Blackberry Curve 8520 vs Alcatel OT-980A

Comparing the Blackberry Curve 8520 vs Alcatel OT-980A across display, camera, battery and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Display: Alcatel OT-980A offers a screen size of 2.8 inches, while Blackberry Curve 8520 offers 2.4 inches, making Alcatel OT-980A the larger display of the two. Both Blackberry Curve 8520 and Alcatel OT-980A feature the same TFT display.

Rear Camera: Both Blackberry Curve 8520 and Alcatel OT-980A feature a 2 MP primary rear camera.

Battery: Both Blackberry Curve 8520 and Alcatel OT-980A offer the same 1150 mAh battery capacity.

Storage: Alcatel OT-980A offers higher internal storage with 512 GB, while Blackberry Curve 8520 offers 256 GB, making Alcatel OT-980A the better option for storage.

Blackberry Curve 8520

₹10,900

(Discontinued)

Alcatel OT-980A

(Discontinued)

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Summary

Release Date

03 Aug, 2009

27 Jun, 2010

User Ratings

4/5

(417 ratings)

N/A

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General

Operating System

Blackberry v5.0.x

Android v2.1 (Eclair)

Performance

Processor

512 MHz

N/A

RAM

128 MB

256 MB

Display

Display Type

TFT

Screen Size

2.4 inches (6.1 cm)

2.8 inches (7.11 cm)

Resolution

320x240 px

Pixel Density

167 ppi

143 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

27.29 %

35.76 %

Display Colour

65K

N/A

Design

Height

109 mm

112.5 mm

Width

60 mm

60.4 mm

Thickness

13.90 mm

15.90 mm

Weight

106 grams

125 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

2 MP
Primary Camera

Image Resolution

1600 x 1200 Pixels

Camera Features

Digital Zoom

Video Recording

320x240 fps

N/A

Battery

Capacity

1150 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 4.5 Hours(2G)

Up to 6 Hours(3G) / Up to 8 Hours(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

256 MB

512 MB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 32 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Mini

N/A

Network Support

5G Not Supported

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 3 (802.11 b/g)

Bluetooth

Yes v2

Yes v2.0

GPS

N/A	Yes with A-GPS

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

Video Player

Yes Video Formats: H.263 H.264 MPEG4 WMV

N/A

Ring Tone

Music ringtones Vibration

N/A

Music

Yes Music Formats: MP3

N/A

Sensors

Other Sensors

N/A	Accelerometer Compass

Games

+ Downloadable

N/A

Java

Yes

N/A

Browser

Yes HTML

N/A

Phone Book

Yes Practically Unlimited Entries and Fields Photocall Limited

N/A

SMS

Yes Threaded View

N/A

MMS

Yes

N/A

Email

Yes

N/A

Instant Messaging

Yes

N/A

Other Facilities

Organizer Voice memo/dial Predictive text input

N/A