Blackberry Pearl 3G 9100 vs Blackberry Curve 8520

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Comparing the Blackberry Pearl 3G 9100 vs Blackberry Curve 8520 across performance, display, camera, battery and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Blackberry Pearl 3G 9100 runs at a higher processing speed of 0.62 GHz, while Blackberry Curve 8520 runs at 0.51 GHz, making Blackberry Pearl 3G 9100 the better performer.


Display: Blackberry Curve 8520 offers a screen size of 2.4 inches, while Blackberry Pearl 3G 9100 offers 2.2 inches, making Blackberry Curve 8520 the larger display of the two. Blackberry Pearl 3G 9100 features a LCD display compared to Blackberry Curve 8520's TFT, making Blackberry Pearl 3G 9100 the better display of the two.


Rear Camera: Blackberry Pearl 3G 9100 offers a higher rear camera resolution with 3.2 MP, while Blackberry Curve 8520 offers 2 MP, making Blackberry Pearl 3G 9100 better for rear camera photography.


Battery: Both Blackberry Pearl 3G 9100 and Blackberry Curve 8520 offer the same 1150 mAh battery capacity.


Storage: Both Blackberry Pearl 3G 9100 and Blackberry Curve 8520 offer the same internal storage of 256 GB.

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Blackberry Pearl 3G 9100
₹7,500
(Discontinued)
Blackberry Curve 8520
₹10,900
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

11 May, 2010
03 Aug, 2009

Performance

(upto 624 MHz)
(upto 512 MHz)
N/A
128 MB RAM

Display

2.2 inches (5.59 cm)
2.4 inches (6.1 cm)
LCD
TFT
360x400 px
320x240 px

Rear Camera

3.2 MP
Primary Camera
2 MP
Primary Camera

Battery

1150 mAh
1150 mAh

Storage

256 MB
256 MB

User Ratings

N/A
4/5
(417 ratings)

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Blackberry
Blackberry v5.0.x

Performance

Processor

624 MHz
512 MHz

RAM

N/A
128 MB

Display

Display Type

LCD
TFT

Screen Size

2.2 inches  (5.59 cm)
2.4 inches  (6.1 cm)

Resolution

360x400 px
320x240 px

Pixel Density

245 ppi
167 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

28.76 %
27.29 %

Display Colour

N/A
65K

Design

Height

108 mm
109 mm

Width

50 mm
60 mm

Thickness

13.30 mm
13.90 mm

Weight

93 grams
106 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

3.2 MP
Primary Camera
2 MP
Primary Camera

Autofocus

Yes
N/A

Flash

Yes LED Flash
N/A

Image Resolution

N/A
1600 x 1200 Pixels

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Smile detection
Digital Zoom

Video Recording

N/A
320x240 fps

Battery

Capacity

1150 mAh
1150 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 5.5(3G) / Up to 5(2G)
Up to 4.5 Hours(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

256 MB
256 MB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 32 GB
Yes Up to 32 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM
Single SIM

SIM Type

N/A
SIM1: Mini

Network Support

5G Not Supported
5G Not Supported

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)
Yes Wi-Fi 3 (802.11 b/g)

Bluetooth

Yes v2.1
Yes v2

GPS

Yes with A-GPS
N/A

Multimedia

Audio Jack

N/A
3.5 mm

Video Player

Yes Video Formats: MPEG4 H.263 H.264 WMV
Yes Video Formats: H.263 H.264 MPEG4 WMV

Ring Tone

N/A
Music ringtones Vibration

Music

Yes Music Formats: Yes Music Formats : MP3 AMR-NB AAC-LC AAC+ eAAC+ WMA WMV Flac Ogg Vorbis with 3.5 M.M Audio Jack
Yes Music Formats: MP3

Sensors

Games

N/A
+ Downloadable

Java

Yes MIDP 2.1
Yes

Browser

Yes
Yes HTML

Phone Book

Practically unlimited entries and fields Photocall
Yes Practically Unlimited Entries and Fields Photocall Limited

SMS

Yes
Yes Threaded View

MMS

Yes
Yes

Email

Yes Push e-mail
Yes

Instant Messaging

N/A
Yes

Other Facilities

Password protection Screen lock Document editor (Word Excel PowerPoint PDF) Alarm Clock Calender Calculator
Organizer Voice memo/dial Predictive text input

Applications

Document editor (Word Excel PowerPoint PDF)
N/A