BlackBerry Curve 8530

Network
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

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
528 MHz

Memory
Card slot
microSDHC (dedicated slot)

Internal
256MB ROM

Main Camera
Single
2 MP

Video
Yes

Selfie camera
 
No

Sound
Loudspeaker
Yes

3.5mm jack
Yes

 Dedicated music keys

Comms
WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g

Bluetooth
2.1, A2DP

Positioning
GPS, A-GPS

Radio
No

USB
microUSB

Features
Sensors

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
Type
Removable Li-Ion 1150 mAh battery

Stand-by
Up to 252 h

Talk time
Up to 4 h 30 min

Misc
Colors
Black, Purple

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

Price
About 60 EUR