Nokia 8800 Arte vs Blackberry Curve 8300
The phones, Nokia 8800 Arte and Blackberry Curve 8300 are matched of their type and features. You can buy Nokia 8800 Arte at around Rs. 62,000 ($1476) and Blackberry Curve 8300 comes at around Rs. 23500 ($560)
- Mobile Type
Nokia 8800 Arte is a Bar type phone which helps in ease of functionality and has Keypad as input type. Compared to, Blackberry Curve 8300 which is a Bar type mobile and has QWERTY as input parameter.
- Display Properties
Nokia 8800 Arte has a display resolution of 240 x 320 and 16M colours. Compared to Blackberry Curve 8300 has a display resolution of 320 x 240 and contains 65K colours. Most of the Blackberry phones are 65K coloured.
- Battery Talk Time / Standby Time
Nokia 8800 Arte is supported by Lithium Ion batteries and has a talk time of 180 minutes against a 300 hours of standby time. On the other hand, 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 has a Inbuilt memory of 64 MB and expandable memory is supported. On the other hand, Nokia 8800 Arte has a Inbuilt memory of 1024 MB and memory expansion is not supported.
- Camera / Flash
Nokia 8800 Arte has 3.15 MP camera with no flash, On the other side Blackberry Curve 8300 supports 2 MP camera and has flash for fine pictures. 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 | 8800 Arte | 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, Nokia 8800 Arte does not support FM Radio. Both the models support Music player and multiple format play.
- Mobile Dimensions / Weight
Nokia 8800 Arte – 45x14x109 (WxDxL) – 150 grams
Blackberry Curve 8300 – 60x15x107 (WxDxL) – 112 grams.
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