Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Curve 8520 vs BlackBerry Q10 vs BlackBerry Passport

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry BlackBerry BlackBerry
Announced July 2009 January 2013 June 2014
Status Available - August 2009 Available - April 2013 Available - September 2014
Colors Black Black, White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar, QWERTY Candybar
Dimension 109 x 60 x 13.9 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in )
119.6 x 66.8 x 10.4 mm
(4.71 x 2.63 x 0.41 in)
128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
Weight 106 g (3.74 oz) 139 g (4.9 oz) 196 g (6.91 oz)
SIM Type - - Single-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - QWERTY Keyboard

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS BlackBerry 10 OS BlackBerry 10.1 OS
Processor 512MHz Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801
GPU PowerVR SGX544 Adreno 330
RAM N/A 2 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 256 MB 16 GB storage 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type TFT Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 65K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.46 inches 3.1 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels (163 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (328 ppi) 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 28.52% 38.91% 56.40%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED Flash
Features Geo-tagging, Continuous Auto-focus, Image Stabilization, Face Detection AutoFocus, OIS, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, QVGA Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar] 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [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 No HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 256 MB 16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

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 supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 1150 mAh 1800 mAh 3450 mAh
Stand by Up to 408 h - Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 444 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 4 h 30 min Up to 10 h Up to 18 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)