| Manufacture | RIM | Nokia |
| Model | Blackberry Bold 9790 | 5530 XpressMusic |
| Form factor | Block | Block |
| Weight | 107 gram | 107.00 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 110 x 60 x 11 | 104.00 x 49.00 x 13.00 |
| Operating System | BlackBerry OS | Symbian S60 |
| Networks | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900
3G - 800/850/1900/2100 | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900
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| HSCSD |  |  |
| GPRS | | |
| EDGE | | |
| UMTS | | |
| HSDPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| WiMAX | | |
| LTE (4G light) | | |
| WLAN / Wi-Fi | | |
| Wi-Fi Hotspot | | |
| Wi-Fi Direct | | |
| SMS | | |
| MMS | | |
| Email | | |
| HDMI out | | |
| USB port | | |
| MHL | | |
| Bluetooth | | |
| Bluetooth version | NA | NA |
| DLNA | | |
| GPS | | |
| Glonass | | |
| ANT+ | | |
| IrDA | | |
| NFC | | |
| 3.5 mm audio connector | | |
| Camera | | |
| Camera resolution | 5 megapixel, 2x digital zoom, face detection | 3.2 Megapixels. 4x digital zoom. Autofocus |
| Image Stabilization | | |
| BSI sensor | | |
| Camera Flash/Light | | |
| Flash type | NA | NA |
| Video recording | | |
| Video capture resolution | NA | NA |
| Second Camera | NA | NA |
| Display size | 2.45 inches | 2.90 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| Colour display | | |
| Number of colours | 16000000 | 16700000 |
| Display width | 480 | 360 |
| Display height | 360 | 640 |
| PPI | 244.9 | 253.21 |
| Second Display | NA | NA |
| CPU | 1 GHz | NA |
| GPU | NA | NA |
| Memory | 8 GB storage. Expandable up to 32 GB with microSD card | 70 MB. 4GB on microSD card. Expandable up to 16GB |
| Micro SIM | | |
| Dual SIM | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Ringtones / Music file format | MP3 | MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, SpMidi |
| Java | | |
| Games | Yes | 3 |
| FM Radio | NA | |
| Battery | 1230 mAh | 1000 mAh Li-Ion |
| Standby time (h) | 432 | 351 |
| Talktime (m) | 310 | 294 |
| Wireless Charging | | |
| Browser | HTML | 2.0 XHTML, HTML |
| Calendar | | |
| Voicedialing | | |
| IP Code | NA | NA |
| Predictive text | | |
| RSS reader | | NA |
| Voicememo | | |
| PC Synchronization | | |
| SyncML | | NA |
| Website | Website | Website |
