BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 vs Meizu PRO 5

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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.

  • Weight

    Bold Touch 9900: 38 g lighter

    Bold Touch 9900:
    130 g
    PRO 5:
    168 g
  • Width

    Bold Touch 9900: 12 mm narrower

    Bold Touch 9900:
    66 mm
    PRO 5:
    78 mm
  • Screen diagonal

    Bold Touch 9900: 2.9 in smaller diagonal

    Bold Touch 9900:
    2.8 in
    PRO 5:
    5.7 in
  • Depth

    PRO 5: 3 mm thinner

    Bold Touch 9900:
    10.5 mm
    PRO 5:
    7.5 mm
  • Height

    Bold Touch 9900: 41.7 mm shorter

    Bold Touch 9900:
    115 mm
    PRO 5:
    156.7 mm
  • Release year

    Bold Touch 9900:
    2011
    PRO 5:
    2015

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 +3 mm versus PRO 5
  2. 2. PRO 5

    Height:
    156.7 mm +41.7 mm versus Bold Touch 9900
    Width:
    78 mm +12 mm versus Bold Touch 9900
    Depth:
    7.5 mm

Weight

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

  1. 1. Bold Touch 9900

    130 g

  2. 2. PRO 5

    168 g

    +38 g versus Bold Touch 9900

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. PRO 5

    Screen diagonal:
    5.7 in
    Aspect ratio (height:width):
    16:9
    Approximate rectangular screen area:
    89.6 cm²

PRO 5 has approximately 268.9% 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.

Bold Touch 9900: Original memory entry

8 GB · 768 MB RAM

PRO 5: Original memory entry

32 GB · 3 GB RAM64 GB · 512GB 4GB

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. PRO 5

NFC:
Yes
Headphone jack:
Yes
Memory card support:
See details microSD · up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 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

  2. 2. PRO 5

    3050 mAh

    +1820 mAh versus Bold Touch 9900

Specifications

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1. Bold Touch 99002. PRO 5

Everyday essentials
Everyday essentials — specifications for Bold Touch 9900, PRO 5.
SpecificationBold Touch 9900PRO 5
Dimensions (HxWxD)
  • 115 Х 66 Х 10.5 mm
  • 156.7 Х 78 Х 7.5 mm
Weight
  • 130 g
  • 168 g
Technology
  • TFT
  • AMOLED
Screen size
  • 2.8" inch
  • 5.7" inch
Screen resolution
  • 640 x 480 px
  • 1080 x 1920 px
Internal memory Recorded storage / RAM variants. Entries are alternatives, not a combined maximum. Ambiguous formats stay as recorded.
  • 8 GB
  • 768 MB RAM
  • 32 GB
  • 3 GB RAM64 GB
  • 512GB 4GB
Memory card support
  • microSD
  • up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
  • microSD
  • up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
Battery Capacity is not battery life. No endurance test is implied.
  • 1230 mAh
  • Removable Li-Ion
  • 3050 mAh
  • Non-removable Li-Ion
Operating system OS
  • BlackBerry OS 7.0
  • Android 5.1 (Lollipop); Flyme 5
Chipset Unknown
  • Exynos 7420 Octa (14 nm)
NFC
  • Yes
  • Yes
Headphone jack
  • Yes
  • Yes
Display
Display — specifications for Bold Touch 9900, PRO 5.
SpecificationBold Touch 9900PRO 5
Touchscreen
  • capacitive touchscreen
  • capacitive touchscreen
Display colors
  • 16M
  • 16M
Screen area
  • 24.3 cm2
  • 89.6 cm2
Screen format
  • 4:3 (height:width)
  • 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio
  • 32.0%
  • 73.3%
PPI /points per inch/
  • 286 PPI
  • 386 PPI
Screen protection Unknown
  • Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Camera and Video
Camera and Video — specifications for Bold Touch 9900, PRO 5.
SpecificationBold Touch 9900PRO 5
Rear camera, main
  • 5 MP
  • Single
  • 21 MP
  • Single
Camera specs
  • 5 MP
  • 21 MP
  • f/2.2
  • 31mm (standard)
  • 1/2.4''
  • 1.12µm
  • PDAF & laser AF
Functions
  • LED flash
  • Dual-LED dual-tone flash
  • HDR
  • panorama
Video
  • 720p
  • 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie
  • 0 MP,
  • 5 MP
  • Single
Specifications Unknown
  • 5 MP
  • f/2.0
  • 27mm (wide)
Performance

Scores marked * are historical catalogue entries. Test conditions are unspecified; no new testing is implied.

Performance — specifications for Bold Touch 9900, PRO 5.
SpecificationBold Touch 9900PRO 5
Processor CPU
  • 1.2 GHz QC 8655
  • Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53)
Graphics processor GPU Unknown
  • Mali-T760MP8
Antutu 7 score * Unknown
  • 85155
GeekBench 4 Single Core * Unknown
  • 1357
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core * Unknown
  • 4227
GeekBench 4 RenderScript * Unknown
  • 3032
GeekBench 5 Single Core * Unknown
  • 238
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core * Unknown
  • 942
General specs
General specs — specifications for Bold Touch 9900, PRO 5.
SpecificationBold Touch 9900PRO 5
Release date
  • 2011
  • May
  • 2015
  • September
Colors
  • Black
  • White
  • Gray
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Black/Silver
Historical recorded price Legacy catalogue value; date unknown. Not a current offer.
  • 140 EUR
  • 390 EUR
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
  • Music play - Up to 48 h
Communication and Connectivity
Communication and Connectivity — specifications for Bold Touch 9900, PRO 5.
SpecificationBold Touch 9900PRO 5
SIM card
  • Mini-SIM
  • Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM
  • dual stand-by)
Network
  • Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
  • Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - M576 model TD-SCDMA - M576 model -4G - LTE band 1(2100)
  • 3(1800)
  • 7(2600)
  • 38(2600)
  • 39(1900)
  • 40(2300)
  • 41(2500) - M576 model
Speed
  • HSPA 14.4/5.76 Mbps
  • HSPA
  • LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps
GPRS
  • Yes
  • Yes
Edge
  • Yes
  • Yes
Wi-Fi
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
  • dual-band
  • WiFi Direct
  • hotspot
GPS
  • Yes
  • with A-GPS
  • BlackBerry Maps
  • Yes
  • with A-GPS
  • GLONASS
  • BDS
USB
  • microUSB 2.0
  • Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth
  • 2.1
  • A2DP
  • EDR
  • 4.1
  • A2DP
  • LE
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, PRO 5.
SpecificationBold Touch 9900PRO 5
Radio
  • No
  • No
Others Unknown
  • 32-bit/192kHz audio -Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Other features
Other features — specifications for Bold Touch 9900, PRO 5.
SpecificationBold Touch 9900PRO 5
Dop
  • Sensors Proximity
  • compass - Also known as BlackBerry Dakota
  • BlackBerry Magnum
  • Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted)
  • accelerometer
  • gyro
  • proximity
  • compass - Fast battery charging: 65% in 30 min (mCharge 2.0)