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BlackBerry Curve 8530 vs BlackBerry Q5

General Info

Manufacturer
BlackBerry BlackBerry
Announced
November 2009 May 2013
Status
Available - December 2009 Available - June 2013
Colors
Black, Purple Black, White, Red
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
109 x 60 x 13.9 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in)
120 x 66 x 10.8 mm
(4.72 x 2.6 x 0.43 in)
Weight
106 g (3.74 oz) 120 g (4.23 oz)
2G Network
CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA
4G Network
- LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors
65K colors 16M colors
Size
2.46 inches [Similar] 3.1 inches [Similar]
Resolution
320 x 240 pixels (163 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (328 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
28.52% 39.25%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
BlackBerry OS 5.0 BlackBerry 10 OS, upgradable to v10.1
Processor
528 MHz [Similar] Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU
-
RAM
N/A 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
256 MB ROM 8 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No LED flash
Features
Geo-tagging Auto focus, Yes
Video
Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
No Yes
Edge
No Yes
3G
Rev. 0, up to 153.2 Kbps HSDPA, HSUPA
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Yes
USB
Yes, microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML HTML5

User Memory

Internal
256 MB ROM 8 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1150 mAh 2180 mAh
Stand by
Up to 252 h Up to 336 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 4 h 30 min Up to 12 h 30 min (3G)
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