Blackberry 9720 have been released running on operating system Blackberry OS 7 is one old firmware. Blackberry tries to conquer the Indian market with their old stubborn OS even when their latest Smartphones running in Blackberry 10 OS such as Z10 and Q10 are still out there in the market when other multinational companies try to create and market their OS and update them regularly.
Blackberry have announced the device in the Indian market at a price of Rs. 15,999.Is it worthy to have a smartphone price tag that comes with an old firmware? Or, are there any other smartphone that gives better value of money in the market? Yes, there is a real opponent for Blackberry 9720. The device is Lenovo IdeaPhone S890 at Rs. 14899. In the next section we will compare the specs and features of these two smartphones...
Performance
Blackberry 9720 is powered by 806 MHZ Tavor MG1 processor and 512 MB RAM. This is very meager compared to the performance of Lenovo IdeaPhone S890 which is powered by 1.2 GHz Cortex A9 dual core processor and 1GB RAM. The Lenovo is the best phone that suits you if you wish your device must be a powerful one in terms of speed.
Display
S890 has a 5-inch IPS LCD capacitive touch screen while 9720 is still gets stuck in old method of combining Quarty keypad as well as a small 2.8-inch touch screen. Blackberry still thinks customers are Interested in using both touch and Quarty together.
Camera
Again in the camera segment Lenovo beats the Blackberry. Blackberry 9720 has a 5 megapixel EDOF secondary camera with 4X Digital zoom. Lenovo beats it with an 8-megapixel secondary camerawith Auto focus and LED features. It also includes a VGA primary camera for video calling.
Verdict
Blackberry 9720 is very much behind in specs compared to the Lenovo S890. Lenovo gives you more value of money than 9720. But still Lenovo has long way to run and they are at the beginning in this rival arena compared to Blackberry. Blackberry has more experiences in dealing with marketing and Blackberry OS is always pretty. Lenovo is the best device that suits you best is you are very fond ofperformance and 9720 might suits you best if you are searching for a branded device or if you would like to have your phone as utility device.