Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Curve 9220 vs HTC ChaCha vs Samsung Galaxy Star S5280

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry HTC Samsung
Announced April 2012 February 2011 April 2013
Status Available - May 2012 Available - June 2011 Available - May 2013
Colors Black, Fuchsia Pink, Pure White, Teal Blue Black, Silver Black, White, Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 109 x 60 x 12.7 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.5 in)
114.4 x 64.6 x 10.7 mm
(4.5 x 2.54 x 0.42 in)
105 x 58 x 11.9 mm
(4.13 x 2.28 x 0.47 in)
Weight 102 g (3.6 oz) 120 g (4.23 oz) 100.5 g (3.53.0.18 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 N/A
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS 7.1 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 800 MHz 1 GHz Cortex-A5
GPU - Mali-300
RAM 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 512 MB ROM 512 MB ROM 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 65K colors 256K colors 65K colors
Size 2.44 inches 2.6 inches 3.0 inches
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels (164 ppi) 480 x 320 pixels (222 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (133 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 28.17% 27.21% 45.99%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM Recording
Games Yes Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
Flash No LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection -
Video Yes Yes, D1 (720x480 pixels) @ 30 fps Yes, QVGA@15fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G No HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 384 Kbps No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support No
Browser HTML HTML HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1450 mAh 1250 mAh 1200 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h Up to 430 h (2G)
Up to 660 h (3G)
Up to 320 h
Talk Time Up to 7 h Up to 7 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 14 h