HTC Desire 700 vs BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230)
Side by side comparison between HTC Desire 700 vs BlackBerry Pearl Flip phones, differences, pros, cons and full specifications. What's the better?
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What's the better phone? HTC Desire 700
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29 Advantages 
1 Advantage | 8 Common items in both devices |
| LED flash |
| Only digital zoom |
| Ambient light sensor |
| LiPo: li-ion polymer (Removable) / Li-Ion: lithium-ion (Removable) |
| Hands-free calling |
| Vibrating alert |
| 3.5mm jack |
| + specs and more in the table below |
Check the comparison table below for more items that are not evaluated in comparison score above.
Highlight differences Clear highlight📱 Model features | ||
| HTC Desire 700 | BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | |
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| Model | Desire 700 | Pearl Flip (8230) |
| Other model names | HTC Desire 700 Dual-sim | Verizon BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 CDMA, RIM Apex |
| Country or region available | feature not registered |  USA |
| Brand | HTC | BlackBerry |
| Release date | 1/1/2014 | 2/28/2009 |
| Depth | 10.3 millimeters (0.41 inches) | 17.5 millimeters (0.69 inches) |
| Size (width x height) | 72 x 145.5 millimeters (2.83 x 5.73 in) | 50 x 101 millimeters (1.97 x 3.98 in) |
| Weight | 149 grams (5.22 ounces) | 102 grams (3.57 ounces) |
| Build, materials | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| Protection against water and others | Not supported | Not supported |
📲 Display | ||
| HTC Desire 700 | BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | |
| Display type | TFT Super LCD 2 | TFT LCD |
| Screen size | 5" inches | 2.6" inches |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~65.8% (screen-to-body ratio) | ~41.5% (screen-to-body ratio) |
| Display resolution | 540x960 pixels | 240x320 pixels |
| Touchscreen | Capacitive Multitouch | Not supported |
| Pixel density (dot pitch) | 220 PPI | 154 PPI |
| Colors | 16 million | 65 thousand |
| Scratch-resistant glass | Not supported | Not supported |
| Refresh rate | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| Display features | feature not registered | feature not registered |
🤖 Operating System | ||
| HTC Desire 700 | BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | |
| System version | Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean | BlackBerry OS 4.6 |
| Firmware update | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| User Interface | feature not registered | feature not registered |
⚙️ Processor | ||
| HTC Desire 700 | BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | |
| Chipset | 32bit: Spreadtrum Shark SC7735S | 32bit: Intel XScale PXA272 |
| CPU | Quad-core, 1 processor: 4x 1.2GHz ARM Cortex-A7 (Quad-core) | Single-core, 1 processor: 1x 312MHz XScale (Single-core) |
| GPU graphical controller | ARM Mali-400 MP4 | feature not registered |
| Performance (benchmark) | feature not registered | feature not registered |
💽 Memory and storage | ||
| HTC Desire 700 | BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | |
| RAM memory | 1GB LPDDR2 | 128MB SDRAM |
| Internal storage | 8GB (4.59GB available) | 128MB (75MB available) |
| External storage | Until 64GB microSD, microSDXC (dedicated slot) | Until 8GB microSD, microSDHC (dedicated slot) |
📶 Mobile networks | ||
| HTC Desire 700 | BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | |
| Dual-SIM | Dual-SIM Active - Call active on both sim cards (dedicated slot) | Not supported |
| SIM card | 2 slots (Dual-SIM) micro-SIM (3FF) | Not supported |
| Maximum Download / Upload | 21/5.76 Mbps | 0.153 Mbps |
| Network technology | 2G, 3G | 2G |
| Frequency, bands | Expand band details Collapse details | |
| GSM MHz band | Quad-Band 850/900/1800/1900 | Not supported |
| Primary 2G network | GSM 850/900/1800/1900 | CDMA 800/1900 |
| Primary 3G network | UMTS 850/900/2100 | Not supported |
| Primary 4G network | Not supported | Not supported |
| Primary 5G network | Not supported | Not supported |
| Primary data network | GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+ | CDMA2000 EV-DO Rev 0 |
| Secondary 2G network | GSM 850/900/1800/1900 | Not supported |
| Secondary 3G network | Not supported | Not supported |
| Secondary 4G network | Not supported | Not supported |
| Secondary data network | GPRS, EDGE | Not supported |
📷 Camera | ||
