DeepAurelia

Recently I acquired a BlackBerry Bold 9700. A lot of people have asked for a comparison with iPhone 4 so here it is.

iPhone 4

Pros:

• Chinese and Thai input methods out-of-the-box.
• Built for entertainment (music, photos, videos).
• Best touch screen
• Good UI
• Better camera for photos and videos (5MP)
• Front-facing and rear-facing cameras
• App store: more software
• Maximum capacity: 32GB

Cons:

• Non-removable battery
• Battery drains quickly due to apps (running in the background)
• Non-expandable memory
• Fragile hardware (case is made out of glass, breaks easily if dropped)
• No physical keypads
• Uses micro-sim (makes it difficult if you want to use a different handset interchangeably)

BlackBerry Bold 9700

Pros:

• Built for email
• Uses secure PIN network
• Removable battery
• Expandable memory (microSD)
• Solid hardware (case is strong, does not break easily if dropped)
• Physical keypads: arguably better than touchscreen

Cons:

• Have to install language packs via computer in order to read and type different languages
• BlackBerry Internet Service: extremely painful to setup email accounts
• User-interface is not so intuitive
• Camera is only 3.2MP
• No front-facing camera
• Smaller screen results in excessive scrolling for long emails
• Maximum capacity: 16GB (microSD)