Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Curve 8530 vs Sony Xperia Go

BlackBerry Curve 8530
blackberry curve 8530
Sony Xperia Go
sony xperia go
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general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Sony
Announced November 2009 May 2012
Status Available - December 2009 Available - July 2012
Colors Black, Purple White, Black, Yellow
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 109 x 60 x 13.9 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in)
111 x 60.3 x 9.8 mm
(4.37 x 2.37 x 0.39 in)
Weight 106 g (3.74 oz) 110g (3.88oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS 5.0 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0
Processor 528 MHz [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz, NovaThor U8500 [Similar]
GPU Mali-400 [Similar]
RAM N/A 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 256 MB ROM 8 GB storage (4 GB user available)
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors 65K colors 16M colors
Size 2.46 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels (163 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 28.52% 54.38%
Multi-Touch no yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama
Video Yes Yes, 720p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Up to 86 kbps
Edge No Up to 237 kbps
3G Rev. 0, up to 153.2 Kbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML HTML5, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 256 MB ROM 8 GB storage (4 GB user available), 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1150 mAh 1305 mAh
Stand by Up to 252 h Up to 520 h (2G)
Up to 460 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 4 h 30 min Up to 6 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 30 min (3G)