Blackberry Bold 3 9780 vs Blackberry Curve 9360

Comparing the Blackberry Bold 3 9780 vs Blackberry Curve 9360 across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Blackberry Curve 9360 runs at a higher processing speed of 0.8 GHz, while Blackberry Bold 3 9780 runs at 0.62 GHz, making Blackberry Curve 9360 the better performer.

Display: Both Blackberry Bold 3 9780 and Blackberry Curve 9360 offer the same screen size of 2.44 inches and feature the same TFT display.

Rear Camera: Both Blackberry Bold 3 9780 and Blackberry Curve 9360 feature a 5 MP primary rear camera.

Battery: Blackberry Bold 3 9780 offers a higher battery capacity with 1500 mAh, while Blackberry Curve 9360 offers 1000 mAh, making Blackberry Bold 3 9780 better for longer battery life.

Storage: Blackberry Curve 9360 offers higher internal storage with 512 GB, while Blackberry Bold 3 9780 offers 256 GB, making Blackberry Curve 9360 the better option for storage.

User Rating: Blackberry Bold 3 9780 receives a higher user rating of 3.8, while Blackberry Curve 9360 has a rating of 3.

Blackberry Bold 3 9780

₹7,148

(Discontinued)

Blackberry Curve 9360

₹5,299

(Discontinued)

Summary

Release Date

14 Nov, 2010

14 Sep, 2011

06 May, 2026

Performance

N/A	N/A
N/A	Marvell Tavor-MG1	Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
(upto 624 MHz)	(upto 800 MHz)	Octa Core (upto 3.8 GHz)
512 MB RAM	512 MB RAM	12 GB RAM

Display

N/A	N/A
2.44 inches (6.2 cm)	2.44 inches (6.2 cm)	6.31 inches (16.03 cm)
TFT	TFT	AMOLED
360x480 px	480x360 px	1216x2640 px (FHD+)
N/A	N/A	120 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera

N/A	N/A
5 MP Primary Camera	5 MP Primary Camera	50 MP Primary Camera
N/A	N/A	50 MP Telephoto Camera (upto 3x Optical Zoom)
N/A	N/A	8 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

Front Camera

N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A	50 MP

Battery

N/A	N/A
1500 mAh	1000 mAh	6500 mAh
N/A	N/A	90W Flash Charging
N/A	N/A	Wireless Charging

Storage

256 MB	512 MB	256 GB
N/A	N/A	UFS 4.1

Expert Review

N/A

8.4/10

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Pros

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Compact, premium design
Excellent battery life
Reliable performance
Strong portrait photography

Cons

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Device yet to be reviewed

Video recording inconsistencies
Colours can be slightly oversaturated

User Ratings

3.8/5

(902 ratings)

3/5

(793 ratings)

4.4/5

(109 ratings)

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

N/A	N/A	3,000,897 AnTuTu Score
N/A	N/A	16h 04m Battery Life (PC Mark)

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General

Launch Date

N/A

May 06, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

Blackberry v6

Blackberry v7

Android v16

OS Updates

N/A

5 Year

Security Updates

N/A

7 Year

Custom UI

N/A

Origin OS

Performance

Performance Rating

N/A

Excellent

Chipset

N/A

Marvell Tavor-MG1 PXA930

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SM8845

Processor

624 MHz

800 MHz

Octa core

3.8 GHz, Dual core, Oryon V3 Phoenix L 3.32 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon V3 Phoenix M

Architecture (The higher, the better)

N/A

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

N/A

3 nm

Graphics (GPU)

N/A

Adreno 829

RAM

512 MB

12 GB

RAM Type

N/A

LPDDR5X Ultra

Performance Test Results

AnTuTu Score (The higher, the better) AnTuTu benchmark measures overall performance of a phone by stress-testing CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.

N/A

3,000,897

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

N/A

14.0 s

Gaming Test Results

Wild Life Extreme (The higher, the better) Wild Life Extreme is a classic mobile benchmark; it renders in 4K to test the peak performance of a wide range of devices.

