The BlackBerry Torch is the best touchscreen BlackBerry yet, but the Bold 9780 has a stone-cold classic which makes it even better.
Both phones have plastic bodies, but thanks to RIM’s usual high build quality standards the keyboard design is almost alike. The Torch’s QWERTY buttons are a bit smaller, to fit in the slide-out housing, but the experience of tapping away on it is almost identical to the Bold 9780, and the Bold 9700 before it.
Each has a 5-megapixel camera and LED flash, powerful enough for casual photography and shots intended for the web and social networking, but not quite good enough to produce enlargements unless your shot has faultless lighting conditions.
Both the phones use 512MB of RAM, which is the memory that will decide phone performance. It’s easy to think that because there are more inches on show in the Torch, it’s the clear screen winner, but things aren’t that simple.
The Torch uses a 3.2-inch 480×360 pixel display, and while the Bold 9780 uses a much-smaller 2.44-inch screen, it keeps the same resolution. This means that the Bold 9780’s screen is brighter and much sharper. The BlackBerry Torch was the first device to show off BlackBerry OS 6, the well-to-do and most social network-aware RIM OS yet. It’s simpler and quicker than Android or Windows Phone 7, because it’s just so simple, but with new integration of a deep, multi-source search function and proper integration of social networks, it has correct smartphone chops too.
The bonus the Torch offers is touchscreen navigation and capacitive touch layer on its 3.2-inch display. It has a high-spec 3G internet and Wi-Fi if it wants to avoid getting laughed out of the phone arena these days. Both the Bold 9780 and Torch has two, natch, but there’s more under the bonnet too.
If your carrier can support the feature, UMA is present in both. This lets you use a Wi-Fi network to boost your phone’s 3G and standard signal. A media has a streaming standard, but all the basics.Blackberry’s is a micro USB slot, but for transferring of media files without a cable, you can also just pull out the microSD card.
A-GPS features in both phones too, letting you turn them into mini GPS navigation devices with the right app. Music support is superb too, with FLAC and Ogg Vorbis support common formats like MP3 and WMA.
The BlackBerry Torch is a versatile, even without any extra pixels on-show. 3.2 inches but you’re pushing it with the 2.44-inch display of the Bold 9780. Blackberry doesn’t have the bulky apps and widgets of some smartphone rivals, but they manage to avoid the one-a-day charge problem we associate with Androids.
Overall
The Torch has a few exclusive twists, such as more memory and a larger screen. We love the touchscreen navigation of the Torch, but that easy candybar design makes the Bold a great choice for QWERTY fans.
News Source: www.fonehome.co.uk
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