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Summary
Performance

Marvell Tavor-MG1

768 MB RAM

Marvell PXA930

512 MB RAM

Display

2.45" (6.22 cm)

360x480 px

2.8" (7.11 cm)

360x480 px

Rear Camera

5 MP

Single Camera

5 MP

Single Camera

Battery

1230 mAh

5.33 h talktime (3G)

1450 mAh

7 h talktime (2G)

Storage

8 GB

32 GB (Expandable)

512 MB

32 GB (Expandable)

Front Camera

N/A

N/A

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General
Launch Date

August 31, 2013 (Official)

Operating System

Blackberry v7

Blackberry v7.1

Performance
Chipset

Marvell Tavor-MG1 PXA930

Marvell PXA930

CPU

1 GHz

Single core, 800 MHz

Graphics

PowerVR SGX 543

RAM

768 MB

512 MB

Display
Display Type

TFT

IPS LCD

Screen Size

2.45 " (6.22 cm)

2.8 " (7.11 cm)

Resolution

360x480 px

360x480 px

Pixel Density

245 ppi

214 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

28.18 %

32.29 %

Touch Screen

, Capacitive Touchscreen, Multi-touch

Display Colour

16M

16M

Design
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Dimensions

Height: 110 mm
Width: 60 mm
Thickness: 11.4 mm

Height: 114 mm
Width: 66 mm
Thickness: 12 mm

Weight

107 grams

120 grams

Colours

Black

Black, Blue, Pink, Purple, White

Camera
Main Camera
Camera Setup

Single

Single

Resolution

5 MP Primary Camera

5 MP Primary Camera

Autofocus

Flash

, LED Flash

, LED Flash

Image Resolution

2592 x 1944 Pixels

2592 x 1944 Pixels

Camera Features

2 x Digital Zoom
Digital image stabilization
Face detection

4 x Digital Zoom
Digital image stabilization

Video Recording

640x480 fps

Front Camera
Battery
Capacity

1230 mAh

1450 mAh

Type

Li-ion

Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 5.33 Hours(3G) / Up to 5.16 Hours(2G)

Up to 7 Hours(2G)

Standby time

Up to 408 Hours(3G) / Up to 432 Hours(2G)

Up to 432 Hours(2G)

Storage
Internal Memory

8 GB

512 MB

Expandable Memory

, Up to 32 GB

, Up to 32 GB

Network & Connectivity
SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM, GSM

Single SIM, GSM

SIM Size

SIM1: Mini

Network Support

5G Not Supported in India, 3G, 2G

5G Not Supported in India, 3G, 2G

SIM 1

3G Bands:
UMTS 1900 / 2100 / 800 / 850 MHz
2G Bands:
GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz
3G Speed:
HSDPA 7.2 Mbit/s ↓, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s ↑
GPRS:
Available
EDGE:
Available

3G Bands:
UMTS 1900 / 2100 / 850 / 900 MHz
2G Bands:
GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz
3G Speed:
HSDPA 7.2 Mbit/s ↓, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s ↑
GPRS:
Available
EDGE:
Available

SAR Value

Head: 1.56 W/kg, Body: 0.84 W/kg

Wi-Fi

, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/b/g/n), Dual antennas

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

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

, v2.1

, v2.1

GPS

with A-GPS

with A-GPS

USB Connectivity

microUSB 2.0

microUSB 2.0

Multimedia
FM Radio

No

, RDS, Stereo FM

Loudspeaker

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

3.5 mm

Video Player

, Video Formats: 3GP, AVI, MPEG4

, Video Formats: H.263, H.264, MPEG4

Ring Tone

Music ringtones, Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration

Music ringtones, Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration

Music

, Music Formats: AAC, AMR, FLAC, MIDI, MP3, OGG, WAV

, Music Formats: FLAC, MP3, WAV, WMA

Special Features

Voice Memo, Voice dialing

Voice Memo, Voice dialing, Voice commands

Sensors
Other Sensors

Accelerometer

Light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer

Games

, + Downloadable

Java

No

No

Browser

, HTML

, HTML

Phone Book

, Limited

, Practically Unlimited

SMS

, Threaded View

MMS

Email

, Push e-mail

, Push e-mail

Instant Messaging

, Google Talk

Other Facilities

Calculator, World clock, Calendar, Alarm, Document viewer

World clock, Calendar, Alarm, Document viewer

Applications

Document Viewer