Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Curve 8520 vs Sony Xperia M2 vs Nokia Lumia 830

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Sony Nokia
Announced July 2009 February 2014 September 2014
Status Available - August 2009 Available - May 2014 Available - September 2014
Colors Black Black, White, Purple Orange, green, 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 71.1 x 8.6 mm
(5.5 x 2.8 x 0.34 in)
139.4 x 70.7 x 8.5 mm
(5.49 x 2.78 x 0.33 in)
Weight 106 g (3.74 oz) 148 g (5.22 oz) 150 g (5.29 oz)
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 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Scratch-Resistant Glass ClearBlack display

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean) Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
Processor 512MHz Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8926 Snapdragon 400 (D2303, D2306)/ MSM8226 (D2305) Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
GPU Adreno 305 Adreno 305
RAM N/A 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 256 MB 8 GB ROM 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type TFT TFT Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 65K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.46 inches 4.8 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels (163 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (229 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 28.52% 64.25% 69.80%
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 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 10 MP, Carl Zeiss Optics
Flash No LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, OIS, 1/3.4'' sensor size, PureView technology, geo-tagging, face detection, panorama
Video Yes, QVGA Yes, 1080p 1080p@30fps, optical stabilization, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes [Similar] 0.9 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Up to 86 kbps Yes
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Up to 237 kbps Up to 296 kbps
3G No HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 256 MB 8 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 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 supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery (BV-L4A)
Capacity 1150 mAh 2300 mAh 2200 mAh
Stand by Up to 408 h Up to 588 h (2G)
Up to 633 h (3G)
Up to 528 h
Talk Time Up to 4 h 30 min Up to 13 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 14 h 36 min (3G)
Up to 12 h 54 min (2G)
Up to 14 h 48 min (3G)