Blackberry Curve 9380

The Curve 9380 runs BlackBerry OS 7 on an 806MHz processor and does it quite well. There’s no noticeable lag in UI functioning and usability. One glitch that didn’t seem to go away was the handset hanging, or rather, screen’s freezing when we tried downloading apps via the AppWorld application. This persisted even after we reset the device. One could attribute this to it being a bug in the test piece and we can only hope so. The on-screen QWERTY keypad seemed to be much more responsive for typing as compared to its higher-end companion. Response time overall was quick and without hassle from activating apps to playing games and multi-tasking.

SPECIFICATIONS:

General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 or HSDPA 800 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
Size Dimensions 109 x 60 x 11.2 mm
Weight 98 g
Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen
Size 360 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches (~188 ppi pixel density)
– Optical trackpad
– Touch-sensitive controls
Sound Alert types Vibration; Polyphonic(64), MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 32GB
Internal 512 MB storage, 512 MB RAM
Data GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
Speed HSDPA, HSUPA
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, UMA (carrier-dependent)
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
NFC Carrier dependent
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0
Camera Primary 5 MP, 2592?1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, face detection, image stabilization
Video Yes, VGA
Secondary No
Features OS BlackBerry OS 7.0
CPU 806 MHz
Sensors Proximity
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML
Radio No
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java No
Colors Black
– SNS applications
– MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV/FLAC- player
– MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
– Organizer
– Document viewer
– Voice memo/dial
– Predictive text input
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion (JM-1)
Stand-by Up to 360 h (2G) / Up to 360 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 5 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 40 min (3G)
Music play Up to 30 h