BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 vs Icemobile Apollo

Compare recorded specifications, size and practical differences.

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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.

  • Screen diagonal

    Apollo: 0.2 in smaller diagonal

    Bold Touch 9900:
    2.8 in
    Apollo:
    2.6 in
  • Release year

    Bold Touch 9900:
    2011
    Apollo:
    2012

Physical size

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
    Depth:
    10.5 mm
    Weight:
    130 g
  2. 2. Apollo

    Height:
    Unknown
    Width:
    Unknown
    Depth:
    Unknown
    Weight:
    Unknown

    Unavailable dimensions are omitted from the drawing.

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. Apollo

    Screen diagonal:
    2.6 in
    Aspect ratio (height:width):
    3:2
    Approximate rectangular screen area:
    20.1 cm²

Bold Touch 9900 has approximately 20.6% more rectangular screen area than Apollo.

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.

Bold Touch 9900: Original memory entry

8 GB · 768 MB RAM

Practical features

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

1. Bold Touch 9900

NFC:
Yes
Headphone jack:
Yes
Memory card support:
See details microSD · up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)

2. Apollo

NFC:
Unknown
Headphone jack:
Yes
Memory card support:
See details microSD · up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)

Battery capacity

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

Recorded battery capacity

Bars start at zero and share a scale within this chart.

  1. 1. Bold Touch 9900

    1230 mAh

    +30 mAh versus Apollo

  2. 2. Apollo

    1200 mAh

Specifications

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1. Bold Touch 99002. Apollo

Everyday essentials
Everyday essentials — specifications for Bold Touch 9900, Apollo.
SpecificationBold Touch 9900Apollo
Dimensions (HxWxD)
  • 115 Х 66 Х 10.5 mm
  • Х Х mm
Weight
  • 130 g
  • 0 g
Technology
  • TFT
  • TFT
Screen size
  • 2.8" inch
  • 2.6" inch
Screen resolution
  • 640 x 480 px
  • 480 x 320 px
Internal memory Recorded storage / RAM variants. Entries are alternatives, not a combined maximum. Ambiguous formats stay as recorded.
  • 8 GB
  • 768 MB RAM
Unknown
Memory card support
  • microSD
  • up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
  • microSD
  • up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Battery Capacity is not battery life. No endurance test is implied.
  • 1230 mAh
  • Removable Li-Ion
  • 1200 mAh
  • Removable Li-Ion
Operating system OS
  • BlackBerry OS 7.0
  • Android 2.3.6 (Gingerbread)
Chipset Unknown
  • Mediatek MT6515
NFC
  • Yes
Unknown
Headphone jack
  • Yes
  • Yes
Display
Display — specifications for Bold Touch 9900, Apollo.
SpecificationBold Touch 9900Apollo
Touchscreen
  • capacitive touchscreen
  • capacitive touchscreen
Display colors
  • 16M
Unknown
Screen area
  • 24.3 cm2
  • 20.1 cm2
Screen format
  • 4:3 (height:width)
  • 3:2 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio
  • 32.0%
Unknown
PPI /points per inch/
  • 286 PPI
  • 222 PPI
Camera and Video
Camera and Video — specifications for Bold Touch 9900, Apollo.
SpecificationBold Touch 9900Apollo
Rear camera, main
  • 5 MP
  • Single
  • 2 MP
  • Single
Camera specs
  • 5 MP
  • 2 MP
Functions
  • LED flash
Unknown
Video
  • 720p
  • Yes
Front camera, selfie
  • 0 MP,
  • 0.3 MP
  • Single
Specifications Unknown
  • VGA
Performance
Performance — specifications for Bold Touch 9900, Apollo.
SpecificationBold Touch 9900Apollo
Processor CPU
  • 1.2 GHz QC 8655
  • 1.0 GHz Cortex-A9
Graphics processor GPU Unknown
  • PowerVR SGX531
General specs
General specs — specifications for Bold Touch 9900, Apollo.
SpecificationBold Touch 9900Apollo
Release date
  • 2011
  • May
  • 2012
  • October
Colors
  • Black
  • White
  • White
  • Black
  • Pink
  • Blue
  • Green
  • Red
Historical recorded price Legacy catalogue value; date unknown. Not a current offer.
  • 140 EUR
Unknown
Battery life
  • Stand by time- Up to 307 h (2G) / Up to 307 h (3G) Talking time- Up to 6 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 50 min (3G) Music play - Up to 50 h
Unknown
Communication and Connectivity
Communication and Connectivity — specifications for Bold Touch 9900, Apollo.
SpecificationBold Touch 9900Apollo
SIM card
  • Mini-SIM
  • Dual SIM (Mini-SIM)
Network
  • Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Unknown
Speed
  • HSPA 14.4/5.76 Mbps
Unknown
GPRS
  • Yes
  • Class 12
Edge
  • Yes
  • Yes
Wi-Fi
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
GPS
  • Yes
  • with A-GPS
  • BlackBerry Maps
  • No
USB
  • microUSB 2.0
  • microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth
  • 2.1
  • A2DP
  • EDR
  • Yes
Harmful irradiation
  • SAR - 1.19 W/kg (head) 1.03 W/kg (body) SAR EU - 0.76 W/kg (head) 0.90 W/kg (body)
Unknown
Music and Audio
Music and Audio — specifications for Bold Touch 9900, Apollo.
SpecificationBold Touch 9900Apollo
Radio
  • No
  • FM radio
Other features
Other features — specifications for Bold Touch 9900, Apollo.
SpecificationBold Touch 9900Apollo
Dop
  • Sensors Proximity
  • compass - Also known as BlackBerry Dakota
  • BlackBerry Magnum
  • Sensors Accelerometer MP4/H.264 player -MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player -Document viewer -Photo viewer/editor