Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 vs Samsung Galaxy Star Duos S5282 vs Nokia Asha 503 Dual SIM

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Samsung Nokia
Announced August 2010 April 2013 October 2013
Status Available - August 2010 Available - May 2013 Coming Soon - Q4 2013
Colors Black, Red Black, White, Blue Yellow, black, green, red, blue, white
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 109 x 60 x 13.9 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in )
105 x 58 x 11.9 mm
(4.13 x 2.28 x 0.47 in)
102.6 x 60.6 x 12.7 mm
(4.04 x 2.39 x 0.5 in)
Weight 104 g (3.67 oz) 100.5 g (3.53.0.18 oz) 111.4 g (3.92.0.14 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
N/A HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS v5.0, upgradable to v6.0 Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) Nokia Asha software platform 1.2
Processor 1 GHz, Spreadtrum SP8810 -
GPU Mali-300 -
RAM 256 MB 512 MB 64 MB
Internal Memory N/A 4 GB N/A
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included

display Display

Type TFT TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 65K colors 65K colors 256K colors
Size 2.46 inches 3.0 inches 3.0 inches
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels (163 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (133 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (133 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 28.52% 45.99% 45.05%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels
Flash No No LED flash
Features Fixed Focus, Smile Shot, -
Video Yes Yes, QVGA@15fps Yes, QVGA@15fps
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA No HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, UMA (carrier dependent) Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; BlackBerry Maps No No
Browser HTML HTML WAP 2.0/xHTML

memory User Memory

Internal 256 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 64 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor not present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery (BL-4U)
Capacity 1150 mAh 1200 mAh 1200 mAh
Stand by Up to 456 h (2G)
Up to 348 h (3G)
Up to 320 h Up to 480 h (2G)
Up to 480 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 4 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 14 h Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)