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BlackBerry Curve 8520 vs BlackBerry Classic

General Info

Manufacturer
BlackBerry BlackBerry
Announced
July 2009 June 2014
Status
Available - August 2009 Available - November 2014
Colors
Black Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
109 x 60 x 13.9 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in )
131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
Weight
106 g (3.74 oz) 177 g (6.24 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT Capacitive touchscreen
Colors
65K colors 16M colors
Size
2.46 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
320 x 240 pixels (163 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
28.52% 41.64%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
BlackBerry OS BlackBerry 10.3 OS
User Interface
- Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait
Processor
512MHz [Similar] Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
GPU
Adreno 225 [Similar]
RAM
N/A 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
256 MB 16 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

Camera

Rear Camera
2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels [Similar] 8 MP [Similar]
Flash
No LED Flash
Features
AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR
Video
Yes, QVGA Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
No [Similar] 2 MP [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
No HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
No Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML HTML5

User Memory

Internal
256 MB 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG
- Not Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity
1150 mAh 2515 mAh
Stand by
Up to 408 h Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 4 h 30 min Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)
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