BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 vs HTC Desire U

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

  Desire U: 16 g lighter

  Bold Touch 9900:

  130 g

  Desire U:

  114 g

• Width

  Desire U: 3.7 mm narrower

  Bold Touch 9900:

  66 mm

  Desire U:

  62.3 mm

• Screen diagonal

  Bold Touch 9900: 1.2 in smaller diagonal

  Bold Touch 9900:

  2.8 in

  Desire U:

  4 in

• Depth

  Desire U: 1.2 mm thinner

  Bold Touch 9900:

  10.5 mm

  Desire U:

  9.3 mm

• Height

  Bold Touch 9900: 3.5 mm shorter

  Bold Touch 9900:

  115 mm

  Desire U:

  118.5 mm

• Release year

  Bold Touch 9900:

  2011

  Desire U:

  2013

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 Touch 9900

   Height:

   115 mm

   Width:

   66 mm +3.7 mm versus Desire U

   Depth:

   10.5 mm +1.2 mm versus Desire U

2. 2. Desire U

   Height:

   118.5 mm +3.5 mm versus Bold Touch 9900

   Width:

   62.3 mm

   Depth:

   9.3 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 Touch 9900

   Screen diagonal:

   2.8 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   4:3

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   24.3 cm²

2. 2. Desire U

   Screen diagonal:

   4 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   5:3

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   45.5 cm²

Desire U has approximately 87.6% more rectangular screen area than Bold Touch 9900.

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.

Open a section for more detail. On narrow screens, swipe sideways or use Left/Right arrow keys while the table is focused. Unknown means missing data, not No. Recorded zero values are shown as recorded.