BlackBerry Curve 8520

Network
Technology
GSM

2G bands
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

GPRS
Class 10

EDGE
Class 10

Launch
Announced
2009, July. Released 2009, August

Status
Discontinued

Body
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
microSDHC (dedicated slot)

Internal
256MB

Main Camera
Single
2 MP

Video
320p

Selfie camera
 
No

Sound
Loudspeaker
Yes

3.5mm jack
Yes

 Dedicated music keys

Comms
WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g

Bluetooth
2.0, A2DP

Positioning
No

Radio
No

USB
microUSB

Features
Sensors

Browser
HTML

 MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
MP4/H.264/WMV player
Organizer
Voice memo/dial
Predictive text input

Battery
Type
Removable Li-Ion 1150 mAh battery

Stand-by
Up to 408 h

Talk time
Up to 4 h 30 min

Misc
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

Tests
Loudspeaker

Voice 69dB / Noise 68dB / Ring 76dB

Audio quality

Noise -87.2dB / Crosstalk -86.6dB