Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Curve 9220 vs Nokia Lumia 638 vs Samsung Z1

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Nokia Samsung
Announced April 2012 December 2014 January 2015
Status Available - May 2012 Available - December 2014 Available - January 2015
Price - Rs. 7,999 ($117.63) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 5,700 ($83.82) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, Fuchsia Pink, Pure White, Teal Blue Black White, Black, Wine Red
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 109 x 60 x 12.7 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.5 in)
129.5 x 66.7 x 9.2 mm
(5.1 x 2.63 x 0.36 in)
120.4 x 63.2 x 9.7 mm
(4.74 x 2.49 x 0.38 in)
Weight 102 g (3.6 oz) 136 g (4.8 oz) 112 g (3.95 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 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2300 / 2500 / 2600 (Bands 3, 7, 38, 39, 40, 41) -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS 7.1 Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 Tizen OS, v2.3
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Spreadtrum SC7727S
GPU Adreno 305 Mali-400
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 768 MB
Internal Memory 512 MB ROM 8 GB 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3, ClearBlack Display PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 65K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.44 inches 4.5 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels (164 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (218 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 28.17% 64.43% 59.97%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS FM radio FM radio
Games Yes Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048 x 1536 pixels
Flash No No LED flash
Features Auto focus, 1/4 Geo-tagging, Face Detection
Video Yes Yes Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G No HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, LE/ apt-X after WP8 Denim update v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 4 GB, 768 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor 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 (BL-5H) Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1450 mAh 1830 mAh 1500 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h - -
Talk Time Up to 7 h - Up to 8 h (3G)