are taken at $1= Rs. 42