BlackBerry Curve 8530 vs Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4
General Info
| Manufacturer | |
| BlackBerry | Samsung |
| Announced | |
| November 2009 | Q3 2013 |
| Status | |
| Available - December 2009 | Available - Q3 2013 |
| Colors | |
| Black, Purple | White Frost, Black Mist / Arctic Blue, Red Aurora |
| Form Factor | |
| Candybar | Candybar |
| Dimension | |
|
109 x 60 x 13.9 mm (4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in) |
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm (5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in) |
| Weight | |
| 106 g (3.74 oz) | 130 g (4.59 oz) |
| 2G Network | |
| CDMA 800 / 1900 | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO |
| 3G Network | |
| CDMA2000 1xEV-DO | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA |
| 4G Network | |
| - | LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 |
| Messaging | |
| SMS, MMS, EMail, IM | SMS, MMS, EMail, IM |
Display
Hardware and OS
| OS | |
| BlackBerry OS 5.0 | Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) |
| 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 |
| External Memory | |
| microSD, up to 32GB | microSD, up to 64 GB |
Camera
| Rear Camera | |
| 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels [Similar] | 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar] |
| Flash | |
| No | LED flash |
| Features | |
| Geo-tagging | Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR |
| Video | |
| Yes | Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec. |
| Front Camera | |
| No [Similar] | Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [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, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL |
| Bluetooth | |
| Yes, v2.1 with A2DP | Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE |
| Wi-Fi | |
| Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot |
| USB | |
| Yes, microUSB | Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host |
| 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, 2 GB RAM |
| Expandable Storage | |
| microSD, up to 32GB | microSD, up to 64 GB |
| USB OTG | |
| - | Supported |
Sensors
| Fingerprint | |
| Proximity Sensor | |
| Accelerometer Sensor | |
| NFC | |
Battery
| Type | |
| Standard battery, Li-Ion | Li-Ion Battery |
| Capacity | |
| 1150 mAh | 2600 mAh |
| Stand by | |
| Up to 252 h | Up to 370 h (3G) |
| Talk Time | |
| Up to 4 h 30 min | Up to 17 h (3G) |