Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Curve 8520 vs Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 vs Samsung Galaxy Chat B5330

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Samsung Samsung
Announced July 2009 February 2012 July 2012
Status Available - August 2009 Available - May 2012 Available - August 2012
Colors Black Black White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 109 x 60 x 13.9 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in )
118.3 x 62.2 x 10.5 mm
(4.66 x 2.45 x 0.41 in)
118.9 x 59.3 x 11.7 mm
(4.68 x 2.33 x 0.46 in)
Weight 106 g (3.74 oz) 122 g (4.3 oz) 112 g (3.95 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS Android OS, v2.3 Android OS, v4.x (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor 512MHz Dual-core 800 MHz, NovaThor U8500 -
GPU Mali-400MP -
RAM N/A 768 MB N/A
Internal Memory 256 MB 4 GB storage 4 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 65K colors 16M colors 256K colors
Size 2.46 inches 3.8 inches 3.0 inches
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels (163 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (246 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (133 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 28.52% 55.64% 39.73%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
Flash No LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection -
Video Yes, QVGA Yes, 720p@30fps Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] No [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, 14.4 Mbps HSDPA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 256 MB 4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 4 GB storage
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32GB 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 Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1150 mAh 1500 mAh 1200 mAh
Stand by Up to 408 h Up to 670 h (2G)
Up to 640 h (3G)
Up to 520 h (2G)
Up to 380 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 4 h 30 min Up to 16 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 14 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)