Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer
BlackBerry
Phone model
Curve 8520
Year of release
2009

Appearance

Case type
Monoblock
Body length
109 mm (millimeters)
Body width
60 mm (millimeters)
Body thickness
13.9 mm (millimeters)
Weight
105 g (grams)
Volume
90.91 cm³ (cubic centimeters)
Body materials and finishes
  • Plastic
Colors

Processor (CPU)

CPU clock speed
512 MHz (megahertz) place #170
Number of processor cores
1

Primary storage (RAM)

The amount of RAM
256 MB (megabytes) place #25

Internal storage

Built-in memory
  • 256 MB (megabytes)
place #63

SD card

Types of Supported Memory Cards
  • microSDHC (Micro Secure Digital High Capacity)
  • microSD (Micro Secure Digital Card, TransFlash)
Maximum expandable memory
32 GB (gigabytes)
Hot swappable memory card

Operating system

Operating system
BlackBerry OS 5.0

Battery

Battery capacity
1150 (milliampere hours)
Battery type
Li-Ion (lithium ion)
Battery charging time
3 h (hours)
Call duration in GSM networks
4 h 30 min (hours, minutes)
Standby time in GSM networks
408 h (hours)

Screen

Screen diagonal
2.64 in (inches) place #150
Screen resolution
320 x 240 pixels place #132
Pixel density
152 ppi (pixels per inch)
Screen technology
TFT
Color depth
16 bit (65536 colors)
Aspect ratio
1.333 (4:3)

Main photo/video camera

Camera megapixels
2 Mp (megapixels) place #43
Maximum photo resolution
1600 x 1200 pixels
  • vga (640x480)
  • qvga (320x240)
  • 768x1024
Digital zoom
5 X
Shooting settings
Video capability
Maximum video resolution
320 x 240 pixels
Movie settings

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards
1
MP3 ringtones
Polyphonic ringtones
Vibration mode
Speakerphone
Conference call
Speed dial
Extended phone book
Contacts in the phone book
Unlimited
Data exchange between SIM card and internal memory

Mobile communications

Cellular generation
2.5G (115 kbps phase 1, 384 kbps phase 2)
GSM support
GSM frequencies
  • GSM 850 MHz
  • GSM 900 MHz
  • GSM 1800 MHz
  • GSM 1900 MHz

Internet data transmission standards

Data transmission standards
  • EDGE (E-GPRS, 384 kbit/s)
  • GPRS (64 kbit/s)

Wi-Fi

Built-in Wi-Fi

USB

USB connector
USB connector type
Micro USB (7 x 2 mm)
USB standard
2.0 (up to 480 Mbps)

Bluetooth

Built-in Bluetooth
Bluetooth standard
2.0 + EDR
A2DP support
AVRCP support

Connectors and interfaces

USB connector
Micro USB (7 x 2 mm)
TRS jack (mini/micro jack)
3.5 mm (millimeters)

Video

Installed video player
Supported video formats
  • MPEG-4 (MPEG-4 Part 14, .mp4, .m4a, .m4p, .m4b, .m4r, .m4v)
  • H.263
  • H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10)
  • WMV9 (Windows Media Video 9, .wmv)
Streaming video

Audio

Installed audio player
Supported audio formats
  • AAC+ (HE-AAC v1 High Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding)
  • eAAC+ (HE-AAC v2 High Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding)
  • AMR-NB (Adaptive Multi-Rate Narrowband)
  • AMR-WB (Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband)
  • MP3 (MPEG-1/2/2.5 Layer 3, .mp3)
MP3 support
Streaming audio
Number of polyphony voices
32
Dictaphone
Voice notes
TRS jack (mini/micro jack)
3.5 mm (millimeters)

Control elements

QWERTY keyboard
Russified input

Documents and office

Installed Organizer (PIM)
Email

Connectivity and synchronization

PC connection

Software features

JAVA support
Installed browser
  • HTML
  • WAP
Installed games

Receiving and sending SMS

SMS messages
SMS T9 support
MMS support

Additional features

Standalone mode (flight mode)

SAR level

SAR level
1.02 W/kg (watts per kilogram)

Equipment

Equipment
  • battery
  • charger
  • stereo headset
  • usb-cable
  • case
  • user's guide