Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Curve 8520 vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G

BlackBerry Curve 8520
blackberry curve 8520
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G
xiaomi redmi note 4g
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general General Info

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

hardware Hardware and OS

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

display Display

Type TFT IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 65K colors 16M colors
Size 2.46 inches [Similar] 5.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels (163 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 28.52% 68.82%
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] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, HDR
Video Yes, QVGA 1080p@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 Yes
3G No TD-SCDMA; LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

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

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-Po Battery
Capacity 1150 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)