BlackBerry Curve 8530 vs Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4

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          General Info

          Manufacturer
          BlackBerry Samsung
          Announced
          November 2009 Q3 2013
          Status
          Available - December 2009 Available - Q3 2013
          Colors
          Black, Purple White Frost, Black Mist / Arctic Blue, Red Aurora
          Form Factor
          Candybar Candybar
          Dimension
          109 x 60 x 13.9 mm
          (4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in)
          136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
          (5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
          Weight
          106 g (3.74 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
          2G Network
          CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
          CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
          3G Network
          CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
          4G Network
          - LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
          Messaging
          SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

          Hardware and OS

          OS
          BlackBerry OS 5.0 Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
          Processor
          528 MHz [Similar] Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 [Similar]
          GPU
          Adreno 330 [Similar]
          RAM
          N/A 2 GB [Browse Similar]
          Internal Memory
          256 MB ROM 16/32 GB
          External Memory
          microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB

          Display

          Type
          TFT Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
          Colors
          65K colors 16M colors
          Size
          2.46 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
          Resolution
          320 x 240 pixels (163 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar]
          Screen-to-Body Ratio
          28.52% 72.15%
          Multi-Touch
          no multi touch yes multi touch

          Camera

          Rear Camera
          2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
          Flash
          No LED flash
          Features
          Geo-tagging Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
          Video
          Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec.
          Front Camera
          No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar]

          Multimedia

          3.5mm Jack
          3.5 mm jack yes 3.5 mm jack yes
          Radio
          No No
          Games
          Yes Yes + Downloadable
          Loud Speaker
          loudspeaker yes loudspeaker yes

          Connectivity and Data Rate

          GPRS
          No Yes
          Edge
          No Yes
          3G
          Rev. 0, up to 153.2 Kbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
          Bluetooth
          Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
          Wi-Fi
          Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
          USB
          Yes, microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host
          GPS
          Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
          Browser
          HTML HTML5

          User Memory

          Internal
          256 MB ROM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
          Expandable Storage
          microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB
          USB OTG
          - Supported

          Sensors

          Fingerprint
          fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
          Proximity Sensor
          proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present
          Accelerometer Sensor
          accelerometer sensor not present accelerometer sensor present
          NFC
          NFC not supported NFC supported

          Battery

          Type
          Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
          Capacity
          1150 mAh 2600 mAh
          Stand by
          Up to 252 h Up to 370 h (3G)
          Talk Time
          Up to 4 h 30 min Up to 17 h (3G)

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