BlackBerry Dakota vs BlackBerry Bold 9780 | Bold 9900 vs Bold 9780 Speed , Peformance and Features
Another BlackBerry to be launched from RIM. It is known as BlackBerry Dakota. The phone is going to be bit slim compared to other BlackBerry devices. It is going to be 10.5 mm thin candybar design with 2.8″ touchscreen/non-sliding QWERTY keyboard combination. Dakota will have 2.8-inch VGA capacitive touch screen with 5MP camera, 4GB internal storage, 768MB RAM and going to be powered by the very new BlackBerry OS 6.1, which is upgraded from OS 6. The additional features are the mobile hotspot, NFC and Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n on 2.4 and 5GHz. Some refer this as BlackBerry Magnum as well.
The BlackBerry Bold 9780 is the last edition in the Bold series devices, with the same candybar design and comes with 2.4″ TFT LCD screen, 5 MP camera, 2GB media card and 512 MB internal memory. Not much deviation from BlackBerry’s classic design. But the screen has a higher PPI compared to previous Bold, which gives crisper display of text and graphics.
With BlackBerry OS 6.1 we can expect full multitasking and like OS6.0 it to offer full HTML5 and Adobe Flash 10.1 support.
Comparison of BlackBerry Dakota and BlackBerry Bold 9780
| Spec | BalckBerry Dakota | BlackBerry Bold 9780 |
| Display | 2.8″ VGA capacitive touch screen | 2.4″ TFT LCD screen, 16 bit colour |
| Resolution | 640×480 pixels | 480 x360 pixels |
| Dimension | TBU | 4.29”X2.36”X0.56” |
| Design | Non sliding full QWERTY keyboard, candy bar | Full QWERTY keyboard with optical trackpad, candy bar |
| Weight | TBU | 4.3 oz |
| Operating System | BlackBerry OS 6.1 | BlackBerry OS 6.0 |
| Browser | full HTML5 (expected) | HTML |
| Processor | TBU | 624 MHz |
| Storage Internal | 4GB | 2GB media card included |
| External | microSD card for Expansion | microSD card for Expansion |
| RAM | 768MB | 512 MB |
| Camera | 5MP with HD video recording, flash and image stabilization | 5 MP, 2x digital zoom, autofocus, video recording @ 176x144pixels(QCIF), 352x480pixels |
| Adobe Flash | 10.1(anticipated) | |
| GPS | TBU | A-GPS support with BB map |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11b/g/n, 2.4 and 5GHz | 802.11b/g |
| Mobile hotspot | Yes | No |
| BluetoothTethered Modem | YesYes | 2.1Yes |
| Multitasking | Yes | Yes |
| Battery | TBU | 1500mAh removable Li-ion
Talktime: 6 hrs |
| Network support | UMTS: tri-band | HSDPA: tri-bandUMTS: tri-band
GSM/GPRS/EDGE: quad-band |
| Additional features | NFC, Magnetometer, Accelerometer, Proximity sensor | 10 email accountsIntegrated Bloomberg, WebEx, Evernote |
TBU – To be updated
RIM has not officially released any information about this phone, the specification is from leaked information, from reliable source.