BlackBerry Curve 8530 vs LG Nexus 5

BlackBerry Curve 8530

General Info

Manufacturer
BlackBerry	LG
Announced
November 2009	October 2013
Status
Available - December 2009	Available - November 2013
Colors
Black, Purple	Black, White
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
109 x 60 x 13.9 mm (4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in)	137.84 x 69.17 x 8.59 mm (5.43 x 2.72 x 0.34 in)
Weight
106 g (3.74 oz)	130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network
CDMA 800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 CDMA 800 / 1900 - CDMA version
3G Network
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 800 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 / 900 - CDMA version
4G Network
-	LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 - CDMA version
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM	SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT	True HD IPS Plus capacitive touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors
65K colors	16M colors
Size
2.46 inches [Similar]	4.95 inches [Similar]
Resolution
320 x 240 pixels (163 ppi)	1080 x 1920 pixels (445 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
28.52%	70.86%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
BlackBerry OS 5.0	Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat)
Processor
528 MHz [Similar]	Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 [Similar]
GPU
	Adreno 330 [Similar]
RAM
N/A	2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
256 MB ROM	16/32 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB	No

Camera

Rear Camera
2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels [Similar]	8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No	LED flash
Features
Geo-tagging	Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Photo Sphere, Optical Image Stabilization
Video
Yes	Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
No [Similar]	Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack

Radio
No	No
Games
Yes	Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
No	Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge
No	Class 12
3G
Rev. 0, up to 153.2 Kbps	DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP	Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB	Yes, microUSB (SlimPort) v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support	Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML	HTML5

User Memory

Internal
256 MB ROM	16/32 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB	No

Sensors

Fingerprint

Proximity Sensor

Accelerometer Sensor

NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion	Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity
1150 mAh	2300 mAh
Stand by
Up to 252 h	Up to 300 h
Talk Time
Up to 4 h 30 min	Up to 17 h

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