BlackBerry Curve 9380 Contract Deals

About BlackBerry Curve 9380

BlackBerry Curve 9380 is the first phone in the Curve range to feature a touchscreen. It is candy bar touchscreen smartphone with email and instant messaging features.

Features

BlackBerry Curve 9380 is at the more affordable end of the BlackBerry range. The mobile phone has a terrific 3.2 inches and has a rather modest resolution of 360x480 pixels. It runs on the latest version of BlackBerry 7 Operating system. It measures 109x60x11.2 mm and very light in weight just 98 gram.

BlackBerry Curve 9380 is powered by 806 MHz processor along with 512MB of RAM. There is a 5 megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash and has impressive VGA video recording capabilities. The internal memory is 512MB to store apps, music and videos. A micro SD card slot is also there and act as an additional storage, supported up to 32GB.

Positive Points

1. Media function

2. More affordable

3. Battery life is impressive

4. Color saturation is good

5. First Touchscreen BlackBerry Curve

6. Pleasant & slick in use

7. Latest BlackBerry OS

8. Great design

Negative Points

1. Dearth of apps

2. Over-sensitive display

3. Lack of HD video recording

About Deals

Compare BlackBerry Curve 9380 pay monthly deals with the major networks of UK such as Orange, O2, Three, T-mobile, Vodafone & Virgin. Deals on BlackBerry Curve 9380 are availed by the major retailers of UK including Phones4U,  Mobiles.co.uk & Dialaphone. Refine & compare the best suited deal for yourself.

General

• 2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G Network: HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 or HSDPA 800 / 1900 / 2100, HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
• Announced: 2011, November

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
- Proximity sensor for auto-turn off

Sound

• Alert types: Vibration; Polyphonic(64), MP3 ringtones
• Loudspeaker: Yes
• 3.5mm jack: Yes

Memory

• Phonebook: Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
• Call records: Yes
• Internal: 512 MB storage, 512 MB RAM
• Card slot: microSD, up to 32GB

Data

• GPRS: Yes
• EDGE: Yes
• 3G: HSDPA, HSUPA
• WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, UMA (carrier-dependent)
• Bluetooth: Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
• Infrared port: No
• USB: Yes, microUSB v2.0

Camera

• Primary: 5 MP, 2592x1944 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 processor
• Messaging: SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
• Browser: HTML
• Radio: No
• Games: Yes + downloadable
• Colors: Black
• GPS: Yes, with A-GPS support
• Java: No

 - SNS applications
- NFC support (carrier-dependent)
- 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