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Blackberry Curve 8520 Vs Storm2 9550: Two siblings outwitting each other

Blackberry Curve 8520 and BlackBerry Storm2 9550 both were launched in the year 2009. But both have some upsides and downsides, The need is to choose the best as per your specific choices and demands.

Canadian-based RIM (Research In Motion) has taken the Smartphone market by storm through its wonderful series of BlackBerry, which was kicked off in the year 1999.

On the aluminium anniversary of BlackBerry in 2009, the company rolled out two phones in the market. In which one was Blackberry Curve 8520 and second was Blackberry Storm2 9550.
There was just one month of gap in the launching of both phones. While Curve 8520 saw the light of the day in August 2009, the Storm2 9550 entered the market in October, 2009.

Curve 8520, also called as “Blackberry Gemini” is considered the first BlackBerry phone launched with a track pad. On the other hand, Storm2 9550 is the first and only smartphone in the world, which boasts of a full clickable touchscreen empowered by its piezoelectric sensors beneath the screen.

Thus, both of these phones of blackberry flaunt some most advanced & exclusive features and even now are also ruling the roost in the smartphone marketplace.

In this article, I’ll try to collate the spec as well as features of both the handsets of RIM’s arsenal.

Though, Curve and storm both supports the 2G Network of GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900. But, when it comes to 3G Network, only storm supports it with HSDPA 2100 . 

Weighing just 106 g, Curve 8520 is arriving in the dimensions of 109 x 60 x 13.9 mm. Storm is relatively more heavy and large along with the weight of 160 g and size of 112.5 x 62.2 x 14 mm.

Even though, Curve and Storm both sport TFT capacitive touchscreen featuring 65K colors. Yet the display size of Curve is 320 x 240 pixels, whereas of Storm is 360 x 480 pixels. 

To the utter delight of music lovers, both of the handsets are fitted with Speaker-phones. But, Sound Alert of curve includes vibration & polyphonic in contrast to the vibration & MP3 ring tones of Storm.

Both the handsets come with Memory Phonebook with storage capacity for unlimited entries and fields along with Photocall.  Moreover, both the handsets are available with the expandable memory via microSD. But, Blackberry Curve 8520 Deals are available with the internal memory and Call records facility of 256 MB. Whereas Storm features the both in 2 GB.  Blackberry Storm 2

Data GPRS Class of both Curve and Storm handsets is equal featuring 10 (4+1/3+2 slots) with 32 – 48 kbps. Both of the devices are also fitted with Bluetooth feature. But, whereas, Curve flaunts  v2.0 with A2DP  Bluetooth, in contrast to this, it is v2.1 with A2DP in Storm.

Apart from being the communication device, both Gadgets are a treat for the people, interested in photography. The camera of Curve features 2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels, but Storm features 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels camera along with facility of autofocus and LED flash. Further, you can capture the special moments of your life through making video by the both widgets. For the entertainment, both of the handsets are loaded with large numbers of games.

If you’re a footloose person, then Storm also sports GPS features. But this facility is not available in Curve.

What’s more! Both of the Gizmos are empowered by BlackBerry OS. But Curve features the standard battery of  Li-Ion 1150 mAh with talk time of up to 4 h 30 min and stand-by of up to 408 h. On the other hand, Storm is equipped with the standard battery Li-Ion 1400 mAh with talk time of up to 5 h
and stand-by of up to 305 h.

Curve and Storm both of the BlackBerry handsets are available in black colors variants. Thus both of these devices have some upsides & downsides and can be availed at economic prices through best blackberry Curve 8520 deals and Blackberry Storm 2 Deals. These deals can be enjoyed from the stores of all the leading network providers.

About the Author

Andru Simond is an expert author of Telecommunication industry and contributes his valuable thoughts for telecom industry readers. Get Latest Updates On Blackberry Curve 8520 Deals and blackberry storm 2 deals with other offers on Mobile Phones in UK.

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