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BlackBerry Curve 8530 vs Samsung Galaxy 551

General Info

Manufacturer
BlackBerry Samsung
Announced
November 2009 October 2010
Status
Available - December 2009 Available - Q4 2010
Colors
Black, Purple Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
109 x 60 x 13.9 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in)
111 x 55 x 15.2 mm
(4.37 x 2.17 x 0.6 in)
Weight
106 g (3.74 oz) 117 g (4.13 oz)
2G Network
CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors
65K colors 16M colors
Size
2.46 inches [Similar] 3.2 inches [Similar]
Resolution
320 x 240 pixels (163 ppi) 240 x 400 pixels (146 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
28.52% 47.59%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
BlackBerry OS 5.0 Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo), upgradable to v2.3.6 (Gingerbread)
Processor
528 MHz [Similar] 600 MHz, Qualcomm MSM7227 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 200 [Similar]
RAM
N/A N/A
Internal Memory
256 MB ROM 160 MB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 1 GB included

Camera

Rear Camera
2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels [Similar] 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No No
Features
Geo-tagging Auto focus,
Video
Yes Yes, QVGA@15fps
Front Camera
No [Similar] No [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games
Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
No Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge
No Class 12
3G
Rev. 0, up to 153.2 Kbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML HTML

User Memory

Internal
256 MB ROM 160 MB
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 1 GB included

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1150 mAh 1200 mAh
Stand by
Up to 252 h Up to 520 h (2G)
Up to 370 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 4 h 30 min Up to 9 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
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