BlackBerry Bold 9650 vs ZTE Blade III

Key differences

Calculated from recorded specifications using minimum difference thresholds. These are differences, not an overall ranking. For three phones, numeric highlights compare the two extremes.

• Weight

  Blade III: 6 g lighter

  Bold 9650:

  136 g

  Blade III:

  130 g

• Width

  Bold 9650: 1.5 mm narrower

  Bold 9650:

  62 mm

  Blade III:

  63.5 mm

• Screen diagonal

  Bold 9650: 1.56 in smaller diagonal

  Bold 9650:

  2.44 in

  Blade III:

  4 in

• Depth

  Blade III: 4 mm thinner

  Bold 9650:

  14 mm

  Blade III:

  10 mm

• Height

  Bold 9650: 11 mm shorter

  Bold 9650:

  112 mm

  Blade III:

  123 mm

• Release year

  Bold 9650:

  2010

  Blade III:

  2012

Relative size, not calibrated actual size. Front and side outlines share one scale and a bottom baseline. Generic outlines use recorded body dimensions, excluding camera bumps.

1. 1. Bold 9650

   Height:

   112 mm

   Width:

   62 mm

   Depth:

   14 mm +4 mm versus Blade III

2. 2. Blade III

   Height:

   123 mm +11 mm versus Bold 9650

   Width:

   63.5 mm +1.5 mm versus Bold 9650

   Depth:

   10 mm

Screen size

Approximate rectangular screens calculated from recorded diagonal and aspect ratio at one relative scale. Rounded corners and cutouts are not subtracted. These are not phone outlines or calibrated actual sizes.

1. 1. Bold 9650

   Screen diagonal:

   2.44 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   4:3

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   18.4 cm²

2. 2. Blade III

   Screen diagonal:

   4 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   5:3

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   45.5 cm²

Blade III has approximately 147% more rectangular screen area than Bold 9650.

Memory variants

Each row compares the same storage capacity. Cells show recorded RAM alternatives, not combined maxima. Not recorded does not mean unavailable in every market.

No unambiguous storage/RAM pairings are recorded. See the original specifications below.

Practical features

Explicit Yes and No values are shown directly. Qualified or regional records retain their details. Unknown means the record is missing.

Battery capacity

Capacity is not battery life. No endurance test is implied.

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