Blackberry 8800 vs Nokia E61i
The mobile phones, Blackberry 8800 and Nokia E61i are matched of their type and characteristic. You can buy Blackberry 8800 at around Rs. 30,000 ($714) and Nokia E61i comes at around Rs. 18500 ($440)
- Mobile Type
Blackberry 8800 and Nokia E61i are both Bar type with QWERTY as input type. The conventional design makes the cell phone easy to use.
- Display Properties
Blackberry 8800 has a display resolution of 320 x 240 and 65K colours. While Nokia E61i has a display resolution of 320 x 240 and contains 16M colours. Many mainstream Nokia phones are 16M coloured.
- 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. Compared to, Nokia E61i’s talk time is 540 minutes and a standby time of 408 hours. Nokia E61i runs on Lithium Ion battery.
- Memory / Expandable Memory
Nokia E61i has a Inbuilt memory of 60 MB and expandable memory is supported. While, Blackberry 8800 has a Inbuilt memory of 64 MB and memory expansion is supported.
- Camera / Flash
Blackberry 8800 has no camera, Compared to Nokia E61i which supports 2 MP camera and has no flash for fine snaps. 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 | E61i |
| 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 E61i does not support FM Radio, Blackberry 8800 does not support FM Radio. Both the models support Music player and multiple format play.
- Mobile Dimensions / Weight
BB 8800 - 66×14x114 (WxDxL) - 134 grams
Nokia E61i - 70×14x116 (WxDxL) - 150 grams.
PS: Mobile rates are subject to change with different markets. Currency rates are taken at $1= Rs. 42
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