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Summary
Performance

128 MB RAM

Marvell PXA930

512 MB RAM

Display

2.4" (6.1 cm)

240x320 px

2.8" (7.11 cm)

360x480 px

Rear Camera

2 MP

Single Camera

5 MP

Single Camera

Battery

1150 mAh

4.5 h talktime (2G)

1450 mAh

7 h talktime (2G)

Storage

256 MB

32 GB (Expandable)

512 MB

32 GB (Expandable)

Front Camera

N/A

N/A

Expert Rating
User Rating

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3.3/5 based on 385 ratings

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General
Launch Date

August 3, 2009 (Official)

August 31, 2013 (Official)

Operating System

Blackberry v5.0.x

Blackberry v7.1

Performance
Chipset

Marvell PXA930

CPU

512 MHz

Single core, 800 MHz

RAM

128 MB

512 MB

Display
Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

27.29 %

32.29 %

Display Colour

65K

16M

Design
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Dimensions

Height: 109 mm
Width: 60 mm
Thickness: 13.90 mm

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

Weight

106 grams

120 grams

Colours

Black

Black, Blue, Pink, Purple, White

Camera
Main Camera
Camera Setup

Single

Single

Resolution

2 MP Primary Camera

5 MP Primary Camera

Flash

, LED Flash

Image Resolution

1600 x 1200 Pixels

2592 x 1944 Pixels

Camera Features

Digital Zoom

4 x Digital Zoom
Digital image stabilization

Video Recording

320x240 fps

Front Camera
Battery
Capacity

1150 mAh

1450 mAh

Type

Li-ion

Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 4.5 Hours(2G)

Up to 7 Hours(2G)

Standby time

Up to 408 Hours(2G)

Up to 432 Hours(2G)

Storage
Internal Memory

256 MB

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

SIM1: Mini

Network Support

5G Not Supported in India, 2G

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

SIM 1

2G Bands:
GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz
GPRS:
Class 10, 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE:
Class 10, 236.8 kbps

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

Wi-Fi

, Wi-Fi 3 (802.11 b/g)

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

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

, v2

, v2.1

GPS

with A-GPS

USB Connectivity

microUSB

microUSB 2.0

Multimedia
FM Radio

No

, RDS, Stereo FM

Loudspeaker

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

3.5 mm

Video Player

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

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

Ring Tone

Music ringtones, Vibration

Music ringtones, Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration

Music

, Music Formats: MP3

, Music Formats: FLAC, MP3, WAV, WMA

Special Features

Voice Memo, Voice dialing, Voice commands

Sensors
Other Sensors

Light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer

Games

Java

No

Browser

, HTML

, HTML

Phone Book

, Limited

, Practically Unlimited

SMS

, Threaded View

MMS

Email

, Push e-mail

Instant Messaging

, Google Talk

Other Facilities

Calculator, World clock, Calendar, Alarm

World clock, Calendar, Alarm, Document viewer