BlackBerry Curve 8520 vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE
General Info
| Manufacturer | |
| BlackBerry | Amazon |
| Announced | |
| July 2009 | September 2012 |
| Status | |
| Available - August 2009 | Available - October 2012 |
| Colors | |
| Black | Black |
| Form Factor | |
| Candybar | Candybar |
| Dimension | |
|
109 x 60 x 13.9 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in ) |
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm (9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in) |
| Weight | |
| 106 g (3.74 oz) | 575 g (20.28 oz) |
| 2G Network | |
| GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| 3G Network | |
| HSDPA | |
| 4G Network | |
| - | LTE |
| Messaging | |
| SMS, MMS, EMail, IM | , Push Mail, EMail, IM |
Display
Hardware and OS
| OS | |
| BlackBerry OS | Android OS, v4.0 (customized) |
| Processor | |
| 512MHz [Similar] | Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar] |
| GPU | |
| PowerVR SGX544 [Similar] | |
| RAM | |
| N/A | 1 GB [Browse Similar] |
| Internal Memory | |
| 256 MB | 32/64 GB storage |
| External Memory | |
| microSD, up to 32GB | No |
Camera
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 | |
| No | HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE |
| Bluetooth | |
| Yes, v2.0 with A2DP | Yes, with A2DP |
| Wi-Fi | |
| Wi-Fi 802.11b/g | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band |
| USB | |
| Yes, microUSB | Yes, v2.0 |
| GPS | |
| No | Yes, with A-GPS support |
| Browser | |
| HTML | HTML5 (Amazon Silk) |
User Memory
| Internal | |
| 256 MB | 32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM |
| Expandable Storage | |
| microSD, up to 32GB | No |
Sensors
| Fingerprint | |
| Proximity Sensor | |
| Accelerometer Sensor | |
| NFC | |
Battery
| Type | |
| Standard battery, Li-Ion | Non-removable Li-Ion battery |
| Capacity | |
| 1150 mAh | 6000 mAh |
| Stand by | |
| Up to 408 h | - |
| Talk Time | |
| Up to 4 h 30 min | Up to 10 h |