Why iPhone 5 instead of the new BB BOLD.
Trying to persuade a friend to get the iPhone 5 in oct 2011 as oct is when their new contract is due
They like to email-which they reckon iPhone is not as good as the bb.
BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 Specifications
115 x 66 x 10.5 mm, approximately 130 g
2.8" capacitive touch screen display - VGA (640x480), 287 dpi resolution
QWERTY keyboard, optical trackpad
1.2 GHz Processor, 768 MB RAM
8 GB on-board memory, plus microSD slot supporting up to 32 GB cards
Near Field Communication technology
Browser - HTML5 browsing, View Movies/Clips from websites built for mobile streaming, RSS feed support
5.0 MP camera, supports 720p HD video recording but note that there is no autofocus.
Orientation Sensor (Accelerometer), Digital Compass (Magnetometer), Proximity Sensor
Built-in GPS / aGPS
Dual-Band Wi-Fi - 802.11 b/g/n at 2.4 GHz and 802.11 a/n at 5 GHz
Bluetooth 2.1+EDR support
Wireless Network support:
9900: Tri-BandHSPA+,Quad-BandGSM/EDGE
9930: Dual-BandCDMA/EV-DORev.A, Dual-BandHSPA+,Quad-Band GSM/EDGE
1230 mAh removable, rechargeable battery
BlackBerry 7 OS
Features
Near Field Communication technology chip allows for barcode scans without using the camera. It also supports the mobile payment method much like Google Wallet.
New icons and revised layout
Advanced voice search
Browser speeds more than 2x as fast as in BlackBerry OS 6
Thinnest Blackberry ever