BlackBerry Curve 8530

General Information

• Colors:
• Black, Purple

• SAR:
• 1.24 W/kg (head)     0.66 W/kg (body)    

• Price:
• About 60 EUR

Network/Bearer

• Technology:
• CDMA / EVDO

• 2G bands:
• CDMA 800 / 1900

• 3G bands:
• CDMA2000 1xEV-DO

• Speed:
• EV-DO Rev.0, 153.2 Kbps

Launch

• Announced:
• 2009, November. Released 2009, December

• 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:
• 528 MHz

Memory

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

• Internal:
• 256MB ROM

Main Camera

• Single:
• 2 MP

• Video:
• Yes

Selfie Camera

• Video:
• Yes, No

Sound

• Loudspeaker:
• Yes

• 3.5mm jack:
• Yes, Dedicated music keys

Connectivity

• WLAN:
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g

• Bluetooth:
• 2.1, A2DP

• GPS:
• Yes, with A-GPS

• Radio:
• No

• USB:
• microUSB

Features

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

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

Battery

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

• Stand-by:
• Up to 252 h

• Talk time:
• Up to 4 h 30 min