N/A

4,004

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

N/A

5.0 %

Heating* (The lower, the better)

N/A

17.4 %

* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

N/A

Best In Class

Display Type

TFT

AMOLED

Screen Size

2.44 inches (6.2 cm)

6.31 inches (16.03 cm)

Resolution

360x480 px

480x360 px

1216x2640 px (FHD+)

Peak Brightness

N/A

5000 nits

Refresh Rate

N/A

120 Hz

Aspect Ratio

N/A

19.5:9

Pixel Density

246 ppi

460 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

28.21 %

29.01 %

90.11 %

Bezel-less Display

N/A

Yes with punch-hole display

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

N/A

Yes HDR 10+

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

N/A

94.38 %

Display Colour

65K

N/A

Design

Height

109 mm

106 mm

150.83 mm

Width

60 mm

71.76 mm

Thickness

14.00 mm

11 mm

7.99 mm

Weight

122 grams

99 grams

191 grams

Build Material

N/A

Back: Glass

Water Resistance

N/A

Yes Water resistant IP68 IP69 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 1.5 meter)

Ruggedness

N/A

Dust proof

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

N/A

Excellent

Resolution

5 MP
Primary Camera

50 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.57IMX921

N/A

50 MP
f/2.65 Telephoto Camera

N/A

8 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

Autofocus

Yes

N/A

Yes

OIS

N/A

Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash

Yes Dual LED Flash

Image Resolution

2592 x 1944 Pixels

N/A

Camera Features

2 x Digital Zoom

4 x Digital Zoom
Digital image stabilization
Face detection

N/A

Video Recording

N/A

640x480 fps

8k @30 fps
4k @30/60 fps
Full HD @30/60/120 fps

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

N/A

Best In Class

Resolution

N/A

50 MP
f/2.0 Primary Camera

Autofocus

N/A

Yes

Flash

N/A

Yes Screen flash

Battery

Battery Rating

N/A

Excellent

Capacity

1500 mAh

1000 mAh

6500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 6 Hours(3G) / Up to 6 Hours(2G)

Up to 5 Hours(3G) / Up to 5 Hours(2G)

N/A

Quick Charging

N/A

Yes 90W Flash Charging

Wireless Charging

N/A

Yes 40W Wireless Charging

Battery Test Results

Battery Life (PC Mark) (The higher, the better) PCMark Battery benchmark measures battery life of a phone with various activities such as web browsing, photo editing, writing, video editing, etc.

N/A

16h 04m

Charging Time (20% to 100%) (The lower, the better)

N/A

0h 41m 0s

Storage

Internal Storage

256 MB

512 MB

256 GB / 512 GB

Storage Type

N/A

UFS 4.1

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 32 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM

Dual SIM

SIM Type

N/A

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano/eSIM

Network Support

5G Not Supported

5G 4G

VoLTE

N/A

Yes

SIM 2

N/A

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66 / N71 / N75
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43) / 3500(band 48)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 1500(band 32) / 700(band 12) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 600(Band 71) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 1700(band 66)

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 3 (802.11 b/g)

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/n) 5GHz MIMO

Wi-Fi Features

N/A

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v2.1

Yes v6.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass

NFC

N/A

Yes

IR Blaster

N/A

Yes

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

USB Type-C

Video Player

Yes Video Formats: 3GP MPEG4 WMV Xvid DivX

Yes Video Formats: 3GP AVI H.263 H.264 MPEG4 WMV

N/A

Ring Tone

Music ringtones Polyphonic ringtones Vibration

N/A

Music

Yes Music Formats: AAC AAC+ AMR eAAC+ MIDI MP3 WMA

Yes Music Formats: AAC eAAC+ FLAC MIDI MP3 OGG WAV WMA

N/A

Special Features

N/A

Voice Memo Voice dialing

N/A

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

N/A

Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

N/A

On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

N/A

Ultrasonic

Other Sensors

N/A

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

Games

Yes + Downloadable

N/A

Java

Yes MIDP 2.0

N/A

Browser

Yes WAP 2.0

Yes HTML

N/A

Phone Book

Practically Unlimited Practically Unlimited

Yes Practically Unlimited Entries and Fields Photocall Practically Unlimited

N/A

SMS

Yes

Yes Threaded View

N/A

MMS

Yes

N/A

Email

Yes Push e-mail

N/A

Instant Messaging

Yes

N/A

Other Facilities

Organizer Voice memo/dial Predictive text input

N/A

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