Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Curve 8520 vs Samsung Galaxy Chat B5330 vs BlackBerry Classic

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Samsung BlackBerry
Announced July 2009 July 2012 June 2014
Status Available - August 2009 Available - August 2012 Available - November 2014
Colors Black White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 109 x 60 x 13.9 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in )
118.9 x 59.3 x 11.7 mm
(4.68 x 2.33 x 0.46 in)
131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
Weight 106 g (3.74 oz) 112 g (3.95 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 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS Android OS, v4.x (Ice Cream Sandwich) BlackBerry 10.3 OS
Processor 512MHz - Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
GPU - Adreno 225
RAM N/A N/A 2 GB
Internal Memory 256 MB 4 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type TFT TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 65K colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 2.46 inches 3.0 inches 3.5 inches
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels (163 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (133 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 28.52% 39.73% 41.64%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 8 MP
Flash No No LED Flash
Features - AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR
Video Yes, QVGA Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] 2 MP [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 HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 256 MB 4 GB storage 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 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 not present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor not present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 1150 mAh 1200 mAh 2515 mAh
Stand by Up to 408 h Up to 520 h (2G)
Up to 380 h (3G)
Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 4 h 30 min Up to 14 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)