Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Curve 8520 vs Huawei Ascend Y300 vs Nokia 515

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Huawei Nokia
Announced July 2009 March 2013 August 2013
Status Available - August 2009 Available - March 2013 Available - September 2013
Colors Black Black, White White, Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 109 x 60 x 13.9 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in )
124 x 63.8 x 11.2 mm
(4.88 x 2.51 x 0.44 in)
114 x 48 x 11 mm
(4.49 x 1.89 x 0.43 in)
Weight 106 g (3.74 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz) 101.1 g (3.56.0.04 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Single piece of anodised, sandblasted aluminium

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Symbian Series 30
Processor 512MHz 1 GHz Dual-core Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon -
GPU Adreno 203 -
RAM N/A 512 MB 64 MB
Internal Memory 256 MB 4 GB 256 MB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT TFT capacitive touchscreen LCD, Gorilla Glass 2
Colors 65K colors 16M colors 262K colors
Size 2.46 inches 4.0 inches 2.4 inches
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels (163 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (167 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 28.52% 57.68% 32.47%
Multi-Touch no yes no

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No FM radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Voice-Guided Self-Portrait, Face Detection, Panorama
Video Yes, QVGA Yes, 480p@30fps Yes, QVGA@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes Class 12
3G No HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, 2.1 with A2DP Yes, v3.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA No
USB Yes, microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support No
Browser HTML HTML WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML

memory User Memory

Phonebook Unlimited entries, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall 1000 entries
Call Records Practically unlimited Practically unlimited Yes
Internal 256 MB 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 256 MB, 64 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor not present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor not present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery (BL-4U)
Capacity 1150 mAh 1730 mAh 1200 mAh
Stand by Up to 408 h Up to 320 h (2G)
Up to 320 h (3G)
Up to 912 h
Talk Time Up to 4 h 30 min Up to 5 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 10 h 24 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 18 min (3G)