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BlackBerry Curve 8530

BlackBerry 8830 World Edition

Network
Technology	CDMA / EVDO	GSM
2G bands	CDMA 800 / 1900	GSM 900 / 1800 / CDMA2000 1x EV-DO
3G Network	CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
Speed	EV-DO Rev.0, 153.2 Kbps
GPRS	No	Yes
EDGE	No	Yes

Launch
Announced	2009, November. Released 2009, December	2007, April
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Body
Dimensions	109 x 60 x 13.9 mm (4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in)	114 x 66 x 14 mm (4.49 x 2.60 x 0.55 in)
Weight	106 g (3.74 oz)	132 g (4.66 oz)
Keyboard	QWERTY	QWERTY
SIM	Mini-SIM	Mini-SIM
	Optical trackpad	Trackball

Display
Type	TFT, 65K colors	TFT, 65K colors
Size	2.46 inches, 18.7 cm2 (~28.7% screen-to-body ratio)	2.5 inches, 19.4 cm2 (~25.7% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution	320 x 240 pixels, 4:3 ratio (~163 ppi density)	320 x 240 pixels, 4:3 ratio (~160 ppi density)

Platform
OS	BlackBerry OS 5.0	BlackBerry OS
Chipset		Qualcomm MSM6550
CPU	528 MHz

Memory
Card slot	microSDHC (dedicated slot)	microSD (dedicated slot)
Internal	256MB ROM	64MB 16MB RAM

Main Camera
Modules	2 MP	No
Video	Yes	No

Selfie Camera
Modules	No	No

Sound
Loudspeaker	Yes	Yes
3.5mm jack	Yes	No
	Dedicated music keys

Comms
WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g	No
Bluetooth	2.1, A2DP	2.0
Positioning	GPS, A-GPS	GPS
Infrared port	No	No
Radio	No	No
USB	microUSB	miniUSB

Features
Sensors
	BlackBerry maps MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player MP4/H.264/WMV player Organizer Document viewer Voice memo/dial/commands Predictive text input	BlackBerry maps Media player Organizer Organizer Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) Voice dial

Battery
Type	Removable Li-Ion 1150 mAh battery	Removable Li-Ion 1400 mAh battery
Stand-by	Up to 252 h
Talk time	Up to 4 h 30 min

Misc
Colors	Black, Purple	Black
SAR	1.24 W/kg (head)     0.66 W/kg (body)
SAR EU		0.86 W/kg (head)     0.51 W/kg (body)
Price	About 60 EUR	About 100 EUR