Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Curve 8520 vs Samsung Galaxy Ace Style vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Samsung Xiaomi
Announced July 2009 April 2014 August 2014
Status Available - August 2009 Available - April 2014 Available - November 2014
Colors Black Black, White Black/White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 109 x 60 x 13.9 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in )
121.2 x 62.7 x 10.7 mm
(4.77 x 2.47 x 0.42 in)
154 x 78.7 x 9.5 mm
(6.06 x 3.1 x 0.37 in)
Weight 106 g (3.74 oz) 123 g (4.34 oz) 199 g (7.02 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 TD-SCDMA 1900 / 2000
4G Network - - TD-LTE 1900 / 2300 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 512MHz Dual-core 1.2 GHz Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8928 Snapdragon 400
GPU - Adreno 305
RAM N/A 512 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 256 MB 4 GB ROM 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 65K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.46 inches 4.0 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels (163 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 28.52% 60.05% 68.82%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash No No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Sound & Shot, Best Shot, Best Photo, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, HDR
Video Yes, QVGA Yes, 720p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] 5 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 No HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps TD-SCDMA; LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 256 MB 4 GB ROM, 512 MB RAM 8 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1150 mAh 1500 mAh 3200 mAh
Stand by Up to 408 h - Up to 775 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 4 h 30 min - Up to 38 h (2G)
Up to 14 h (3G)