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BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 vs Nokia Lumia Icon

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.

    • Weight

      Bold Touch 9900: 37 g lighter

      Bold Touch 9900:
      130 g
      Lumia Icon:
      167 g

    • Width

      Bold Touch 9900: 5 mm narrower

      Bold Touch 9900:
      66 mm
      Lumia Icon:
      71 mm

    • Screen diagonal

      Bold Touch 9900: 2.2 in smaller diagonal

      Bold Touch 9900:
      2.8 in
      Lumia Icon:
      5 in

    • Depth

      Lumia Icon: 0.7 mm thinner

      Bold Touch 9900:
      10.5 mm
      Lumia Icon:
      9.8 mm

    • Height

      Bold Touch 9900: 22 mm shorter

      Bold Touch 9900:
      115 mm
      Lumia Icon:
      137 mm

    • Release year

      Bold Touch 9900:
      2011
      Lumia Icon:
      2014

    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 +0.7 mm versus Lumia Icon

    2. 2. Lumia Icon

      Height:
      137 mm +22 mm versus Bold Touch 9900
      Width:
      71 mm +5 mm versus Bold Touch 9900
      Depth:
      9.8 mm

    Weight

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

    1. 1. Bold Touch 9900

      130 g

    2. 2. Lumia Icon

      167 g

      +37 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. Lumia Icon

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

    Lumia Icon has approximately 183.9% 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.

    Recorded RAM for Bold Touch 9900, Lumia Icon, compared at the same storage capacity.
    StorageBold Touch 9900Lumia Icon
    32 GB Unknown 2 GB RAM
    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. Lumia Icon

    NFC:
    Yes
    Headphone jack:
    Yes
    Memory card support:
    No

    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. Lumia Icon

      2420 mAh

      +1190 mAh versus Bold Touch 9900

    Specifications

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    1. Bold Touch 99002. Lumia Icon

    Everyday essentials
    Everyday essentials — specifications for Bold Touch 9900, Lumia Icon.
    SpecificationBold Touch 9900Lumia Icon
    Dimensions (HxWxD)
    • 115 Х 66 Х 10.5 mm
    • 137 Х 71 Х 9.8 mm
    Weight
    • 130 g
    • 167 g
    Technology
    • TFT
    • AMOLED
    Screen size
    • 2.8" inch
    • 5" 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
    • 2 GB RAM
    Memory card support
    • microSD
    • up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
    • No
    Battery Capacity is not battery life. No endurance test is implied.
    • 1230 mAh
    • Removable Li-Ion
    • 2420 mAh
    • Non-removable Li-Ion
    Operating system OS
    • BlackBerry OS 7.0
    • Microsoft Windows Phone 8
    • upgradable to Microsoft Windows 10
    Chipset Unknown
    • Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (28 nm)
    NFC
    • Yes
    • Yes
    Headphone jack
    • Yes
    • Yes
    Display
    Display — specifications for Bold Touch 9900, Lumia Icon.
    SpecificationBold Touch 9900Lumia Icon
    Touchscreen
    • capacitive touchscreen
    • capacitive touchscreen
    Display colors
    • 16M
    • 16M
    Screen area
    • 24.3 cm2
    • 68.9 cm2
    Screen format
    • 4:3 (height:width)
    • 16:9 (height:width)
    Screen to body ratio
    • 32.0%
    • 70.9%
    PPI /points per inch/
    • 286 PPI
    • 441 PPI
    Screen protection Unknown
    • Corning Gorilla Glass 3
    Camera and Video
    Camera and Video — specifications for Bold Touch 9900, Lumia Icon.
    SpecificationBold Touch 9900Lumia Icon
    Rear camera, main
    • 5 MP
    • Single
    • 20 MP
    • Single
    Camera specs
    • 5 MP
    • 20 MP
    • 1/1.5''
    • 1.12µm
    • OIS
    • AF
    Functions
    • LED flash
    • Zeiss optics
    • Dual-LED flash
    • panorama
    Video
    • 720p
    • 720p@30fps
    Front camera, selfie
    • 0 MP,
    • 1.2 MP
    • Single
    Specifications Unknown
    • 1.2 MP
    Performance

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

    Performance — specifications for Bold Touch 9900, Lumia Icon.
    SpecificationBold Touch 9900Lumia Icon
    Processor CPU
    • 1.2 GHz QC 8655
    • Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400
    Graphics processor GPU Unknown
    • Adreno 330
    Antutu 7 score * Unknown
    • 38023
    General specs
    General specs — specifications for Bold Touch 9900, Lumia Icon.
    SpecificationBold Touch 9900Lumia Icon
    Release date
    • 2011
    • May
    • 2014
    • February
    Colors
    • Black
    • White
    • Black
    • White
    Historical recorded price Legacy catalogue value; date unknown. Not a current offer.
    • 140 EUR
    • 400 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 432 h Talking time- Up to 16 h 20 min (3G) Music play - Up to 75 h
    Communication and Connectivity
    Communication and Connectivity — specifications for Bold Touch 9900, Lumia Icon.
    SpecificationBold Touch 9900Lumia Icon
    SIM card
    • Mini-SIM
    • Nano-SIM
    Network
    • Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
    • Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 CDMA 800 / 1900 -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO -4G - LTE band 4(1700/2100)
    • 13(700)
    Speed
    • HSPA 14.4/5.76 Mbps
    • HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps
    • LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
    • EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
    GPRS
    • Yes
    • Yes
    Edge
    • Yes
    • Up to 236.8 kbps
    Wi-Fi
    • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
    • Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
    • dual-band
    • DLNA
    • hotspot
    GPS
    • Yes
    • with A-GPS
    • BlackBerry Maps
    • Yes
    • with A-GPS
    • GLONASS
    USB
    • microUSB 2.0
    • microUSB 2.0
    Bluetooth
    • 2.1
    • A2DP
    • EDR
    • 4.0
    • A2DP
    • EDR
    • LE/ aptX after WP8 Denim update
    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 - 0.70 W/kg (head) 0.93 W/kg (body)
    Music and Audio
    Music and Audio — specifications for Bold Touch 9900, Lumia Icon.
    SpecificationBold Touch 9900Lumia Icon
    Radio
    • No
    • FM radio
    Others Unknown
    • ClearBlack display
    • Dolby Headphone -Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
    Other features
    Other features — specifications for Bold Touch 9900, Lumia Icon.
    SpecificationBold Touch 9900Lumia Icon
    Dop
    • Sensors Proximity
    • compass - Also known as BlackBerry Dakota
    • BlackBerry Magnum
    • Sensors Accelerometer
    • gyro
    • proximity
    • compass
    • sensor core - Qi wireless charging - For Verizon USA. Previously known as Nokia Lumia 929.