Blackberry Curve 8520

RIM the company behind blackberry phones plan to do away with the whole phone for the businessman image. Their new Blackberry Curve 8520 is a much cheaper phone at just INR 15,990 but what do you not get as compared to the costlier models?

Firstly, there isn’t the sandy-feel scroll ball. It’s replaced by a slightly tacky but effective trackpad which doubles as a button. It makes usage a little easier and effortless. There are few glitches while using in bright daylight though. The QWERTY keypad still has the slightly banked and chopped designed to it. Even though the keys seem tiny, using your fingers isn’t a problem with this kind of design. The back of the phone is a little squishy and you can feel the quality when you punch in a key which isn’t so nice.

The sides of the body have a layer of rubber and this covers the controls available on the sides for the volume level, the camera and voice command buttons. The voice quality was average. The interface is still fast and the entire usual software bundle is still present. The battery is a 1150mAh.