BlackBerry Curve 8980 vs BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105

BlackBerry Curve 8980

BlackBerry Curve 8980

Announced On:December, 2012

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BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105

BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105

Announced On:April, 2010

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BlackBerry Curve 8980 vs BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105

BlackBerry Curve 8980	BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105

Price
EUR: €70	EUR: €90
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 13.6 mm (4.29 x 2.36 x 0.54 in)	108 x 50 x 13.3 mm (4.25 x 1.97 x 0.52 in)
Weight
117 g (4.13 oz)	93.6 g (3.28 oz)
Build
Optical trackpad	Optical trackpad
Colors
Black	Piano Black, Opal Pink, Royal Purple, Flash White, Red Gradient

Type
Display
TFT	TFT, 256K colors
Size
2.4 inches, 17.8 cm² (~27.3% screen-to-body ratio)	2.25 inches, 16.2 cm² (~30.1% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution
480 x 360 pixels, 4:3 ratio (~250 ppi density)	360 x 400 pixels (~239 ppi density)

Technology
Network
GSM	GSM / HSPA
2G Bands
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Bands
	HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100

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

Internal Memory
Memory
256MB	256MB
Card Slot
microSDHC (dedicated slot)	microSDHC (dedicated slot), 2 GB included
Phonebook
	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records
	Yes

GPRS
Connectivity
Yes	Class 10
EDGE
Yes	Class 10
Speed
	HSPA 3.6/0.384 Mbps
WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth
2.1, A2DP	2.1, A2DP
USB
microUSB 2.0	microUSB 2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS	Yes, with A-GPS

Main Camera
Camera
3.15 MP, AF	3.15 MP, AF
Camera Features
LED flash	LED flash
Video
Yes	480p@30fps

Audio Format Support
Multimedia
MP3/AAC/AAC+/WMA	MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+
Video Format Support
MP4/H.264/WMV	MP4/H.264/WMV
Radio
No	No

Operating System (OS)
Software
BlackBerry OS 5.0	BlackBerry OS 5.0
Upgradable
	Yes
Java
Yes	Yes, MIDP 2.1
Browser
HTML	HTML
Messaging
SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, IM	SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Games
	Yes + downloadable

CPU
Hardware
	624 MHz
Keyboard
QWERTY	Full keyboard (QWERTY)
Soft Keys
2	2
SIM
Mini-SIM	Mini-SIM
Speakers
Yes	Yes Dedicated music keys
Navigation / Controls Keys
Optical trackpad	Touch-sensitive optical trackpad
Audio Jack
3.5 mm	3.5 mm

Battery Type
Battery
Removable Li-Ion battery	Removable Li-Ion 1150 mAh battery
Standby
	Up to 432 h (2G) / Up to 312 h (3G)
Talk Time
	Up to 5 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 5 h (3G)
Music Play
	Up to 30 h

Features
Additional Features
BlackBerry maps Document viewer Photo viewer Voice dial/memo Predictive text input	BlackBerry maps Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) Voice memo/dial

SAR US
Misc
0.64 W/kg (head) 0.66 W/kg (body)	1.37 W/kg (head) 1.06 W/kg (body)
SAR EU
	1.67 W/kg (head) 1.03 W/kg (body)

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