BlackBerry Curve 8530 vs Apple iPhone 7 Plus
Price Comparison (India)
General Info
| Manufacturer | |
| BlackBerry | Apple |
| Announced | |
| November 2009 | September 2016 |
| Status | |
| Available - December 2009 | Available - September 2016 |
| Price | |
| - | Rs. 72,000 ($999.99) [Similarly Priced] |
| Colors | |
| Black, Purple | Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold |
| Form Factor | |
| Candybar | Candybar |
| Dimension | |
|
109 x 60 x 13.9 mm (4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in) |
158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm (6.23 x 3.07 x 0.29 in) |
| Weight | |
| 106 g (3.74 oz) | 188 g (6.63 oz) |
| SIM Type | |
| - | Nano SIM |
| 2G Network | |
| CDMA 800 / 1900 | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO |
| 3G Network | |
| CDMA2000 1xEV-DO | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 |
| 4G Network | |
| - | LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300) |
| SAR US | |
|
- W/kg (head) - W/kg (body) |
1.19 W/kg (head) 1.19 W/kg (body) |
| SAR EU | |
|
- W/kg (head) - W/kg (body) |
1.24 W/kg (head) 1.00 W/kg (body) |
| Messaging | |
| SMS, MMS, EMail, IM | SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM |
| Build Features | |
| - | - Fingerprint with Force Touch - IP67 certified - dust and water resistant - Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes - Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified) |
Display
| Type | |
| TFT | LED-backlit IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, 3D Touch Display, Ion-strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating |
| Colors | |
| 65K colors | 16M colors |
| Size | |
| 2.46 inches [Similar] | 5.5 inches [Similar] |
| Resolution | |
| 320 x 240 pixels (163 ppi) | 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) [Similar] |
| Screen-to-Body Ratio | 28.52% | 67.51% |
| Multi-Touch | |
Hardware and OS
| OS | |
| BlackBerry OS 5.0 | iOS 10 |
| Processor | |
| 528 MHz [Similar] | Quad-core, Apple A10 Fusion |
| GPU | |
| 6 core [Similar] | |
| RAM | |
| N/A | 2 GB [Browse Similar] |
| Internal Memory | |
| 256 MB ROM | 32/128/256 GB |
| External Memory | |
| microSD, up to 32GB | No |
Camera
| Rear Camera | |
| 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels [Similar] | Dual 12 MP [Similar] |
| Flash | |
| No | Quad-LED (dual tone) |
| Features | |
| Geo-tagging | Phase Detection Autofocus, (f/1.8, 28mm & f/2.8, 56mm, 2x optical zoom, OIS, Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama) |
| Video | |
| Yes | 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps,1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps |
| Front Camera | |
| No [Similar] | 7 MP, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar] |
Multimedia
| 3.5mm Jack | |
| Radio | |
| No | No |
| Games | |
| Yes | Yes + Downloadable |
| Loud Speaker | |
Connectivity and Data Rate
| GPRS | |
| No | Yes |
| Edge | |
| No | Yes |
| 3G | |
| Rev. 0, up to 153.2 Kbps | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps |
| Bluetooth | |
| Yes, v2.1 with A2DP | v4.2, A2DP, LE |
| Wi-Fi | |
| Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot |
| USB | |
| Yes, microUSB | v2.0, reversible connector |
| GPS | |
| Yes, with A-GPS support | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS |
| Browser | |
| HTML | HTML5 (Safari) |
User Memory
| Internal | |
| 256 MB ROM | 32/128/256 GB, 2 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 | 2700 mAh |
| Stand by | |
| Up to 252 h | Up to 384 h |
| Talk Time | |
| Up to 4 h 30 min | Up to 21 h |