Difference Between Blackberry Torch 9800 and Torch 9810

Blackberry Torch 9800 vs Torch 9810

Blackberry Torch 9800 and Blackberry Torch 9810 are Blackberry smart phones in the BlackBerry Torch series by Research In motion. Blackberry Torch 9800 was released in August 2010 and Blackberry Torch 9810 was released in August 2011. Following is a review on the similarities and differences of the two devices.

Blackberry Torch 9800

Blackberry Torch 9800 is a BlackBerry Smartphone released in August 2011 by Research In Motion. Blackberry Torch 9800 is a touch display phone with a Slide- out QWERTY keyboard. Without the keyboard Slide out, the phone stands at 4.3″, while with the keyboard slide out, the phone comes to a 5.8”. The Blackberry Torch 9800 is available in a lighter and a darker shade of grey and red.

Without the keyboard slide out, BlackBerry Torch 9800 will have an optical track pad, call button, end call button as well as back button are situated right beneath the screen in front of the device. Audio control buttons and a micro USB port are available with the BlackBerry Torch 9800. At 0.57” thickness the device is quite thick in comparison to other smart phones in the market. The device weighs nearly 160 g. The device is a sharp angular shape overall.

BlackBerry Torch 9800 comes with a TFT capacitive touch screen. The screen is 3.2”, and has a resolution of 360 x 480 and a pixel density of 187 PPI. BlackBerry Torch 9800 has the physical slide out keypad as well as the virtual keypad for typing in a hurry without sliding out the physical keyboard. With the small screen space the portrait virtual keypad is quite a challenge, but on landscape mode the virtual keypad thrives. The physical keyboard maintains the standard of the BlackBerry Keypad and is not much changed from the previous versions.

BlackBerry Torch 9800 has 624 MHz processing power. The device has 4 GB internal storage with 512 MB memory. Internal storage can be extended up to 32 GB using a micro SD card.

The BlackBerry Torch 9800 has a rear facing 5 mega pixels camera with auto focus and LED flash. Optical Zoom available is 2 X. The camera records video at 480 p. The front facing camera for video conferencing is not available in BlackBerry Torch 9800.

BlackBerry Torch 9800 is running on BlackBerry OS 6.0. The interface has few improvements than the previous versions of the OS inspired by competitor smart phone platforms. Notifications, menu tabs and search from home screen are new additions to the operating system. With HTML 5 support and JavaScript support the browser with BlackBerry Torch 9800 is definitely improved. Many native applications are also re written to take full advantage of the operating system.

BlackBerry Torch 9800 provides more than 400 hours of standby time with Wi-Fi on, and more than 5 hours of talk time. BlackBerry Torch 9800 can be placed as suitable smart phones for Business users.

BlackBerry Torch 9810

BlackBerry Torch 9810 is another smart phone announced, and released in August 2011 by Research In Motion. The Torch 9810 is a touch display phone with a Slide- out QWERTY keyboard. Without the keyboard Slide out the phone stands at 4.3″, while with the keyboard slide out the phone comes to a 5.8”.The BlackBerry Torch 9810 is available in a lighter and a darker shade of grey.

Without the keyboard slide out, BlackBerry Torch 9810 will have an optical track pad, call button, end call button, as well as, back button are situated right beneath the screen in front of the device. Audio control buttons and a micro USB port are available with the BlackBerry Torch 9810. At 0.57” thickness the device is quite thick in comparison to other smart phones in the market. The device weighs nearly 160 g. The checkerboard design at the back of the device saves the device from finger prints and gives a good grip when holding the phone.

BlackBerry Torch 9810 comes with a TFT capacitive touch screen. The screen is 3.2” and has a resolution of 480 x 640 and a pixel density of 250 PPI. Probably not the best screen size for web surfing, gaming, reading, etc. The business user who‘s used to the BlackBerry QWERTY keyboard will thrive with the touch screen and the slide out key pad.

As for the key pads, BlackBerry Torch 9810 has the physical slide out keypad as well as the virtual keypad for quick typing and those who have converted to the virtual keyboard. With the small screen space the portrait virtual keypad is quite a challenge but on landscape mode the virtual keypad thrives. The physical keyboard maintains the standard of the BlackBerry Keypad and is not much changed from the previous versions.

BlackBerry Torch 9810 has 1.2 GHz processing power and an Adreno Graphics processing unit of the device supports the hardware accelerated graphics (Liquid Graphics). The device has 8 GB internal storage with 768 MB memory. Internal storage can be extended up to 32 GB using a micro SD card.

The BlackBerry Torch 9810 has a rear facing camera 5 mega pixels with auto focus and LED flash. It is neat to see optical zoom has been increased to 4 X from the previous version. The camera records HD video at 720 p. However a much needed front facing camera is not existent in the BlackBerry Torch 9810.

BlackBerry Torch 9810 is running on BlackBerry OS 7 just like other phones released during the same time. The interface is more sleek and smooth than the previous versions of BlackBerry OS. The browser with BlackBerry Torch 9810 is smooth and responds well to gestures such as pinch to zoom. A document viewer is also on board supporting Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

BlackBerry Torch 9810 provides more than 300 hours of standby time with Wi-Fi on and more than 6 hours of talk time. BlackBerry Torch 9810 can be placed as suitable smart phones for Business users who use the phone for more messaging, email other than web surfing and gaming.

What’s the difference between Blackberry Torch 9800 and BlackBerry Torch 9810?

Blackberry Torch 9800 and BlackBerry Torch 9810 are two smart phones in the BlackBerry Torch series and Blackberry Torch 9800 (August 2010) is the predecessor of Torch 9810 (August 2011). Looking at the dimensions of Blackberry Torch 9800 and BlackBerry Torch 9810 both phones remains identical with similar height, width and thickness as well as the slide out keypad. Blackberry Torch 9800 is available in two shades of gray and red but BlackBerry Torch 9810 is only available in 2 shades of gray. Both devices have an angular shape overall. BlackBerry Torch 9800 comes with a TFT capacitive touch screen. The screen is 3.2” and has a resolution of 360 x 480, and a pixel density of 187 PPI. BlackBerry Torch 9810 comes with a TFT capacitive touch screen. The screen is 3.2” and has a resolution of 480 x 640, and a pixel density of 250 PPI. Out of the two devices, Torch 9810 will be able to give clearer and higher quality displays. BlackBerry Torch 9800 has 624 MHz processing power. The device has 4 GB internal storage with 512 MB memory. BlackBerry Torch 9810 has 1.2 GHz processing power and an Adreno Graphics processing unit with 768 MB memory. Among the two devices the performance of Torch 9810 is better and leaves little room for lagging and the appearance of hour glass. Blackberry Torch 9800 has 4 GB internal storage while BlackBerry Torch 9810 has 8 GB internal storage. Internal storage in both Torch 9800 and Torch 9810 can be extended to 32 GB with the help of a micro-SD card. Both Blackberry Torch 9800 and BlackBerry Torch 9810 have a rear facing camera of 5 mega pixels with auto focus and LED flash. Optical Zoom available in Blackberry Torch 9800 is 2 X, and 4 x in BlackBerry Torch 9810. A front facing camera is not available in either. BlackBerry Torch 9800 is running on BlackBerry OS 6.0 and BlackBerry Torch 9810 is running on BlackBerry OS 7. Both devices are well suited for a business user than for web surfing or gaming.