BlackBerry Curve 9220 Review, Specifications And Price In India

RIM launched BlackBerry Curve 9220 yesterday in India for budget conscious consumers. This low end BlackBerry Smartphone has the same traditional looks that other business oriented RIM phone sports.

The new BlackBerry Curve 9220 has full QWERTY keypad with trackpad and runs on the latest BlackBerry 7 OS, which is also known as the safest mobile Operating System ever followed by iOS and then Android. As we said above the phone is made keeping the youth and budget conscious in mind the phone don’t have high end specs. It sports a 2.44 inch TFT display that has a ppi density of 164. Note that this device is not touch enabled device and is a full key functional. The best part of BlackBerry phones is the QWERTY keypad that is very fast for typing. Research In Motion never focused on camera and has provided a 2MP camera. For storing media content and important documents the phone has expandable microSD memory slot that can be expandable up to 32GB memory.

The BlackBerry Curve 9220 is based on quad band GSM network that has GSM 850 / 900 / 1900 network and do no have 3G support. It has other features lie Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3.5mm jack for audio and support of audio and video player. To feed all these the phone has 1450 mAh Li-Ion battery that lasts up to 432 hours of standby time and 7 hours of talk time with 28 hours music time, if you listen to music very often.

Lets take deeper dive into specifications of BlackBerry Curve 9220:

• BlackBerry OS 7.1
• 2.44 inch TFT display with 320 x 240 pixels
• Touch-sensitive optical trackpad
• Touchscreen not available
• Dimensions:109 x 60 x 12.7 mm
• Weight 102 g
• Expandable memory 32GB thru microSD slot
• 512MB RAM
• 512MB ROM
• 2MP camera with no flashlight (1600×1200 pixels)
• Geo-tagging, video recording.
• Secondary camera not available
• GSM Network: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• GPRS
• EDGE
• HTML Browser
• No 3G or 4G network
• Wi-Fi: Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n
• Bluetooth: v2.1 with A2DP
• microUSB v2.0 support
• Stereo FM with RDS
• Accelerometer, compass and proximity sensor
• No GPS
• No Java
• No Adobe support
• 3.5mm audio jack
• Support audio format such as MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV/FLAC player
• Support video format such as MP4/H.263/H.264 player
• Battery of 1450 mAh Li-Ion
• Talk Time of 7 hours
• Standby time of 420 hours
• Music play time of 28 hours
• Available in Black, Fuchsia Pink, Pure White, Teal Blue colors.

Best features of BlackBerry Curve 9220

• BlackBerry 7.1 OS
• TFT display
• Optical trackpad
• Accelerometer, compass and proximity sensor
• EDGE
• Expandable 32GB support
• Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity
• MicroUSB
• 1450 mAH Li-Ion battery
• Stereo FM with RDS
• BlackBerry Messenger

BlackBerry Curve 9220 Price in India

The BlackBerry Curve 9220 price in India is Rs. 10,990. This price is quite high if compared other phones with this price range, especially the Android phones. They offer 3G connectivity with better screen option at the same time. However BB phones has always been pricey, as the company has maintained its ‘class’ and offered the best what it could with the above mentioned price tag.

Pros and Cons of BlackBerry Curve 9220:

Pros:

• Excellent battery life
• BlackBerry Messenger
• Stereo FM with RDS
• 32GB expandable memory
• BlackBerry OS 7.1

Cons:

• Price tag is too high for a phone with above mentions features and specs
• Only 2MP camera with no flash
• No secondary camera
• No 3G support
• No Java support
• No Adobe Flash support
• No GPS

Conclusion:

The phone is worth buying if are truly dedicated to Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Messenger service and other social media service. Or else if you like the brand BlackBerry itself. Otherwise go for and Android phone that many more features including 3G, good camera, touchscreen, etc. with a same price tag.

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