BlackBerry Curve 8520 vs BlackBerry Porsche Design P'9983:…

Screen size

Curve 85202.5"

Porsche Design P'99833.1"+21%

Technology

Curve 8520

GSM

Porsche Design P'9983

GSM / HSPA / LTE

2G bands

Curve 8520

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

Porsche Design P'9983

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions

GPRS

Curve 8520

Class 10

Porsche Design P'9983

EDGE

Curve 8520

Class 10

Resolution

Curve 8520320 × 240 px

Porsche Design P'9983720 × 720 px+85%

Refresh rate

Curve 8520—

Porsche Design P'9983—

Peak brightness

Curve 8520—

Porsche Design P'9983—

Pixel density

Curve 8520163 ppi

Porsche Design P'9983328 ppi+50%

CPU speed

Curve 8520512 MHz

Porsche Design P'9983Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait

RAM

Curve 8520—

Porsche Design P'99832.0 GB

Storage

Curve 8520—

Porsche Design P'998364 GB

Main camera

Curve 85202.0 MP

Porsche Design P'99838.0 MP+75%

Front camera

Curve 8520—

Porsche Design P'99832.0 MP

Battery

Curve 85201,150 mAh

Porsche Design P'99832,100 mAh+45%

Wired charging

Curve 8520—

Porsche Design P'9983—

Weight

Curve 8520106 g+32%

Porsche Design P'9983140 g

Thickness

Curve 852013.9 mm

Porsche Design P'998310.6 mm+31%

IP rating

Curve 8520—

Porsche Design P'9983—

Wi‑Fi

Curve 8520Wi-Fi 802.11b/g

Porsche Design P'9983Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, hotspot

Bluetooth

Curve 85202.0, A2DP

Porsche Design P'99834.0, A2DP, LE+50%

USB

Curve 8520microUSB

Porsche Design P'9983microUSB 2.0

5G support

equal specs

Curve 8520No

Porsche Design P'9983No

NFC

Curve 8520—

Porsche Design P'9983Yes

3.5mm jack

equal specs

Curve 8520Yes

Porsche Design P'9983Yes

SD card

equal specs

Curve 8520Yes

Porsche Design P'9983Yes

Stereo speakers

Curve 8520—

Porsche Design P'9983—

3G bands

Curve 8520

Porsche Design P'9983

HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EU, EMEA, HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - North America

4G bands

Curve 8520

Porsche Design P'9983

3, 7, 8, 20 - EU, EMEA, 2, 4, 5, 17 - North America

Speed

Curve 8520

Porsche Design P'9983

HSPA, LTE

Announced

Curve 8520

2009, July. Released 2009, August

Porsche Design P'9983

2014, September. Released 2014, October

Status

Curve 8520

Discontinued

Porsche Design P'9983

Discontinued

Dimensions

Curve 8520

109 x 60 x 13.9 mm (4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in)

Porsche Design P'9983

119 x 67.1 x 10.6 mm (4.69 x 2.64 x 0.42 in)

Weight

Curve 8520

106 g (3.74 oz)

Porsche Design P'9983

140 g (4.94 oz)

Keyboard

Curve 8520

QWERTY

Porsche Design P'9983

SIM

Curve 8520

Mini-SIM

Porsche Design P'9983

Micro-SIM

Other

Curve 8520

Optical trackpad

Porsche Design P'9983

Type

Curve 8520

TFT, 65K colors

Porsche Design P'9983

IPS LCD

Size

Curve 8520

2.46 inches, 18.7 cm2 (~28.7% screen-to-body ratio)

Porsche Design P'9983

3.1 inches, 31.0 cm2 (~38.8% screen-to-body ratio)

Resolution

Curve 8520

320 x 240 pixels, 4:3 ratio (~163 ppi density)

Porsche Design P'9983

720 x 720 pixels, 1:1 ratio (~328 ppi density)

Curve 8520

BlackBerry OS 5.0

Porsche Design P'9983

BlackBerry OS 10.3, upgradable to 10.3.1

CPU

Curve 8520

512 MHz

Porsche Design P'9983

Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait

Chipset

Curve 8520

Porsche Design P'9983

Qualcomm MSM8960T Snapdragon S4 Pro

GPU

Curve 8520

Porsche Design P'9983

Adreno 225

Card slot

Curve 8520

microSDHC (dedicated slot)

Porsche Design P'9983

microSDXC (dedicated slot)

Internal

Curve 8520

256MB

Porsche Design P'9983

64GB 2GB RAM

Single

Curve 8520

2 MP

Porsche Design P'9983

8 MP, AF

Video

Curve 8520

320p

Porsche Design P'9983

1080p@30fps

Features

Curve 8520

Porsche Design P'9983

LED flash, HDR, panorama

Other

Curve 8520

Porsche Design P'9983

Single

Curve 8520

Porsche Design P'9983

2 MP

Video

Curve 8520

Porsche Design P'9983

720p@30fps

Loudspeaker

Curve 8520

Yes

Porsche Design P'9983

Yes

3.5mm jack

Curve 8520

Yes

Porsche Design P'9983

Yes

Other

Curve 8520

Dedicated music keys

Porsche Design P'9983

WLAN

Curve 8520

Wi-Fi 802.11b/g

Porsche Design P'9983

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, hotspot

Bluetooth

Curve 8520

2.0, A2DP

Porsche Design P'9983

4.0, A2DP, LE

Positioning

Curve 8520

Porsche Design P'9983

GPS, GLONASS

Radio

Curve 8520

Porsche Design P'9983

FM radio

USB

Curve 8520

microUSB

Porsche Design P'9983

microUSB 2.0

NFC

Curve 8520

Porsche Design P'9983

Yes

Sensors

Curve 8520

Porsche Design P'9983

Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Browser

Curve 8520

HTML

Porsche Design P'9983

Other

Curve 8520

MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player MP4/H.264/WMV player Organizer Voice memo/dial Predictive text input

Porsche Design P'9983

HDMI port BlackBerry maps Organizer Document viewer Photo/video editor MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+/FlAC player DivX/XviD/MP4/WMV/H.264 player Voice memo/dial Predictive text input

Type

Curve 8520

Removable Li-Ion 1150 mAh battery

Porsche Design P'9983

Li-Ion 2100 mAh, removable

Stand-by

Curve 8520

Up to 408 h

Porsche Design P'9983

Up to 288 h (2G) / Up to 288 h (3G)

Talk time

Curve 8520

Up to 4 h 30 min

Porsche Design P'9983

Up to 9 h (2G) / Up to 14 h (3G)

Music play

Curve 8520

Porsche Design P'9983

Up to 45 h

Colors

Curve 8520

Black

Porsche Design P'9983

Black

SAR

Curve 8520

1.22 W/kg (head) 0.83 W/kg (body)

Porsche Design P'9983

SAR EU

Curve 8520

1.02 W/kg (head) 0.78 W/kg (body)

Porsche Design P'9983

Price

Curve 8520

About 70 EUR

Porsche Design P'9983

About 430 EUR

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