BlackBerry Curve 8520

General Information

• Colors:
• Black

• SAR:
• 1.22 W/kg (head)     0.83 W/kg (body)    

• SAR EU:
• 1.02 W/kg (head)     0.78 W/kg (body)    

• Price:
• About 70 EUR

Network/Bearer

• Technology:
• GSM

• 2G bands:
• GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

• GPRS:
• Class 10

• EDGE:
• Class 10

Launch

• Announced:
• 2009, July. Released 2009, August

• Status:
• Discontinued

Physical Specifications

• Dimensions:
• 109 x 60 x 13.9 mm (4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in)

• Weight:
• 106 g (3.74 oz)

• Keyboard:
• QWERTY

• SIM:
• Mini-SIM, Optical trackpad

Display

• Type:
• TFT, 65K colors

• Size:
• 2.46 inches, 18.7 cm2 (~28.7% screen-to-body ratio)

• Resolution:
• 320 x 240 pixels, 4:3 ratio (~163 ppi density)

Platform

• OS:
• BlackBerry OS 5.0

• CPU:
• 512 MHz

Memory

• Card slot:
• microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)

• Internal:
• 256MB

Main Camera

• Single:
• 2 MP

• Video:
• 320p

Selfie Camera

• Video:
• 320p, No

Sound

• Loudspeaker:
• Yes

• 3.5mm jack:
• Yes, Dedicated music keys

Connectivity

• WLAN:
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g

• Bluetooth:
• 2.0, A2DP

• GPS:
• No

• Radio:
• No

• USB:
• microUSB

Features

• Messaging:
• SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, IM

• Browser:
• HTML, MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player, MP4/H.264/WMV player, Organizer, Voice memo/dial, Predictive text input

Battery

• Browser:
• HTML, Removable Li-Ion 1150 mAh battery

• Stand-by:
• Up to 408 h

• Talk time:
• Up to 4 h 30 min

Tests

• Loudspeaker:
• Voice 69dB / Noise 68dB / Ring 76dB

• Audio quality:
• Noise -87.2dB / Crosstalk -86.6dB