Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer
BlackBerry
Phone model
Curve 8980
Year of release
2010

Appearance

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

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)

Operating system

Operating system
BlackBerry OS 5.0

Battery

Battery type
Li-Ion (lithium ion)
Charging the battery from USB

Screen

Screen diagonal
2.4 in (inches) place #161
Screen resolution
480 x 360 pixels place #117
Pixel density
250 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
3.2 Mp (megapixels) place #39
Maximum photo resolution
2048 x 1536 pixels
  • vga (640x480)
  • qvga (320x240)
  • 768x1024
Shooting resolution formats
  • Full HD (1920 x 1080)
  • HD (1280 х 720)
The presence of a flash
Flash type
LED
Shooting settings
Autofocus
Viewfinder
Video capability
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
2.1
A2DP support
AVRCP support

Navigation and positioning

Built-in GPS
A-GPS support

Connectors and interfaces

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

Images

Geo tags

Video

Installed video player
Supported video formats
  • MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14, .mp4, .m4a, .m4p, .m4b, .m4r, .m4v)
  • Xvid
  • H.263
  • H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10)
  • WMV (Windows Media Video, .wmv)
Geo tags

Audio

Installed audio player
Supported audio formats
  • AAC (Advanced Audio Coding, .aac)
  • AAC+ (HE-AAC v1 High Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding)
  • eAAC+ (HE-AAC v2 High Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding)
  • AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate, .amr)
  • MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
  • MP3 (MPEG-1/2/2.5 Layer 3, .mp3)
  • WMA (Windows Media Audio, .wma)
  • WAV (Waveform Audio File Format, .wav, .wave)
MP3 support
Dictaphone
TRS jack (mini/micro jack)
3.5 mm (millimeters)

Control elements

QWERTY keyboard

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
VMS support

Security

Messages encryption
Installed VPN

Additional features

Standalone mode (flight mode)

SAR level

SAR level
0.64 W/kg (watts per kilogram)