Blackberry Curve 9380 vs Samsung Galaxy S Advance

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Comparing the Blackberry Curve 9380 vs Samsung Galaxy S Advance across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Samsung Galaxy S Advance runs at a higher processing speed of 1.0 GHz, while Blackberry Curve 9380 runs at 0.81 GHz, making Samsung Galaxy S Advance the better performer.


Display: Samsung Galaxy S Advance offers a screen size of 4 inches, while Blackberry Curve 9380 offers 3.2 inches, making Samsung Galaxy S Advance the larger display of the two. Samsung Galaxy S Advance features a Super AMOLED display compared to Blackberry Curve 9380's TFT, making Samsung Galaxy S Advance the better display of the two.


Rear Camera: Both Blackberry Curve 9380 and Samsung Galaxy S Advance feature a 5 MP primary rear camera.


Battery: Samsung Galaxy S Advance offers a higher battery capacity with 1500 mAh, while Blackberry Curve 9380 offers 1230 mAh, making Samsung Galaxy S Advance better for longer battery life.


Storage: Blackberry Curve 9380 offers higher internal storage with 512 GB, while Samsung Galaxy S Advance offers 2 GB, making Blackberry Curve 9380 the better option for storage.


User Rating: Blackberry Curve 9380 receives a higher user rating of 4.2, while Samsung Galaxy S Advance has a rating of 4.

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Blackberry Curve 9380
₹6,999
(Discontinued)
Samsung Galaxy S Advance
₹5,999
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

16 Dec, 2011
N/A

Performance

Marvell PXA930
ST-Ericsson NovaThor
(upto 806 MHz)
(upto 1 GHz)
512 MB RAM
768 MB RAM

Display

3.2 inches (8.13 cm)
4 inches (10.16 cm)
TFT
Super AMOLED
360x480 px
480x800 px

Rear Camera

5 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Front Camera

N/A
1.3 MP

Battery

1230 mAh
1500 mAh

Storage

512 MB
2 GB

User Ratings

4.2/5
(158 ratings)
4/5
(1,480 ratings)

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Blackberry v7
Android v2.3.6 (Gingerbread)

Custom UI

N/A
TouchWiz UI

Performance

Chipset

Marvell PXA930
ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500

Processor

806 MHz
Dual core, 1 GHz

Graphics (GPU)

N/A
Mali-400

RAM

512 MB
768 MB

Display

Display Type

TFT
Super AMOLED

Screen Size

3.2 inches  (8.13 cm)
4 inches  (10.16 cm)

Resolution

360x480 px
480x800 px

Pixel Density

188 ppi
233 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

48.52 %
58.62 %

Design

Height

109 mm
123.2 mm

Width

60 mm
63 mm

Thickness

11.2 mm
9.7 mm

Weight

98 grams
120 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

5 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Autofocus

N/A
Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash
Yes LED Flash

Image Resolution

2592 x 1944 Pixels
2592 x 1944 Pixels

Shooting Modes

N/A
Continuous Shooting

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Digital image stabilization
Face detection
Smile detection
Digital Zoom
Smile detection

Video Recording

640x480 fps
1280x720 @ 30 fps

Front Camera

Resolution

N/A
1.3 MP
Primary Camera

Camera Features

N/A
Fixed Focus

Battery

Capacity

1230 mAh
1500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 5.66 Hours(3G) / Up to 5.5 Hours(2G)
Up to 7.33(3G) / Up to 15(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

512 MB
2 GB

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
N/A

Network Support

5G Not Supported
5G Not Supported

SAR Value

Head: 1.38 W/kg Body: 0.77 W/kg
N/A

Wi-Fi

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

Wi-Fi Features

N/A
Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v2.1
Yes v3

GPS

Yes with A-GPS
Yes with A-GPS

NFC

Yes
N/A

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm
3.5 mm

Video Player

Yes Video Formats: 3GP AVI H.263 H.264 MPEG4
N/A

Ring Tone

Music ringtones Vibration
N/A

Music

Yes Music Formats: AAC AMR eAAC+ FLAC MIDI MP3 OGG WAV WMA
N/A

Special Features

Voice Memo Voice dialing
N/A

Sensors

Other Sensors

Proximity sensor
Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

Games

+ Downloadable
N/A

Java

No
N/A

Browser

Yes HTML
N/A

Phone Book

Yes Practically Unlimited Entries and Fields Photocall Practically Unlimited Caller groups Multiple numbers per contact Picture ID Ring ID Search by both first and last name
N/A

SMS

Yes Threaded View
N/A

MMS

Yes
N/A

Email

Yes BlackBerry Connect IMAP POP3 Push e-mail SMTP
N/A

Instant Messaging

Yes Google Talk
N/A

Other Facilities

Organizer Voice memo/dial Predictive text input
N/A

Applications

N/A
Document Editor (Word Excel PowerPoint PDF)