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Blackberry Curve 8520 vs Blackberry Bold 9650

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Summary
Performance

128 MB RAM

N/A

Display

2.4" (6.1 cm)

240x320 px

2.44" (6.2 cm)

480x360 px

Rear Camera

2 MP

Single Camera

3.2 MP

Single Camera

Battery

1150 mAh

4.5 h talktime (2G)

1400 mAh

5 h talktime (2G)

Storage

256 MB

32 GB (Expandable)

512 MB

32 GB (Expandable)

Front Camera

N/A

N/A

Expert Rating
User Ratings

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4/5 based on 498 ratings

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2.7/5 based on 6 ratings

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General
Launch Date

August 3, 2009 (Official)

July 3, 2010 (Official)

Operating System

Blackberry v5.0.x

Blackberry

Performance
CPU

512 MHz

RAM

128 MB

Display
Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

27.29 %

26.57 %

Display Colour

65K

65K

Design
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Dimensions

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

Height: 112 mm
Width: 62 mm
Thickness: 14.00 mm

Weight

106 grams

136 grams

Colours

Black

Black

Camera
Main Camera
Camera Setup

Single

Single

Resolution

2 MP Primary Camera

3.2 MP Primary Camera

Autofocus

Flash

, LED Flash

Image Resolution

1600 x 1200 Pixels

2048 x 1536 Pixels

Camera Features

Digital Zoom

Digital Zoom
Digital image stabilization

Video Recording

320x240 fps

Front Camera
Battery
Capacity

1150 mAh

1400 mAh

Type

Li-ion

Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 4.5 Hours(2G)

Up to 5 Hours(2G)

Standby time

Up to 408 Hours(2G)

Up to 312 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

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 2100 MHz
2G Bands:
GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz
3G Speed:
HSPA 3.6 Mbit/s ↓
GPRS:
Class 10, 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE:
Class 10, 236.8 kbps

SAR Value

Head: 1.68 W/kg, Body: 0.27 W/kg

Wi-Fi

, Wi-Fi 3 (802.11 b/g)

, Wi-Fi 3 (802.11 b/g)

Bluetooth

, v2

, v2.1

GPS

with A-GPS

USB Connectivity

microUSB

microUSB, microUSB 2.0

Multimedia
FM Radio

No

No

Loudspeaker

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

3.5 mm

Video Player

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

, Video Formats: H.264, MPEG4, WMV

Ring Tone

Music ringtones, Vibration

Music ringtones, Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration

Music

, Music Formats: MP3

, Music Formats: eAAC+, MP3, WMA

Special Features

Voice Memo, Voice dialing

Sensors
Games

, + Downloadable

Java

, MIDP 2.0

Browser

, HTML

, HTML

Phone Book

, Limited

, Limited

SMS

, Threaded View

MMS

Email

, Push e-mail

Instant Messaging

Other Facilities

Calculator, World clock, Calendar, Alarm

Calculator, World clock, Calendar, Alarm, Document viewer

Applications

Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)