Blackberry Curve 9300 3G Contract Deals

Review Blackberry Curve 9300 3G

Blackberry Curve 9300 3G is perfectly adequate and recent addition to the Curve smartphone range. It is a perked up version of the entry-level BlackBerry Curve 8520 with superb 3G connectivity.

Features

Blackberry Curve 9300 3G is primarily aimed at first time BlackBerry users. The mobile phone has the standard layout with a landscape screen at the top and full QWERTY keyboard below. It is quite small measuring 109x60x14 mm so you can comfortably hold in your hand. There is rubberized coating used on the side-mounted buttons and battery cover help with gripping the phone.

Blackberry Curve 9300 3G has a decent 2.46 inch touchscreen with display resolution of 320x240 pixels. There is a micro SD card slot in which you can store your personal data and support up to 32GB. The handset offers a 2 megapixel camera through which you can capture your special moment with family and friends. It operates on BlackBerry v5.0 Operating system that is upgradeable to v6.0.

Positive Points

1. Good battery life

2. Dedicated music keys

3. Upgradeable OS

4. Amazing connectivity

5. Email support

6. 3G & GPS

7. Compact & familiar design

Negative Point

1. Optical trackpad is average

2. Overall, not impressive

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General

• 2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G Network: HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100, HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
• Announced: 2010, August
• Status: Available. Released 2010, August

Size

• Dimensions: 109 x 60 x 13.9 mm
• Weight: 104 g

Display

• Type: TFT, 65K colors
• Size: 320 x 240 pixels, 2.46 inches
  • QWERTY keyboard
  • Touch-sensitive optical trackpad

Sound

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

Memory

• Phonebook: Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
• Call records: Yes
• Internal: 256 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
• Card slot: microSD, up to 32GB, buy memory

Data

• GPRS: Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
• EDGE: Class 10, 236.8 kbps
• 3G: HSDPA
• WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, UMA (carrier dependent)
• Bluetooth: Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
• Infrared port: No
• USB: Yes, microUSB v2.0

Camera

• Primary: 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
• Video: Yes
• Secondary: No

Features

• OS: BlackBerry OS 5.0, upgradable
• Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
• Browser: HTML
• Radio: No
• Games: Yes + downloadable
• Colors: Black, Red, Pink, Graphite
• GPS: Yes, with A-GPS support; BlackBerry Maps
• Java: Yes
  • MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV/FLAC player
  • MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
  • Organizer
  • Voice memo/dial
  • Predictive text input

Battery

• Standard battery, Li-Ion 1150 mAh
• Stand-by: Up to 456 h (2G) / Up to 348 h (3G)
• Talk time: Up to 4 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 30 min (3G)
• Music play: Up to 29 h

Misc

• SAR US 1.07 W/kg (head), 0.72 W/kg (body)
• SAR EU 1.42 W/kg (head), 0.78 W/kg (body)