Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 vs Lenovo A536 vs Lenovo S580

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Lenovo Lenovo
Announced August 2010 September 2014 September 2014
Status Available - August 2010 Available - September 2014 Available - September 2014
Price - - Rs. 9,999 ($147.04) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, Red Black, White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 109 x 60 x 13.9 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in )
139.6 x 72 x 9.95 mm
(5.5 x 2.83 x 0.39 in)
139.8 x 69.9 x 8.1 mm
(5.5 x 2.75 x 0.32 in)
Weight 104 g (3.67 oz) 149 g (5.26 oz) 129 g (4.55 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS v5.0, upgradable to v6.0 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz, Mediatek MT6582M Quad-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon
GPU Mali-400MP2 -
RAM 256 MB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory N/A 8 GB ROM 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT TFT Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 65K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.46 inches 5.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels (163 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (196 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 28.52% 68.49% 70.39%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No FM Radio -
Games Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No LED Flash LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection
Video Yes Yes Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP v4.0 v4.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, UMA (carrier dependent) Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; BlackBerry Maps Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML HTML HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 256 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM 8 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor not present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Po Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1150 mAh 2000 mAh 2150 mAh
Stand by Up to 456 h (2G)
Up to 348 h (3G)
Up to 300 h Up to 444 h (2G)
Up to 312 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 4 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 15 h 30 min Up to 19 h (2G)
Up to 14 h (3G)