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BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 vs Nokia Lumia 820

General Info

Manufacturer
BlackBerry Nokia
Announced
August 2010 Expected September 2012
Status
Available - August 2010 Available - November 2012
Colors
Black, Red Black, Gray, Red, Yellow, White, Blue, Violet
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
109 x 60 x 13.9 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in )
123.8 x 68.5 x 9.9 mm
(4.87 x 2.7 x 0.39 in)
Weight
104 g (3.67 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 / 2100/ 900
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
65K colors 16M colors
Size
2.46 inches [Similar] 4.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution
320 x 240 pixels (163 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
28.52% 62.04%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
BlackBerry OS v5.0, upgradable to v6.0 Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor
Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 225 [Similar]
RAM
256 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
N/A 8 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Carl Zeiss Tessa [Similar]
Flash
No LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video
Yes Yes
Front Camera
No [Similar] Yes [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge
Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes
3G
HSDPA HSDPA, 42 Mbps
HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v3.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, UMA (carrier dependent) Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support; BlackBerry Maps Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML HTML5

User Memory

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

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
1150 mAh 1650 mAh
Stand by
Up to 456 h (2G)
Up to 348 h (3G)
Up to 330 h (2G)
Up to 330 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 4 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
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