Blackberry Curve 8520 vs Philips Xenium X623

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Comparing the Blackberry Curve 8520 vs Philips Xenium X623 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 Philips Xenium X623 offer the same screen size of 2.4 inches, but Philips Xenium X623 features a IPS LCD display compared to Blackberry Curve 8520's TFT, making Philips Xenium X623 the better display of the two.


Rear Camera: Philips Xenium X623 offers a higher rear camera resolution with 5 MP, while Blackberry Curve 8520 offers 2 MP, making Philips Xenium X623 better for rear camera photography.


Battery: Philips Xenium X623 offers a higher battery capacity with 2000 mAh, while Blackberry Curve 8520 offers 1150 mAh, making Philips Xenium X623 better for longer battery life.


Storage: Philips Xenium X623 offers higher internal storage with 64 GB, while Blackberry Curve 8520 offers 256 GB, making Philips Xenium X623 the better option for storage.

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Blackberry Curve 8520
₹10,900
(Discontinued)
Philips Xenium X623
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

03 Aug, 2009
19 Dec, 2011

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
IPS LCD
320x240 px
240x320 px

Rear Camera

2 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Battery

1150 mAh
2000 mAh

Storage

256 MB
64 MB

User Ratings

4/5
(417 ratings)
N/A

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Blackberry v5.0.x
N/A

Performance

Processor

512 MHz
N/A

RAM

128 MB
N/A

Display

Display Type

TFT
IPS LCD

Screen Size

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

Resolution

320x240 px
240x320 px

Pixel Density

167 ppi
167 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

27.29 %
30.74 %

Display Colour

65K
N/A

Design

Height

109 mm
118.5 mm

Width

60 mm
49 mm

Thickness

13.90 mm
15.20 mm

Weight

106 grams
132.8 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

2 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Flash

N/A
Yes LED Flash

Image Resolution

1600 x 1200 Pixels
N/A

Shooting Modes

N/A
Continuous Shooting

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Digital Zoom
Smile detection

Video Recording

320x240 fps
320x240
176x144

Battery

Capacity

1150 mAh
2000 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 4.5 Hours(2G)
Up to 23(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

256 MB
64 MB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 32 GB
Yes Up to 32 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM
Dual 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)
No

Bluetooth

Yes v2
Yes v2.1

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+ WMA WAV with Loud Speaker and 3.5mm Audio Jack

Sensors

Games

+ Downloadable
N/A

Java

Yes
Yes MIDP 2.0

Browser

Yes HTML
Yes

Phone Book

Yes Practically Unlimited Entries and Fields Photocall Limited
Yes Photocall

SMS

Yes Threaded View
Yes Threaded View

MMS

Yes
Yes

Email

Yes
N/A

Instant Messaging

Yes
N/A

Other Facilities

Organizer Voice memo/dial Predictive text input
Organizer Voice memo Predictive text input