BlackBerry Curve 8530 vs BlackBerry Key2

BlackBerry Curve 8530

Announced On:November, 2009

Announced On:June, 2018

BlackBerry Curve 8530	BlackBerry Key2

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)	151.4 x 71.8 x 8.5 mm (5.96 x 2.83 x 0.33 in)
Weight
106 g (3.74 oz)	168 g (5.93 oz)
Build
Optical trackpad	Glass front (Gorilla Glass 3), plastic back, aluminum frame (7000 series) Capacitive touch 4-row BlackBerry keyboard
Colors
Black, Purple	Black, Silver, Red
Models
	BBF100-6, BBF100-1, BBF100-2, BBF100-4

Type
Display
TFT, 65K colors	IPS LCD
Size
2.46 inches, 18.7 cm² (~28.7% screen-to-body ratio)	4.5 inches, 60.0 cm² (~55.2% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution
320 x 240 pixels, 4:3 ratio (~163 ppi density)	1080 x 1620 pixels, 3:2 ratio (~434 ppi density)
Multitouch
	Yes
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 3

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

Internal Memory
Memory
256MB ROM	64GB ROM, 6GB RAM 128GB ROM, 6GB RAM
Storage Type
	eMMC 5.1
Card Slot
microSDHC (dedicated slot)	microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)

GPRS
Connectivity
	Yes
EDGE
	Yes
Speed
EV-DO Rev.0, 153.2 Kbps	HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE (3CA) Cat11 600/75 Mbps
WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
Bluetooth
2.1, A2DP	5.0, A2DP, LE, EDR
USB
microUSB	USB Type-C 3.0, OTG
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS2
NFC
	Yes

Main Camera
Camera
2 MP	Primary: 12 MP, f/1.8, 1/2.3", 1.28µm, dual pixel PDAF Secondary: 12 MP, f/2.6, 1/3.4", 1.0µm, PDAF
Camera Features
Geo-tagging	Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video
Yes	4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Selfie Camera
	8 MP, f/2.0, 1/4.0", 1.12µm Video: 1080p@30fps

Operating System (OS)
Software
BlackBerry OS 5.0	Android OS, v8.1 (Oreo)
Browser
HTML	HTML5
Messaging
SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, IM	SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM, BBM

Chipset
Hardware
	Qualcomm SDM660 Snapdragon 660 (14 nm)
CPU
528 MHz	Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Kryo 260 Gold & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260 Silver)
GPU
	Adreno 512
Sensors
	Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Keyboard
QWERTY	QWERTY
Soft Keys
2
SIM
Mini-SIM	Single SIM (Nano-SIM) Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) BBF100-6 only
Speakers
Yes Dedicated music keys	Yes
Navigation / Controls Keys
D-Pad
Audio Jack
3.5 mm	3.5 mm

Performance
Benchmarks
	AnTuTu: 140984 (v7) GeekBench: 5830 (v4.4) GFXBench: 11fps (ES 3.1 onscreen)