Blackberry Curve 8520 vs Motorola Charm

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Comparing the Blackberry Curve 8520 vs Motorola Charm across display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Display: Motorola Charm offers a screen size of 2.8 inches, while Blackberry Curve 8520 offers 2.4 inches, making Motorola Charm the larger display of the two. Motorola Charm features a LCD display compared to Blackberry Curve 8520's TFT, making Motorola Charm the better display of the two.


Rear Camera: Motorola Charm offers a higher rear camera resolution with 3.2 MP, while Blackberry Curve 8520 offers 2 MP, making Motorola Charm better for rear camera photography.


Battery: Motorola Charm offers a higher battery capacity with 1170 mAh, while Blackberry Curve 8520 offers 1150 mAh, making Motorola Charm better for longer battery life.


Storage: Motorola Charm offers higher internal storage with 512 GB, while Blackberry Curve 8520 offers 256 GB, making Motorola Charm the better option for storage.


User Rating: Motorola Charm receives a higher user rating of 4.3, while Blackberry Curve 8520 has a rating of 4.

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Blackberry Curve 8520
₹10,900
(Discontinued)
Motorola Charm
₹15,990
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

03 Aug, 2009
25 Aug, 2010

Performance

N/A
TI
(upto 512 MHz)
N/A
128 MB RAM
N/A

Display

2.4 inches (6.1 cm)
2.8 inches (7.11 cm)
TFT
LCD
320x240 px
320x240 px

Rear Camera

2 MP
Primary Camera
3.2 MP
Primary Camera

Battery

1150 mAh
1170 mAh

Storage

256 MB
512 MB

User Ratings

4/5
(417 ratings)
4.3/5
(179 ratings)

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Blackberry v5.0.x
Android v2.1

Performance

Chipset

N/A
TI

Processor

512 MHz
N/A

Graphics (GPU)

N/A
PowerVR SGX 530

RAM

128 MB
N/A

Display

Display Type

TFT
LCD

Screen Size

2.4 inches  (6.1 cm)
2.8 inches  (7.11 cm)

Resolution

320x240 px
320x240 px

Pixel Density

167 ppi
143 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

27.29 %
36.74 %

Display Colour

65K
N/A

Design

Height

109 mm
98.4 mm

Width

60 mm
67.2 mm

Thickness

13.90 mm
11.40 mm

Weight

106 grams
110 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

2 MP
Primary Camera
3.2 MP
Primary Camera

Flash

N/A
Yes

Image Resolution

1600 x 1200 Pixels
N/A

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Digital Zoom
Face Detection
Smile detection

Video Recording

320x240 fps
220x176 @ 15

Battery

Capacity

1150 mAh
1170 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 4.5 Hours(2G)
Up to 5(3G) / Up to 6.75(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

256 MB
512 MB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 32 GB
Yes Up to 32 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 4 (802.11 b/g/n)

Bluetooth

Yes v2
Yes v2

GPS

N/A
Yes with A-GPS

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
N/A

Sensors

Other Sensors

N/A
Proximity sensor Accelerometer

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