BlackBerry Curve 8530 vs Samsung S8500 Wave

Key differences

Calculated from recorded specifications using minimum difference thresholds. These are differences, not an overall ranking. For three phones, numeric highlights compare the two extremes.

• Weight

  Curve 8530: 12 g lighter

  Curve 8530:

  106 g

  S8500 Wave:

  118 g

• Width

  S8500 Wave: 4 mm narrower

  Curve 8530:

  60 mm

  S8500 Wave:

  56 mm

• Screen diagonal

  Curve 8530: 0.84 in smaller diagonal

  Curve 8530:

  2.46 in

  S8500 Wave:

  3.3 in

• Depth

  S8500 Wave: 3 mm thinner

  Curve 8530:

  13.9 mm

  S8500 Wave:

  10.9 mm

• Height

  Curve 8530: 9 mm shorter

  Curve 8530:

  109 mm

  S8500 Wave:

  118 mm

• Release year

  Curve 8530:

  2009

  S8500 Wave:

  2010

Relative size, not calibrated actual size. Front and side outlines share one scale and a bottom baseline. Generic outlines use recorded body dimensions, excluding camera bumps.

1. 1. Curve 8530

   Height:

   109 mm

   Width:

   60 mm +4 mm versus S8500 Wave

   Depth:

   13.9 mm +3 mm versus S8500 Wave

2. 2. S8500 Wave

   Height:

   118 mm +9 mm versus Curve 8530

   Width:

   56 mm

   Depth:

   10.9 mm

Screen size

Approximate rectangular screens calculated from recorded diagonal and aspect ratio at one relative scale. Rounded corners and cutouts are not subtracted. These are not phone outlines or calibrated actual sizes.

1. 1. Curve 8530

   Screen diagonal:

   2.46 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   4:3

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   18.7 cm²

2. 2. S8500 Wave

   Screen diagonal:

   3.3 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   5:3

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   31 cm²

S8500 Wave has approximately 65.4% more rectangular screen area than Curve 8530.

Memory variants

Each row compares the same storage capacity. Cells show recorded RAM alternatives, not combined maxima. Not recorded does not mean unavailable in every market.

No unambiguous storage/RAM pairings are recorded. See the original specifications below.

Practical features

Explicit Yes and No values are shown directly. Qualified or regional records retain their details. Unknown means the record is missing.

Battery capacity

Capacity is not battery life. No endurance test is implied.

Open a section for more detail. On narrow screens, swipe sideways or use Left/Right arrow keys while the table is focused. Unknown means missing data, not No. Recorded zero values are shown as recorded.