BlackBerry Curve 8520

GENERAL
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
SIM Mini-SIM
Announced 2009, July
Status Available. Released 2009, August

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

DISPLAY
Type TFT, 65K colors
Size 320 x 240 pixels, 2.46 inches (~163 ppi pixel density)
- Touch-sensitive optical trackpad

SOUND
Alert types Vibration; Polyphonic(32), MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
- Dedicated music keys

MEMORY
Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB
Internal 256 MB

DATA
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
USB Yes, microUSB

CAMERA
Primary 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels
Video Yes, QVGA
Secondary No

FEATURES
OS BlackBerry OS 5.0
CPU 512 MHz
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM
Browser HTML
Radio No
GPS No
Java Yes
Colors Black
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
- Organizer
- Voice memo/dial
- Predictive text input

BATTERY
Li-Ion 1150 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 408 h
Talk time Up to 4 h 30 min

MISC
SAR US 1.22 W/kg (head) 0.83 W/kg (body)
SAR EU 1.02 W/kg (head) 0.78 W/kg (body)
Price group About 70 EUR

TESTS
Loudspeaker Voice 69dB / Noise 68dB / Ring 76dB
Audio quality Noise -87.2dB / Crosstalk -86.6dB