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BlackBerry Curve 8520 vs Huawei W1

General Info

Manufacturer
BlackBerry Huawei
Announced
July 2009 January 2013
Status
Available - August 2009 Available - January 2013
Colors
Black Blue
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
109 x 60 x 13.9 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in )
124.5 x 63.7 x 10.5 mm
(4.9 x 2.51 x 0.41 in)
Weight
106 g (3.74 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

Display

Type
TFT TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors
65K colors 16M colors
Size
2.46 inches [Similar] 4.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
320 x 240 pixels (163 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
28.52% 57.54%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
BlackBerry OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor
512MHz [Similar] Dual-core 1.2 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8230 Snapdragon 400 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 305 [Similar]
RAM
N/A 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
256 MB 4 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection
Video
Yes, QVGA Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera
No [Similar] VGA [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
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
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB
Yes, microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
No Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML HTML5

User Memory

Internal
256 MB 4 GB, 512 MB 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 1950 mAh
Stand by
Up to 408 h Up to 460 h (2G)
Up to 470 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 4 h 30 min Up to 8 h (2G)
Up to 10 h 30 min (3G)
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