| HTC Desire 700 | BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | |
| Back camera (main camera) | 8 megapixels | 2 megapixels |
| Main camera resolution | 3264x2448 pixels | 1600x1200 pixels |
| Video recording (primary) | Full HD (1920x1080) 30 fps | QCIF (240x180) 15 fps |
| Flash | LED flash | LED flash |
| Focal aperture | f/2.0 (aperture) | feature not registered |
| Focal length | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| Sensor size | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| Pixel size | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| Autofocus | Autofocus | Not supported |
| Touch focus | Supported | feature not registered |
| Image stabilization | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| Zoom | Only digital zoom | Only digital zoom |
| Face/smile detection | Face detection, Smile detection | feature not registered |
| BSI sensor | Supported | feature not registered |
| HDR | HDR photo only main camera | feature not registered |
| Camera extras | feature not registered | feature not registered |
📸 Front camera | ||
| HTC Desire 700 | BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | |
| Front camera (secondary) | 2.1 megapixels | Not supported |
| Front camera resolution | 1920x1080 pixels | Not supported |
| Video recording (secondary) | Full HD (1920x1080) | Not supported |
| Front flash | Not supported | Not supported |
| Focal aperture | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| Focal length | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| Sensor size | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| Pixel size | feature not registered | feature not registered |
🔉 Sound and multimedia | ||
| HTC Desire 700 | BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | |
| Loudspeaker | Supported | Supported |
| Active noise cancellation | Not supported | feature not registered |
| Radio | FM | Not supported |
| TV | Not supported | Not supported |
| Video formats | MP4, H.264, H.263, WMV | MP4, H.264, H.263, WMV |
| Audio formats | MP3, WAV, WMA, eAAC+ | MP3, WAV, WMA, eAAC+ |
🔌 Connectivity | ||
| HTC Desire 700 | BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | |
| USB | MicroUSB 2.0 | MicroUSB 2.0 |
| Audio output | 3.5mm jack | 3.5mm jack |
| TV output | Not supported | Not supported |
| Bluetooth | 4.0 + A2DP | 2.0 + A2DP |
| WiFi | 802.11 a/b/g/n [wifi4] (2.4GHz, 5GHz) WiFi Direct, hotspot | Not supported |
| DLNA | Supported | feature not registered |
| GPS | A-GPS, GeoTagging, GLONASS | Not supported |
| NFC | Not supported | Not supported |
| Infrared port | feature not registered | feature not registered |
🧭 Sensors | ||
| HTC Desire 700 | BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | |
| Sensors | Accelerometer Ambient light sensor Compass Proximity sensor | Ambient light sensor |
| Vibrating alert | Supported | Supported |
🔋 Battery | ||
| HTC Desire 700 | BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | |
| Battery type | LiPo: li-ion polymer (Removable) | Li-Ion: lithium-ion (Removable) |
| Battery capacity | 2100 mAh | 900 mAh |
| Charger, watts | Wired charging | Wired charging |
| Inductive / wireless charging | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| Talk time autonomy | 11 hours | 3.5 hours |
| Standby | 582 hours (24.3 days) | 216 hours (9 days) |
➕ Other features | ||
| HTC Desire 700 | BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | |
| Call control | Voice dialing, Voice recorder, Voice commands | Voice dialing, Voice recorder, Voice commands |
| Messaging | SMS (T9), MMS, E-mail, Push mail | SMS, MMS, E-mail, Push mail |
| Hands-free calling | Supported | Supported |
| Video calling | Supported | Not supported |
| Ringtones | Polyphonic and customized | Polyphonic and customized |
| Web browser | HTML, XHTML, HTML5 | WAP, HTML |
| Antenna | Internal antenna | Internal antenna |
| Qwerty physical keyboard | Not supported | Not supported |
| Miscellaneous | • Colors: Black • HTC BlinkFeed • HTC Sense 5 UI • HTC Beats Audio Java framework | • Colors: Black, Red, Pink • Secondary external 65K TFT display 128x160 pixels • Half-QWERTY • Trackball navigation • BlackBerry maps • Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF editor Java framework |
☢️ Radiation rate | ||
| HTC Desire 700 | BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8230) | |
| SAR 1.6W/kg (USA, Mexico, etc.) | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| SAR 2W/kg (Europe, UK, etc.) | feature not registered | feature not registered |