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BlackBerry Curve 8520 vs BlackBerry Passport

General Info

Manufacturer
BlackBerry BlackBerry
Announced
July 2009 June 2014
Status
Available - August 2009 Available - September 2014
Colors
Black Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
109 x 60 x 13.9 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in )
128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
Weight
106 g (3.74 oz) 196 g (6.91 oz)
SIM Type
- Single-SIM
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features
- - QWERTY Keyboard

Display

Type
TFT Capacitive touchscreen
Colors
65K colors 16M colors
Size
2.46 inches [Similar] 4.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
320 x 240 pixels (163 ppi) 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
28.52% 56.40%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
BlackBerry OS BlackBerry 10.1 OS
User Interface
- BBOS 10
Processor
512MHz [Similar] Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 330 [Similar]
RAM
N/A 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
256 MB 32 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

Camera

Rear Camera
2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No LED Flash
Features
AutoFocus, OIS, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video
Yes, QVGA 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
No [Similar] 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No No
Games
Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge
Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes
3G
No HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
No Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML HTML5

User Memory

Internal
256 MB 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity
1150 mAh 3450 mAh
Stand by
Up to 408 h Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 444 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 4 h 30 min Up to 18 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)
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