Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Curve 9320 vs BlackBerry Bold 9000 vs BlackBerry Classic

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry BlackBerry BlackBerry
Announced May 2012 May 2008 June 2014
Status Available - May 2012 Discontinued Available - November 2014
Colors Black Black, White Black
Form Factor QWERTY Candybar Candybar
Dimension 109 x 60 x 12.7 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.5 in)
114 x 66 x 14 mm
(4.49 x 2.6 x 0.55 in)
131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
Weight 103 g (3.63 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz) 177 g (6.24 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network Tri-Band HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS BlackBerry OS BlackBerry 10.3 OS
Processor 624 MHz Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
GPU - Adreno 225
RAM 512 MB 128 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 512 MB ROM 1 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 8 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type TFT TFT Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 65K colors 65K colors 16M colors
Size 2.44 inches 2.6 inches 3.5 inches
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels (164 ppi) 480 x 320 pixels (222 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 28.17% 26.72% 41.64%
Multi-Touch no no yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 8 MP
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization - AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR
Video Yes Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera  No [Similar] No [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, miniUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support, BlackBerry Maps Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM 1 GB storage, 128 MB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 8 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - - Not Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 1450 mAh 1500 mAh 2515 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h Up to 310 h Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 7 h Up to 5 h Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)