Blackberry Curve 8520 vs Sony Ericsson Aspen

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Comparing the Blackberry Curve 8520 vs Sony Ericsson Aspen across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Sony Ericsson Aspen runs at a higher processing speed of 0.6 GHz, while Blackberry Curve 8520 runs at 0.51 GHz, making Sony Ericsson Aspen the better performer.


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


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


Battery: Sony Ericsson Aspen offers a higher battery capacity with 1500 mAh, while Blackberry Curve 8520 offers 1150 mAh, making Sony Ericsson Aspen better for longer battery life.


Storage: Both Blackberry Curve 8520 and Sony Ericsson Aspen offer the same internal storage of 256 GB.


User Rating: Sony Ericsson Aspen receives a higher user rating of 5, while Blackberry Curve 8520 has a rating of 4.

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Blackberry Curve 8520
₹10,900
(Discontinued)
Sony Ericsson Aspen
₹18,999
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

03 Aug, 2009
01 Jul, 2010

Performance

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

Display

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

Rear Camera

2 MP
Primary Camera
3.2 MP
Primary Camera

Battery

1150 mAh
1500 mAh

Storage

256 MB
256 MB

User Ratings

4/5
(417 ratings)
5/5
(3 ratings)

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Blackberry v5.0.x
Windows Mobile

Performance

Chipset

N/A
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227

Processor

512 MHz
600 MHz, Qualcomm

Graphics (GPU)

N/A
Adreno 200

RAM

128 MB
256 MB

Display

Display Type

TFT
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 %
25.43 %

Display Colour

65K
N/A

Design

Height

109 mm
117 mm

Width

60 mm
60 mm

Thickness

13.90 mm
12.45 mm

Weight

106 grams
130 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

Video Recording

320x240 fps
640x480 @ 15

Battery

Capacity

1150 mAh
1500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-Polymer

TalkTime

Up to 4.5 Hours(2G)
Up to 8(3G) / Up to 10(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

256 MB
256 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 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
N/A

Sensors

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