Blackberry 8820 vs Blackberry Curve 8300
The mobile phones, Blackberry 8820 and Blackberry Curve 8300 are matched of their mode and wide characteristic. You can buy Blackberry 8820 at around Rs. 30,000 ($714) and Blackberry Curve 8300 comes at around Rs. 23500 ($560)
- Mobile Type
Both the cell phones, Blackberry 8820 and Blackberry Curve 8300 are Bar type cell phone with QWERTY as input type. The QWERTY input makes blackberry one of the fastest over text and basic operations.
- Display Properties
Blackberry 8820 has a display resolution of 320 x 240 and 65K colours. On the other side Blackberry Curve 8300 also has a display resolution of 320 x 240 and contains 65K colours. Majority of Blackberry phones are 65K colour makes.
- Battery Talk Time / Standby Time
Blackberry 8820 is supported by Lithium Ion batteries and has a talk time of 300 minutes against a 528 hours of standby time. While, Blackberry Curve 8300′s talk time is 240 minutes and a standby time of 408 hours. Blackberry Curve 8300 works on Lithium Ion battery.
- Memory / Expandable Memory
Blackberry Curve 8300 and Blackberry 8820 both have a Inbuilt memory of 64 MB and expandable memory is supported.
- Camera / Flash
Blackberry 8820 has no camera, On the other hand Blackberry Curve 8300 supports 2 MP camera and has flash for fine snaps. A minimum of 3.2 MP camera with flash is required to have a clear pirntable picture, digital zooms are not that effective.
- Connectivity / Network Details
| Feature | Blackberry 8820 | Curve 8300 |
| WiFi | No | No |
| Bluetooth | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared | No | No |
| EDGE | Yes | Yes |
| USB | Yes | Yes |
| GPRS | Yes | Yes |
| WAP | Yes | Yes |
| Yes | Yes | |
| Dual Band | Yes | Yes |
| Tri Band | Yes | Yes |
- Music / FM Radio Details
Blackberry Curve 8300 does not support FM Radio, Blackberry 8820 support FM Radio. Both the models support Music player and multiple format play.
- Mobile Dimensions / Weight
Blackberry 8820 – 66x14x114 (WxDxL) – 134 grams
Blackberry Curve 8300 – 60x15x107 (WxDxL) – 112 grams.
PS: Mobile rates are subject to change with different markets. Currency rates are taken at $1= Rs. 42