Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Curve 8530 vs Apple iPhone 7 Plus

BlackBerry Curve 8530
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general 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)

hardware 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

display 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 no yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes no
Radio No No
Games Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera 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]

connectivity 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)

memory User Memory

Internal 256 MB ROM 32/128/256 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB No

Apps Sensors

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

battery 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