Blackberry Curve 8520 vs Blackberry Pearl 8210

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Comparing the Blackberry Curve 8520 vs Blackberry Pearl 8210 across performance, display, camera, battery and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Blackberry Curve 8520 runs at a higher processing speed of 0.51 GHz, while Blackberry Pearl 8210 runs at 0.31 GHz, making Blackberry Curve 8520 the better performer.


Display: Blackberry Pearl 8210 offers a screen size of 2.6 inches, while Blackberry Curve 8520 offers 2.4 inches, making Blackberry Pearl 8210 the larger display of the two. Blackberry Pearl 8210 features a LCD display compared to Blackberry Curve 8520's TFT, making Blackberry Pearl 8210 the better display of the two.


Rear Camera: Both Blackberry Curve 8520 and Blackberry Pearl 8210 feature a 2 MP primary rear camera.


Battery: Blackberry Pearl 8210 offers a higher battery capacity with 900 mAh, while Blackberry Curve 8520 offers 1150 mAh, making Blackberry Pearl 8210 better for longer battery life.


Storage: Blackberry Pearl 8210 offers higher internal storage with 75 GB, while Blackberry Curve 8520 offers 256 GB, making Blackberry Pearl 8210 the better option for storage.

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Blackberry Curve 8520
₹10,900
(Discontinued)
Blackberry Pearl 8210
₹3,999
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

03 Aug, 2009
03 Oct, 2008

Performance

N/A
Intel Xscale
(upto 512 MHz)
(upto 312 MHz)
128 MB RAM
N/A

Display

2.4 inches (6.1 cm)
2.6 inches (6.6 cm)
TFT
LCD
320x240 px
240x320 px

Rear Camera

2 MP
Primary Camera
2 MP
Primary Camera

Battery

1150 mAh
900 mAh

Storage

256 MB
75 MB

User Ratings

4/5
(417 ratings)
N/A

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Blackberry v5.0.x
Blackberry

Performance

Chipset

N/A
Intel Xscale

Processor

512 MHz
312 MHz, Intel

RAM

128 MB
N/A

Display

Display Type

TFT
LCD

Screen Size

2.4 inches  (6.1 cm)
2.6 inches  (6.6 cm)

Resolution

320x240 px
240x320 px

Pixel Density

167 ppi
154 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

27.29 %
41.48 %

Display Colour

65K
N/A

Design

Height

109 mm
101 mm

Width

60 mm
50 mm

Thickness

13.90 mm
17.50 mm

Weight

106 grams
102 grams

Form Factor

N/A
Clamshell

Rear Camera

Resolution

2 MP
Primary Camera
2 MP
Primary Camera

Flash

N/A
Yes

Image Resolution

1600 x 1200 Pixels
N/A

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Digital Zoom

Video Recording

320x240 fps
N/A

Battery

Capacity

1150 mAh
900 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 4.5 Hours(2G)
Up to 4(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

256 MB
75 MB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 32 GB
Yes Up to 8 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM
Single SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Mini
N/A

Network Support

5G Not Supported
5G Not Supported

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 3 (802.11 b/g)
Yes Wi-Fi 3 (802.11 a/b/g)

Bluetooth

Yes v2
Yes v2

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm
N/A

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
Yes Music Formats: Yes Music Formats : MP3 MIDI AMR-NB AAC/AAC+/eAAC+ WMA with 3.5mm Audio Jack

Sensors

Games

+ Downloadable
+ Downloadable

Java

Yes
Yes MIDP 2.0

Browser

Yes HTML
Yes

Phone Book

Yes Practically Unlimited Entries and Fields Photocall Limited
Yes Practically unlimited entries and fields Photocall

SMS

Yes Threaded View
Yes

MMS

Yes
Yes

Email

Yes
Yes IMAP POP3 SMTP Microsoft Exchange Lotus Domino BlackBerry Connect

Instant Messaging

Yes
N/A

Other Facilities

Organizer Voice memo/dial Predictive text input
Document editor (Word Excel PowerPoint PDF) Organizer Voice memo/dial