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BlackBerry Curve 8530
Global Score
45.938.1
Basic Information
HTCBlackberry
Windows Mobile Professional 6.1BlackBerry 5.0.x
2008-09-102009-11-05
4.00 x 2.10 x 0.60 inches4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 inches
4.06 ounces3.74 ounces
$ 65.00$ 65.00
Display / Screen
2.8 inches2.4 inches
480 x 640 pixels (VGA)320 x 240 pixels (QVGA)
TFTTFT
286 pixels per inch167 pixels per inch
ResistiveNo touch screen
76
Performance
--Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7627 chipset
Single-Core 528 MHz processorARM11 (Single-Core 528 MHz) processor
288 MB RAM--
GPUAdreno 200 (128 MHz) GPU
6.666.66
Storage
4 GB internal memory--
No SD card slotmicroSD, microSDHC external memory slot
2.50
Camera
3.20 MP2.00 MP
5.064.73
Networks
Wi-FiWi-Fi
EV-DO A and CDMACDMA
2.62.5
Battery Life
1340mAh Li-Ion Battery1150mAh Li-Ion Battery
Removable BatteryRemovable Battery
350 hours standby time
4.2 hours talk time
252 hours standby time
4.5 hours talk time
3.042.8
Other Features
Bluetooth 2.0, EDRBluetooth 2.1
GPSGPS
AccelerometerLight Sensor

Comparison review

HTC Touch Diamond CDMA has a score of 45.9, which is way better than BlackBerry Curve 8530's 38.1 score. HTC Touch Diamond CDMA's body is older, just a little thicker and just a little bit heavier than the BlackBerry Curve 8530. The HTC Touch Diamond CDMA counts with Windows Mobile Professional 6.1 operating system, and BlackBerry Curve 8530 works with BlackBerry 5.0.x operating system.

HTC Touch Diamond CDMA features a brighter display than BlackBerry Curve 8530, because it has a way higher pixels quantity per display inch, a lot higher resolution of 640 x 480px and a larger screen. The HTC Touch Diamond CDMA features a superior storage to store more games and applications than BlackBerry Curve 8530, although it has no external memory slot.

BlackBerry Curve 8530's processing unit is just as good as the CPU in HTC Touch Diamond CDMA, and although the BlackBerry Curve 8530 has an additional graphics processing unit, they both have a Single-Core CPU. HTC Touch Diamond CDMA features a bit longer battery performance than BlackBerry Curve 8530, because it has a 1340mAh battery size instead of 1150mAh.

HTC Touch Diamond CDMA counts with a bit better camera than BlackBerry Curve 8530, because it has a back camera with a way higher resolution.

The HTC Touch Diamond CDMA costs exactly the same than BlackBerry Curve 8530, which makes it easy to pick between these phones.




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