Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Curve 8520 vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE vs Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 S7582

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Amazon Samsung
Announced July 2009 September 2012 November 2013
Status Available - August 2009 Available - October 2012 Available - November 2013
Colors Black Black White, Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 109 x 60 x 13.9 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in )
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
121.5 x 63.1 x 10.57 mm
(4.78 x 2.48 x 0.42 in)
Weight 106 g (3.74 oz) 575 g (20.28 oz) 118 g (4.16 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS Android OS, v4.0 (customized) Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 512MHz Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, Broadcom BCM21664
GPU PowerVR SGX544 Broadcom VideoCore IV
RAM N/A 1 GB 768 MB
Internal Memory 256 MB 32/64 GB storage 4 GB (1.9 GB user available)
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen, PLS
Colors 65K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.46 inches 8.9 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels (163 ppi) 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 28.52% 58.54% 59.52%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash No No LED flash
Features Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, QVGA No Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes Yes
3G No HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct
USB Yes, microUSB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML5 (Amazon Silk) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 256 MB 32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 4 GB (1.9 GB user available), 768 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB No microSD, up to 32 GB

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 Non-removable Li-Ion battery Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1150 mAh 6000 mAh 1500 mAh
Stand by Up to 408 h - Up to 280 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 4 h 30 min Up to 10 h Up to 8 h (3G)