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BlackBerry Curve 8530 vs Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4

General Info

Manufacturer
BlackBerry Samsung
Announced
November 2009 Q3 2013
Status
Available - December 2009 Available - Q3 2013
Colors
Black, Purple White Frost, Black Mist / Arctic Blue, Red Aurora
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
109 x 60 x 13.9 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in)
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
Weight
106 g (3.74 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network
CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network
- LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
65K colors 16M colors
Size
2.46 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
320 x 240 pixels (163 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
28.52% 72.15%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
BlackBerry OS 5.0 Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
528 MHz [Similar] Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 330 [Similar]
RAM
N/A 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
256 MB ROM 16/32 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No LED flash
Features
Geo-tagging Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
Video
Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec.
Front Camera
No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [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 HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML HTML5

User Memory

Internal
256 MB ROM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1150 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by
Up to 252 h Up to 370 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 4 h 30 min Up to 17 h (3G)
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