BlackBerry Curve 8300 vs Alcatel A7 (5090i)
Side by side comparison between BlackBerry Curve 8300 vs Alcatel A7 phones, differences, pros, cons and full specifications. What's the better?
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What's the better phone? Alcatel A7 (5090i)
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2 Advantages 
32 Advantages | 6 Common items in both devices |
| Only digital zoom |
| Ambient light sensor |
| Hands-free calling |
| Vibrating alert |
| 3.5mm jack |
| Mini-USB 2.0 (Mini-B) / MicroUSB 2.0 |
| + specs and more in the table below |
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Highlight differences Clear highlight📱 Model features | ||
| BlackBerry Curve 8300 | Alcatel A7 (5090i) | |
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| Model | Curve 8300 | Alcatel A7 (5090i) |
| Other model names | RIM BlackBerry Curve 8300 | Alcatel A7 (4GB RAM) OT-5090I |
| Country or region available | feature not registered |   (Latin America), Brazil |
| Brand | BlackBerry | Alcatel |
| Release date | 5/1/2007 | 9/1/2017 |
| Depth | 15.5 millimeters (0.61 inches) | 9 millimeters (0.35 inches) |
| Size (width x height) | 60 x 107 millimeters (2.36 x 4.21 in) | 76.5 x 152.7 millimeters (3.01 x 6.01 in) |
| Weight | 111 grams (3.89 ounces) | 164 grams (5.74 ounces) |
| Build, materials | feature not registered | Plastic body, glass front |
| Protection against water and others | Not supported | Not supported |
📲 Display | ||
| BlackBerry Curve 8300 | Alcatel A7 (5090i) | |
| Display type | TFT LCD | LTPS IPS LCD |
| Screen size | 2.5" inches | 5.5" inches |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~30.1% (screen-to-body ratio) | ~71.4% (screen-to-body ratio) |
| Display resolution | 320x240 pixels | 1080x1920 pixels |
| Touchscreen | Not supported | Capacitive Multitouch |
| Pixel density (dot pitch) | 160 PPI | 401 PPI |
| Colors | 65 thousand | 16 million |
| Scratch-resistant glass | Not supported | Not supported |
| Refresh rate | feature not registered | 60Hz |
| Display features | feature not registered | feature not registered |
🤖 Operating System | ||
| BlackBerry Curve 8300 | Alcatel A7 (5090i) | |
| System version | BlackBerry OS 4.2 | Android 7.0 Nougat |
| Firmware update | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| User Interface | feature not registered | feature not registered |
⚙️ Processor | ||
| BlackBerry Curve 8300 | Alcatel A7 (5090i) | |
| Chipset | 32bit: Intel XScale PXA272 | 64bit: MediaTek MT6750T (28nm) |
| CPU | Single-core, 1 processor: 1x 312MHz XScale (Single-core) | Octa-core, 2 processors: 4x 1.5GHz ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-core) 4x 1GHz ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-core) |
| GPU graphical controller | feature not registered | ARM Mali-T860 MP2 650Mhz |
| Performance (benchmark) | feature not registered | feature not registered |
💽 Memory and storage | ||
| BlackBerry Curve 8300 | Alcatel A7 (5090i) | |
| RAM memory | 16MB SDRAM | 4GB LPDDR3 |
| Internal storage | 64MB | 32GB (22GB available) eMMC 5.1 |
| External storage | Until 4GB microSD (dedicated slot) | Until 128GB microSD, microSDXC (dedicated slot) |
📶 Mobile networks | ||
| BlackBerry Curve 8300 | Alcatel A7 (5090i) | |
| Dual-SIM | Not supported | Dual-SIM Standby - Call active on one sim card (dedicated slot) |
| SIM card | 1 slot (Single-SIM) Standard mini-SIM (2FF) | 2 slots (Dual-SIM) nano-SIM (4FF) |
| Maximum Download / Upload | 0.236 Mbps | 300/50 Mbps |
| Network technology | 2G | 2G, 3G, 4G |
| Frequency, bands | Expand band details Collapse details | |
| GSM MHz band | Quad-Band 850/900/1800/1900 | Quad-Band 850/900/1800/1900 |
| Primary 2G network | GSM 850/900/1800/1900 | GSM 850/900/1800/1900 |
| Primary 3G network | Not supported | UMTS 850/900/1900/2100 |
| Primary 4G network | Not supported | LTE Cat6 700/800/900/1800/2100/2600 (Bands 1,3,7,8,20,28) |
| Primary 5G network | Not supported | Not supported |
| Primary data network | CSD, GPRS, EDGE | GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, LTE, LTE-A |
| Secondary 2G network | Not supported | GSM 850/900/1800/1900 |
| Secondary 3G network | Not supported | Not supported |
| Secondary 4G network | Not supported | Not supported |
