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BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 vs Nokia E55

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.

  • WeightE55: 32 g lighterE55: 98 g · Bold Touch 9900: 130 g
  • WidthE55: 17 mm narrowerE55: 49 mm · Bold Touch 9900: 66 mm
  • Screen diagonalE55: 0.4 in smaller diagonalE55: 2.4 in · Bold Touch 9900: 2.8 in
  • DepthE55: 0.6 mm thinnerE55: 9.9 mm · Bold Touch 9900: 10.5 mm
  • Release year2011 / 2009Bold Touch 9900: 2011 · E55: 2009

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.

Front
Bold Touch 9900: 115 × 66 mm 1 E55: 116 × 49 mm 2
Side
Bold Touch 9900: 115 × 10.5 mm 1 E55: 116 × 9.9 mm 2
  1. 1. Bold Touch 9900
    Height
    115 mm
    Width
    66 mm+17 mm versus E55
    Depth
    10.5 mm+0.6 mm versus E55
    Weight
    130 g
  2. 2. E55
    Height
    116 mm
    Width
    49 mm
    Depth
    9.9 mm
    Weight
    98 g
Weight

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

  1. 1. Bold Touch 9900130 g

    +32 g versus E55

  2. 2. E5598 g

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.

Screen size
Bold Touch 9900: 2.8 in, 4:3, About 24.3 cm² rectangular area 1 E55: 2.4 in, 4:3, About 17.8 cm² rectangular area 2
  1. 1. Bold Touch 9900 2.8 in · 4:3 About 24.3 cm² rectangular area
  2. 2. E55 2.4 in · 4:3 About 17.8 cm² rectangular area

Bold Touch 9900 has approximately 36.1% more rectangular screen area than E55.

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

E55: Original memory entry

60 MB

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. E55

NFC
Unknown
Headphone jack
Yes
Memory card support
See details microSD · up to 16 GB (dedicated slot) · 2 GB included

Battery capacity

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

Recorded capacity

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

  1. 1. Bold Touch 99001230 mAh
  2. 2. E551500 mAh

    +270 mAh versus Bold Touch 9900

Specifications

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1. Bold Touch 99002. E55

Everyday essentials
Everyday essentials
SpecificationBold Touch 9900E55
Dimensions (HxWxD)
  • 115 Х 66 Х 10.5 mm
  • 116 Х 49 Х 9.9 mm
Weight
  • 130 g
  • 98 g
Technology
  • TFT
  • TFT
Screen size
  • 2.8" inch
  • 2.4" inch
Screen resolution
  • 640 x 480 px
  • 240 x 320 px
Internal memoryRecorded storage / RAM variants. Entries are alternatives, not a combined maximum. Ambiguous formats stay as recorded.
  • 8 GB
  • 768 MB RAM
  • 60 MB
Memory card support
  • microSD
  • up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
  • microSD
  • up to 16 GB (dedicated slot)
  • 2 GB included
BatteryCapacity is not battery life. No endurance test is implied.
  • 1230 mAh
  • Removable Li-Ion
  • 1500 mAh
  • Removable Li-Po
Operating system OS
  • BlackBerry OS 7.0
  • Symbian
  • S60 rel. 3.2
NFC
  • Yes
Unknown
Headphone jack
  • Yes
  • Yes
Display
Display
SpecificationBold Touch 9900E55
Touchscreen
  • capacitive touchscreen
Unknown
Display colors
  • 16M
  • 16M
Screen area
  • 24.3 cm2
  • 17.8 cm2
Screen format
  • 4:3 (height:width)
  • 4:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio
  • 32.0%
  • 31.4%
PPI /points per inch/
  • 286 PPI
  • 167 PPI
Camera and Video
Camera and Video
SpecificationBold Touch 9900E55
Rear camera, main
  • 5 MP
  • Single
  • 3.2 MP
  • Single
Camera specs
  • 5 MP
  • 3.2 MP
Functions
  • LED flash
  • LED flash
Video
  • 720p
  • 480p@15fps
Front camera, selfie
  • 0 MP,
  • 0.3 MP
  • Single
Specifications Unknown
  • QVGA videocall camera
Performance
Performance
SpecificationBold Touch 9900E55
Processor CPU
  • 1.2 GHz QC 8655
  • 600 MHz ARM 11
General specs
General specs
SpecificationBold Touch 9900E55
Release date
  • 2011
  • May
  • 2009
  • February
Colors
  • Black
  • White
  • Black Aluminium
  • White Aluminium
  • Red
Historical recorded priceLegacy catalogue value; date unknown. Not a current offer.
  • 140 EUR
  • 150 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
  • Stand by time- Up to 672 h (2G) / 432 h (3G) Talking time- Up to 8 h (2G) / 6 h (3G) Music play - Up to 18 h
Communication and Connectivity
Communication and Connectivity
SpecificationBold Touch 9900E55
SIM card
  • Mini-SIM
  • Mini-SIM
Network
  • Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
  • Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Speed
  • HSPA 14.4/5.76 Mbps
  • HSPA 10.2/2 Mbps
GPRS
  • Yes
  • Class 32
Edge
  • Yes
  • Class 32
  • 296 / 178.8 kbits
Wi-Fi
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
  • UPnP technology
GPS
  • Yes
  • with A-GPS
  • BlackBerry Maps
  • Yes
  • with A-GPS; Nokia Maps 3.0
USB
  • microUSB 2.0
  • microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth
  • 2.1
  • A2DP
  • EDR
  • 2.0
  • A2DP
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)
  • SAR - 0.98 W/kg (head) 0.70 W/kg (body) SAR EU - 1.19 W/kg (head)
Music and Audio
Music and Audio
SpecificationBold Touch 9900E55
Radio
  • No
  • Stereo FM radio
  • RDS
Other features
Other features
SpecificationBold Touch 9900E55
Dop
  • Sensors Proximity
  • compass - Also known as BlackBerry Dakota
  • BlackBerry Magnum
  • Sensors Accelerometer
  • compass - WMV/RV/MP4/3GP player -MP3/WMA/WAV/RA/AAC/M4A player -Document editor (Word
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • PDF) incl. MS Office 2007 support via free update -Voice memo