BlackBerry Curve 8530 vs BlackBerry Classic Non Camera

BlackBerry Curve 8530

Announced On:November, 2009

BlackBerry Classic Non Camera

Announced On:February, 2015

BlackBerry Curve 8530 vs BlackBerry Classic Non Camera

BlackBerry Curve 8530	BlackBerry Classic Non Camera

Price
EUR: €60	EUR: €180
USD: N/A	USD: N/A
GBP: N/A	GBP: N/A
INR: N/A	INR: N/A
PKR: N/A	PKR: N/A

Form Factor
Body
Candybar, Querty Keyboard	Candybar, Querty Keyboard
Dimensions
109 x 60 x 13.9 mm (4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in)	131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm (5.16 x 2.85 x 0.40 in)
Weight
106 g (3.74 oz)	178 g (6.28 oz)
Build
Optical trackpad	Optical trackpad
Colors
Black, Purple	Black

Type
Display
TFT, 65K colors	IPS LCD
Size
2.46 inches, 18.7 cm² (~28.7% screen-to-body ratio)	3.5 inches, 39.5 cm² (~41.7% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution
320 x 240 pixels, 4:3 ratio (~163 ppi density)	720 x 720 pixels, 1:1 ratio (~291 ppi density)
Multitouch
	Yes
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 3

Technology
Network
CDMA / EVDO	GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
2G Bands
CDMA 800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Bands
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Bands
	4, 13

Alert Types
Notifications
Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones	Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones

Internal Memory
Memory
256MB ROM	16GB ROM, 2GB RAM
Card Slot
microSDHC (dedicated slot)	microSDXC (dedicated slot)

GPRS
Connectivity
	Yes
EDGE
	Yes
Speed
EV-DO Rev.0, 153.2 Kbps	HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, hotspot
Bluetooth
2.1, A2DP	4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
USB
microUSB	microUSB 2.0 (SlimPort)
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS	Yes, with A-GPS
NFC
	Yes

Main Camera
Camera
2 MP
Camera Features
Geo-tagging
Video
Yes

Audio Format Support
Multimedia
MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV	MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+/FlAC
Video Format Support
MP4/H.264/WMV	DivX/XviD/MP4/WMV/H.264
Radio
No	FM radio

Operating System (OS)
Software
BlackBerry OS 5.0	BlackBerry OS 10.3.1
Java
	Yes, MIDP 2.1
Browser
HTML	HTML5
Messaging
SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, IM	SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM, BBM 6

CPU
Hardware
528 MHz	Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait
Sensors
	Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Keyboard
QWERTY	QWERTY
Soft Keys
2
SIM
Mini-SIM	Nano-SIM
Speakers
Yes Dedicated music keys	Yes
Navigation / Controls Keys
D-Pad	Optical trackpad
Audio Jack
3.5 mm	3.5 mm

Battery Type
Battery
Removable Li-Ion 1150 mAh battery	Li-Ion 2500 mAh, non-removable
Standby
Up to 252 h	Up to 384 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 4 h 30 min	Up to 22 h (3G)

Features
Additional Features
BlackBerry maps Document viewer Voice memo/dial/commands Predictive text input	Photo/video editor Document viewer

SAR US
Misc
1.24 W/kg (head) 0.66 W/kg (body)	1.41 W/kg (head) 0.78 W/kg (body)

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