The BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 is the most advanced BlackBerry handset to be announced. But how does the handset stack up against the current Android king? The Samsung Galaxy S 2 has pushed the boundaries of mobile technology and you have to wonder if BlackBerry will be able to compete? We take a closer look at both handsets to see how they compare, my moneys on the Galaxy S 2 though!
Size & Design
The Galaxy Samsung S2 is a slim and lightweight phone when compared to its predecessor. It comes in a relatively small package measuring just 125.3 x 66.1 x 8.5 mm and weighing 116 grams. On the other hand though, the BlackBerry Bold 9900 is much thicker sitting at 115 x 66 x 10.5 mm which also means it weighs more - 132 grams.
The BlackBerry Bold Touch has kept with traditional BlackBerry handset styling which is rather unattractive when compared with the design of the Galaxy S2 and other modern smartphones. The general design and corners of the 9900 makes the phone look and feel a bit cheap. The Galaxy S2 has a well designed and compact shape giving it a much more attractive design.
Samsung S2 Vs BlackBerry Bold 9900
The Samsung Galaxy S2 features a capacitive super AMOLED touch screen which is bright and vivid. The screen can display up to a 480 x 800 pixels. The screen is also quite large; measuring 4.3 inches across and also comes with an accelerometer, multi-touch input, TouchWiz UI 4.0 and gyro sensors. The whole screen is covered with Gorilla glass coating which is a toughened material designed to enhance the protection of the screen and prevent damage from daily knocks and bumps.
The BlackBerry Bold 9900 on the other hand is much more fragile with its small screen size in comparison measuring just 2.3 inches. It makes use of a capacitive touch screen technology called 'graphical liquid' which provides a 640 x 480 pixel resolution. Other features include the optical track pad, full hardware keyboard and an accelerometer.
The sheer size and quality of the Galaxy S 2 display puts any mobile phone to shame, but when compared against the display on the BlackBerry Bold Touch you have to wonder what BlackBerry were thinking!
Storage Features
The Samsung Galaxy S2 includes 16GB of memory which is more than enough for all of your pictures, music and movies. However if 16GB isn't enough you can expand on this with up to an additional 32GB via a MicroSD memory card.
The BlackBerry Bold 9900 only provides 8 GB of internal memory. However it can also support a MicroSD card of up to 32 GB. Although the Galaxy S 2 has more storage, I personally do not see why you would need more than 8GB on your phone.
Technically the Samsung Galaxy S 2 is the better phone, but if your like me and struggle to write messages using a touchscreen keyboard then handsets like the BlackBerry with a full QWERTY keyboard are ideal.
