Blackberry Curve 8520 vs Nokia E73 Mode

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Comparing the Blackberry Curve 8520 vs Nokia E73 Mode across display, camera, battery and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Display: Both Blackberry Curve 8520 and Nokia E73 Mode offer the same screen size of 2.4 inches, but Nokia E73 Mode features a LCD display compared to Blackberry Curve 8520's TFT, making Nokia E73 Mode the better display of the two.


Rear Camera: Nokia E73 Mode offers a higher rear camera resolution with 5 MP, while Blackberry Curve 8520 offers 2 MP, making Nokia E73 Mode better for rear camera photography.


Battery: Nokia E73 Mode offers a higher battery capacity with 1500 mAh, while Blackberry Curve 8520 offers 1150 mAh, making Nokia E73 Mode better for longer battery life.


Storage: Blackberry Curve 8520 offers higher internal storage with 256 GB, while Nokia E73 Mode offers 250 GB, making Blackberry Curve 8520 the better option for storage.

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Blackberry Curve 8520
₹10,900
(Discontinued)
Nokia E73 Mode
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

03 Aug, 2009
16 Jun, 2010

Performance

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

Display

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

Rear Camera

2 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Front Camera

N/A
0.3 MP

Battery

1150 mAh
1500 mAh

Storage

256 MB
250 MB

User Ratings

4/5
(417 ratings)
N/A

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Blackberry v5.0.x
Symbian

Performance

Processor

512 MHz
N/A

RAM

128 MB
N/A

Display

Display Type

TFT
LCD

Screen Size

2.4 inches  (6.1 cm)
2.4 inches  (6.1 cm)

Resolution

320x240 px
320x240 px

Pixel Density

167 ppi
167 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

27.29 %
26.86 %

Display Colour

65K
N/A

Design

Height

109 mm
113.8 mm

Width

60 mm
58.4 mm

Thickness

13.90 mm
10.20 mm

Weight

106 grams
127.6 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

2 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Autofocus

N/A
Yes

Flash

N/A
Yes LED Flash

Image Resolution

1600 x 1200 Pixels
2592 x 1944 Pixels

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Digital Zoom
Smile detection

Video Recording

320x240 fps
640x480 @ 30

Front Camera

Resolution

N/A
0.3 MP
Front Camera

Battery

Capacity

1150 mAh
1500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-Polymer

TalkTime

Up to 4.5 Hours(2G)
Up to 6(3G) / Up to 13(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

256 MB
250 MB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 32 GB
Yes Up to 16 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

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
Yes Music Formats: Yes Music Formats : MP3 AAC AAC+ eAAC+ WMA WAV RealAudio 7 RealAudio 8 RealAudio 10 M4A (Apple lossless) AMR MIDI with 3.5 mm audio jack

Sensors

Other Sensors

N/A
Accelerometer Compass

Games

+ Downloadable
+ downloadable

Java

Yes
Yes MIDP 2.0

Browser

Yes HTML
Yes

Phone Book

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

SMS

Yes Threaded View
Yes SMS Storage 999

MMS

Yes
Yes v1.2 Message Size up to 300 KB

Email

Yes
Yes IMAP4 Nokia Messaging Microsoft ActiveSync POP3 SMTP Push e-mail

Instant Messaging

Yes
N/A

Other Facilities

Organizer Voice memo/dial Predictive text input
Five-way scroll key Optical trackpad Document editor (Word Excel PowerPoint PDF) Flash Lite v3.0 Push to talk Voice command/dial Organizer T9