Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Curve 8520 vs Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 vs Huawei Ascend Y220

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Samsung Huawei
Announced July 2009 February 2012 December 2013
Status Available - August 2009 Available - May 2012 Coming Soon - Q1 2014
Colors Black Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 109 x 60 x 13.9 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in )
118.3 x 62.2 x 10.5 mm
(4.66 x 2.45 x 0.41 in)
116.5 x 60.6 x 12.3 mm
(4.59 x 2.39 x 0.48 in)
Weight 106 g (3.74 oz) 122 g (4.3 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900
HSDPA 850 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS Android OS, v2.3 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
Processor 512MHz Dual-core 800 MHz, NovaThor U8500 Dual-core 1 GHz, Mediatek MT6572M
GPU Mali-400MP Mali-400
RAM N/A 768 MB 256 MB
Internal Memory 256 MB 4 GB storage N/A
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 65K colors 16M colors -
Size 2.46 inches 3.8 inches 3.5 inches
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels (163 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (246 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 28.52% 55.64% 51.56%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels VGA, 640x480 pixels
Flash No LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection -
Video Yes, QVGA Yes, 720p@30fps Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] No [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, 14.4 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS No
Browser HTML HTML HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 256 MB 4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32GB 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 present proximity sensor not 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 Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1150 mAh 1500 mAh 1350 mAh
Stand by Up to 408 h Up to 670 h (2G)
Up to 640 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 4 h 30 min Up to 16 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 30 min (3G)
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