Blackberry Curve 8980 vs Samsung Galaxy Ace

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Comparing the Blackberry Curve 8980 vs Samsung Galaxy Ace across display, camera and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Display: Samsung Galaxy Ace offers a screen size of 3.5 inches, while Blackberry Curve 8980 offers 2.4 inches, making Samsung Galaxy Ace the larger display of the two. Both Blackberry Curve 8980 and Samsung Galaxy Ace feature the same TFT display.


Rear Camera: Samsung Galaxy Ace offers a higher rear camera resolution with 5 MP, while Blackberry Curve 8980 offers 3.2 MP, making Samsung Galaxy Ace better for rear camera photography.


Storage: Blackberry Curve 8980 offers higher internal storage with 256 GB, while Samsung Galaxy Ace offers 158 GB, making Blackberry Curve 8980 the better option for storage.

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Blackberry Curve 8980
(Discontinued)
Samsung Galaxy Ace
₹9,200
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

28 Mar, 2012
09 Feb, 2011

Performance

N/A
Snapdragon S1
N/A
(upto 800 MHz)
N/A
278 MB RAM

Display

2.4 inches (6.1 cm)
3.5 inches (8.89 cm)
TFT
TFT
480x360 px
320x480 px

Rear Camera

3.2 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Battery

N/A
1350 mAh

Storage

256 MB
158 MB

User Ratings

N/A
3.8/5
(537 ratings)

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Blackberry v5
Android v2.3 (Gingerbread)

Custom UI

N/A
TouchWiz UI

Performance

Chipset

N/A
Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227

Processor

N/A
Single core, 800 MHz, ARM 11

Graphics (GPU)

N/A
Adreno 200

RAM

N/A
278 MB

Display

Display Type

TFT
TFT

Screen Size

2.4 inches  (6.1 cm)
3.5 inches  (8.89 cm)

Resolution

480x360 px
320x480 px

Pixel Density

250 ppi
165 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

27.29 %
54.28 %

Screen Protection

N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass

Design

Height

109 mm
112.4 mm

Width

60 mm
59.9 mm

Thickness

13.6 mm
11.50 mm

Weight

117 grams
113 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

3.2 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Autofocus

Yes
Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash
Yes LED Flash

Image Resolution

2048 x 1536 Pixels
2592 x 1944 Pixels

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Digital image stabilization
Digital Zoom
Face detection
Smile detection

Video Recording

N/A
640x480 @ 24 fps

Battery

Capacity

N/A
1350 mAh

Battery Type

N/A
Li-ion

TalkTime

N/A
Up to 6.5 Hours(3G) / Up to 11 Hours(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

256 MB
158 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
SIM1: Mini

Network Support

5G Not Supported
5G Not Supported

SAR Value

Head: 0.64 W/kg Body: 0.66 W/kg
N/A

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)
Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)

Wi-Fi Features

N/A
Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v2.1
Yes v2.1

GPS

Yes with A-GPS
Yes with A-GPS

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm
3.5 mm

Video Player

Yes Video Formats: H.263 H.264 MPEG4 WMV Xvid DivX
N/A

Ring Tone

Music ringtones Polyphonic ringtones Vibration
N/A

Music

Yes Music Formats: AAC AAC+ MP3 WMA
N/A

Sensors

Other Sensors

N/A
Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass

Games

Yes
N/A

Java

Yes
N/A

Browser

Yes HTML
N/A

Phone Book

Yes Practically unlimited entries and fields Photocall Practically Unlimited
N/A

SMS

Yes
N/A

MMS

Yes
N/A

Email

Yes
N/A

Instant Messaging

Yes
N/A

Other Facilities

Organizer Voice dial/memo Predictive text input
N/A