Blackberry 8820 vs Nokia 9500
The mobiles, Blackberry 8820 and Nokia 9500 are evaluated of their basic type and broad characteristic. You can buy Blackberry 8820 at around Rs. 30,000 ($714) and Nokia 9500 comes at around Rs. 24500 ($583)
- Mobile Type
Blackberry 8820 is a Bar type mobile which is a basic modern phone type and has QWERTY as input type. Nokia 9500 also has a Bar type phone and has QWERTY & Keypad as input parameter.
- Display Properties
Blackberry 8820 has a display resolution of 320 x 240 and 65K colours. While Nokia 9500 has a display resolution of 640 x 200 and contains 65K colours. Many of the Nokia phones are 65K colour makes.
- Battery Talk Time / Standby Time
Blackberry 8820 is supported by Lithium Ion batteries and has a talk time of 300 minutes against a 528 hours of standby time. On the other hand, Nokia 9500’s talk time is 360 minutes and a standby time of 300 hours. Nokia 9500 is installed with Lithium Ion battery.
- Memory / Expandable Memory
Nokia 9500 has a Inbuilt memory of 80 MB and expandable memory is supported. Where else, Blackberry 8820 has a Inbuilt memory of 64 MB and memory expansion is supported.
- Camera / Flash
Blackberry 8820 has no camera, On the other side Nokia 9500 supports 1.3 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 8820 | 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 8820 support FM Radio. Both the models support Music player and multiple format play.
- Mobile Dimensions / Weight
Blackberry 8820 - 66×14x114 (WxDxL) - 134 grams
Nokia 9500 - 57×25x148 (WxDxL) - 230 grams.
PS: Mobile rates are subject to change with different markets. Currency rates are taken at $1= Rs. 42
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