Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Curve 8520 vs Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual SIM

BlackBerry Curve 8520
blackberry curve 8520
Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual SIM
microsoft lumia 535 dual sim
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general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Microsoft
Announced July 2009 November 2014
Status Available - August 2009 Available - November 2014
Price - Rs. 7,999 ($117.63) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Orange, green, white, black, gray, blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 109 x 60 x 13.9 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in )
140.2 x 72.4 x 8.8 mm
(5.52 x 2.85 x 0.35 in)
Weight 106 g (3.74 oz) 146 g (5.15 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
Processor 512MHz [Similar] Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 302 [Similar]
RAM N/A 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 256 MB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type TFT IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 65K colors 16M colors
Size 2.46 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels (163 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 28.52% 68.08%
Multi-Touch no yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 x 1936 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, 1/4' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, QVGA 480p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Up to 236 kbps
3G No HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 256 MB 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery (BL-L4A)
Capacity 1150 mAh 1905 mAh
Stand by Up to 408 h Up to 336 h
Talk Time Up to 4 h 30 min Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 13 h (3G)