Blackberry Curve 8520 vs Palm Pixi Plus

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

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Palm Pixi Plus runs at a higher processing speed of 0.6 GHz, while Blackberry Curve 8520 runs at 0.51 GHz, making Palm Pixi Plus the better performer.


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


Rear Camera: Both Blackberry Curve 8520 and Palm Pixi Plus feature a 2 MP primary rear camera.


Battery: Both Blackberry Curve 8520 and Palm Pixi Plus offer the same 1150 mAh battery capacity.


Storage: Palm Pixi Plus offers higher internal storage with 8 GB, while Blackberry Curve 8520 offers 256 GB, making Palm Pixi Plus the better option for storage.

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Blackberry Curve 8520
₹10,900
(Discontinued)
Palm Pixi Plus
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

03 Aug, 2009
03 Apr, 2010

Performance

N/A
Snapdragon S1
(upto 512 MHz)
(upto 600 MHz)
128 MB RAM
N/A

Display

2.4 inches (6.1 cm)
2.6 inches (6.6 cm)
TFT
LCD
320x240 px
320x400 px

Rear Camera

2 MP
Primary Camera
2 MP
Primary Camera

Battery

1150 mAh
1150 mAh

Storage

256 MB
8 GB

User Ratings

4/5
(417 ratings)
N/A

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Blackberry v5.0.x
WebOS

Performance

Chipset

N/A
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7627

Processor

512 MHz
600 MHz, Qualcomm

Graphics (GPU)

N/A
Adreno 200

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
320x400 px

Pixel Density

167 ppi
197 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

27.29 %
34.91 %

Display Colour

65K
N/A

Design

Height

109 mm
111 mm

Width

60 mm
54.9 mm

Thickness

13.90 mm
10.90 mm

Weight

106 grams
107.7 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

2 MP
Primary Camera
2 MP
Primary Camera

Flash

N/A
Yes LED Flash

Image Resolution

1600 x 1200 Pixels
N/A

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Digital Zoom
Smile detection

Video Recording

320x240 fps
N/A

Battery

Capacity

1150 mAh
1150 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 4.5 Hours(2G)
Up to 5.5(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

256 MB
8 GB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 32 GB
Yes

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 v2.1

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+ AMR QCELP WAV with 3.5 mm audio jack

Sensors

Other Sensors

N/A
Accelerometer

Games

+ Downloadable
N/A

Java

Yes
Yes MIDP 2.0

Browser

Yes HTML
Yes

Phone Book

Yes Practically Unlimited Entries and Fields Photocall Limited
Practically Unlimited

SMS

Yes Threaded View
N/A

MMS

Yes
N/A

Email

Yes
Yes IMAP POP3 SMTP Microsoft Exchange Microsoft Direct Push e-mail

Instant Messaging

Yes
N/A

Other Facilities

Organizer Voice memo/dial Predictive text input
Proximity sensor for auto turn-off Organizer Document viewer Voice memo/dial Alarm Calendar To-Do / Tasks Calculator Notes