BlackBerry Curve 8520

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Design
7.9
Features
7.7
Performance
7.9
Votes:
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General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Announced 2009, July
Status Available. Released 2009, August
Body Dimensions 109 x 60 x 13.9 mm
Weight 106 g
Keyboard QWERTY
Display Type TFT, 65K colors
Size 320 x 240 pixels, 2.46 inches (~163 ppi pixel density)
 - Touch-sensitive optical trackpad
Sound Alert types Vibration; Polyphonic(32), MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes, check quality
 - Dedicated music keys
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, buy memory
Internal 256 MB
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
Speed No
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
USB Yes, microUSB
Camera Primary 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
Video Yes, QVGA
Secondary No
Features OS BlackBerry OS 6.0
CPU 512 MHz
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM
Browser HTML
Radio No
GPS No
Java Yes
Colors Black
 - MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
- Organizer
- Voice memo/dial
- Predictive text input
Battery   Standard battery, Li-Ion 1150 mAh
Stand-by Up to 408 h
Talk time Up to 4 h 30 min
Misc SAR US 1.22 W/kg (head)     0.83 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 1.02 W/kg (head)     0.78 W/kg (body)    
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BlackBerry Curve 8520 - user opinions and reviews

  • lyn

my phone rejects bluetooth transfers from other phones.what settings do i need to change?

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  • Ali Bhatti

Ladies, and Gentlemen..presenting the WORST BlackBerry device ever made! I would STRONGLY advise everyone NOT to get this, as the battery life is the poorest of all the BBs I've used, and in the long term, you can't download a lot of apps as it ...

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  • xzndrflynn

love it!!! almost everything is there. I'm not into fancy stuff so this mobile gives me full satisfaction. *works well as a modem *decent play of audio and video *nice web browser *easy email setup *great smart dialing *remote stereo ...

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