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Blackberry Curve 8530 Vs Blackberry Passport

Should you buy Blackberry Curve 8530 or Blackberry Passport? Find out which mobile phone is best for you - compare the two models on the basis of price and key specs like performance, price, camera, display, ram, storage, battery capacity, ...Read More

Key Specs

Battery

1150 mAh 3450 mAh

Display

2.4 inches (6.1 cm) 4.5 inches (11.43 cm)

Front Camera

- 2 MP

Processor

- Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AA

RAM

- 3 GB

Rear Camera

2 MP 13 MP

Battery

Capacity

1150 mAh 3450 mAh

Removable

- No

Standby time

Up to 408(2G) Up to 444 Hours(3G) / Up to 432 Hours(2G)

TalkTime

Up to 4.5(2G) Up to 23 Hours(3G) / Up to 18 Hours(2G)

Type

Li-ion Li-Polymer

USB Type-C

- No

Camera

Camera Features

Digital Zoom -

Camera Setup

Single -

Flash

Yes -

Resolution

2 MP Primary Camera -

Design

Build Material

- Back: Plastic

Colours

Black, Purple Black

Height

109 mm 128 mm

Thickness

13.90 mm 9.3 mm

Weight

105 grams 196 grams Below

Width

60 mm 90.3 mm

Display

Display Colour

- 16M

Display Type

LCD LCD

Pixel Density

167 ppi 453 ppi

Resolution

320x240 px 1440x1440 px (QHD (2k))

Screen Protection

- Corning Gorilla Glass v3

Screen Size

2.4 inches (6.1 cm) 4.5 inches (11.43 cm)

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

27.29 % 56.52 %

Touch Screen

- Yes, Capacitive Touchscreen, Multi-touch
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Front Camera

Resolution

- 2 MP Front Camera

Video Recording

- 1280x720 fps

General

Brand

Blackberry Blackberry

Launch Date

December 18, 2009 October 4, 2014 (Official)

Operating System

Blackberry v5 Blackberry v10.3

Main Camera

Camera Features

- 5 x Digital Zoom Face detection Touch to focus

Camera Setup

- Single

Flash

- Yes, LED Flash

Image Resolution

- 4128 x 3096 Pixels

OIS

- Yes

Resolution

- 13 MP Primary Camera

Sensor

- Back-illuminated sensor (BSI)

Shooting Modes

- Continuous Shooting High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

Video Recording

- 1920x1080 @ 30 fps

Multimedia

Audio Jack

- 3.5 mm

FM Radio

- Yes

Loudspeaker

- Yes

Music

Yes, Music Formats: Yes, Music Formats : MP3, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, QCELP EVRC, AAC-LC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA9, Windows Media 10 Standard/Professional with 3.5 mm audio jack, Dedicated music keys Yes, Music Formats: eAAC+, FLAC, MP3, WAV, WMA

Ring Tone

- Music ringtones, Vibration

Video Player

Yes, Video Formats: MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV9 Yes, Video Formats: H.263, H.264, MPEG4, WMV, Xvid, DivX

Video player

Yes, Video Formats: MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV9 Yes, Video Formats: H.263, H.264, MPEG4, WMV, Xvid, DivX

Network & Connectivity

Bluetooth

Yes, v2.1 Yes, v4.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS Yes with A-GPS, Glonass

Network Support

5G Not Supported in India, 3G 5G Not Supported in India, 4G Not Supported in India, 3G, 2G

SIM 1

- 4G Bands: FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 17) / 800(band 20) 3G Bands: UMTS 1700 / 1900 / 2100 / 850 / 900 MHz 2G Bands: GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz GPRS: Available EDGE: Available

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM, CDMA Single SIM, GSM

USB Connectivity

- microUSB 2.0

Wi-Fi

Yes, Wi-Fi 3 (802.11 a/b/g) Yes, Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) 5GHz, Dual antennas

Wi-Fi Features

- Wi-Fi Direct, Mobile Hotspot

Performance

CPU

528 MHz Quad core, 2.2 GHz, Krait 400

Chipset

- Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AA

Fabrication

- 28 nm

Graphics

- Adreno 330

RAM type

- LPDDR3

Sensors

Browser

Yes Yes, HTML5

Email

Yes, IMAP, POP3, SMTP, Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, BlackBerry Connect Yes, Push e-mail

Games

- Yes

Instant Messaging

- Yes

Java

No -

MMS

Yes -

Other Facilities

Ring ID, Picture ID, Multiple numbers per contact, Alarm, Calendar, To-Do / Tasks, Calculator, Notes. World clock, Calendar, Alarm, Document viewer

Other Sensors

- Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope

Phone Book

Yes, Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Yes, Practically Unlimited

SMS

Yes, Threaded View -

Storage

Expandable Memory

Yes, Up to 32 GB Yes, Up to 128 GB

Internal Memory

256 MB 32 GB

Storage Type

- eMMC 5.0
Scoring parameters
How is the score calculated?

This is a relative score calculated on the basis of the following specifications:

  • Performance
  • Battery
  • Camera
  • Storage
  • Display

Each mobiles has been benchmarked against ~31,000 other phones to calculate the score.

For personalized scores based on your preference, you can visit Mobile Recommender to check scores of the recommended Mobiles for you.

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