| Secondary data network | Not supported | GPRS, EDGE |
📷 Camera | ||
| BlackBerry Curve 8300 | Alcatel A7 (5090i) | |
| Back camera (main camera) | 2 megapixels | 16 megapixels |
| Main camera resolution | 1600x1200 pixels | 4608x3456 pixels |
| Video recording (primary) | Not supported | Full HD (1920x1080) 30 fps |
| Flash | LED flash | Dual-LED on main camera and LED on front camera |
| Focal aperture | feature not registered | f/2.0 (aperture) |
| Focal length | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| Sensor size | feature not registered | 1/3" inches |
| Pixel size | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| Autofocus | Not supported | PDAF: phase detection autofocus |
| Touch focus | feature not registered | Supported |
| Image stabilization | feature not registered | EIS: Digital stabilization |
| Zoom | Only digital zoom | Only digital zoom |
| Face/smile detection | feature not registered | Face detection, Smile detection |
| BSI sensor | feature not registered | Not supported |
| HDR | feature not registered | HDR photo only main camera |
| Camera extras | feature not registered | feature not registered |
📸 Front camera | ||
| BlackBerry Curve 8300 | Alcatel A7 (5090i) | |
| Front camera (secondary) | Not supported | 8 megapixels |
| Front camera resolution | Not supported | 3264x2448 pixels |
| Video recording (secondary) | Not supported | HD (1280x720) |
| Front flash | Not supported | LED |
| Focal aperture | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| Focal length | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| Sensor size | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| Pixel size | feature not registered | feature not registered |
🔉 Sound and multimedia | ||
| BlackBerry Curve 8300 | Alcatel A7 (5090i) | |
| Loudspeaker | Supported | Supported |
| Active noise cancellation | feature not registered | Not supported |
| Radio | Not supported | FM |
| TV | Not supported | Not supported |
| Video formats | MP4, H.264, H.263 | MP4, H.264, H.263 |
| Audio formats | MP3, WAV, WMA, eAAC+ | MP3, WAV, eAAC+, FLAC |
🔌 Connectivity | ||
| BlackBerry Curve 8300 | Alcatel A7 (5090i) | |
| USB | Mini-USB 2.0 (Mini-B) | MicroUSB 2.0 |
| Audio output | 3.5mm jack | 3.5mm jack |
| TV output | Not supported | Not supported |
| Bluetooth | 2.0 + A2DP | 4.2 + A2DP |
| WiFi | Not supported | 802.11 b/g/n [wifi4] (2.4GHz) WiFi Direct, hotspot |
| DLNA | feature not registered | Not supported |
| GPS | Not supported | A-GPS, GeoTagging |
| NFC | Not supported | Not supported |
| Infrared port | feature not registered | Not supported |
🧭 Sensors | ||
| BlackBerry Curve 8300 | Alcatel A7 (5090i) | |
| Sensors | Ambient light sensor | Accelerometer Ambient light sensor Compass Fingerprint sensor (rear-mounted) Gyroscope Proximity sensor |
| Vibrating alert | Supported | Supported |
🔋 Battery | ||
| BlackBerry Curve 8300 | Alcatel A7 (5090i) | |
| Battery type | Li-Ion: lithium-ion (Removable) | Li-Ion: lithium-ion (Non removable) |
| Battery capacity | 1100 mAh | 4000 mAh |
| Charger, watts | Wired charging | 10W Wired charging |
| Inductive / wireless charging | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| Talk time autonomy | 4 hours | 17 hours |
| Standby | 408 hours (17 days) | 634 hours (26.4 days) |
➕ Other features | ||
| BlackBerry Curve 8300 | Alcatel A7 (5090i) | |
| Call control | Voice dialing, Voice recorder | Voice dialing, Voice recorder |
| Messaging | SMS, MMS, E-mail | SMS (T9), MMS, E-mail, Push mail |
| Hands-free calling | Supported | Supported |
| Video calling | Not supported | Supported |
| Ringtones | Polyphonic and customized | Polyphonic and customized |
| Web browser | WAP, HTML | HTML, XHTML, HTML5 |
| Antenna | Internal antenna | Internal antenna |
| Qwerty physical keyboard | Fixed QWERTY keyboard | Not supported |
| Miscellaneous | • Colors: Silver on black • Trackball navigation • BlackBerry maps • Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF editor • Java framework | • Colors: Metal Black • DIRAC sound |
☢️ Radiation rate | ||
| BlackBerry Curve 8300 | Alcatel A7 (5090i) | |
| SAR 1.6W/kg (USA, Mexico, etc.) | feature not registered | feature not registered |
| SAR 2W/kg (Europe, UK, etc.) | feature not registered | feature not registered |