The good news keeps on rolling in. We now have the specs and a picture of an upcoming BlackBerry Curve series refresh that finally brings something new. No longer is the classic Curve hampered with a 320×240 resolution screen. According to BGR it will pack a 480×360 display along with a ton of other upgrades. IT ALSO HAS A 800Mhz CPU!!!! The other nice thing is it is coming wit Tri-Band UMTS/HSPA which means we will finally see 7.2Mbps possible speeds on a BlackBerry!
Here are the specs we know for you to drool over!
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
- Tri-band UMTS/HSPA 7.2Mbps
- Bluetooth 2.1
- Wi-Fi b/g/n
- GPS
- NFC
- 512MB of eMMC, 512MB of RAM
- 5-megapixel camera with flash
- HVGA 480 x 360 display
- 1050 mAh battery
- Tavor MG-1 800MHz CPU
- BlackBerry OS 6.1
- 11mm thin
Sadly there is no Bluetooth upgrade with the new low power spec but the 800Mhz CPU is HUGE! Anybody else now wondering if the Bold Dakota will have a 1Ghz CPU? Though the weird thing is that this Curve has a 1050mAh battery which might be tight on battery life.
Eric ( View Profile) - Posts: 279
Posted: January 13, 2011 at 10:59 AM EST
The lack of leaked phones was starting to worry me a bit. No longer…
Eric ( View Profile) - Posts: 279
Posted: January 13, 2011 at 11:23 AM EST
With the larger screen resolution this is more like the 8900 series then your classic Curves…
Corey Davis ( View Profile) - Posts: 1293
Posted: January 13, 2011 at 11:09 AM EST
Okay…notice how the phone/menu icons aren’t buttons……..
barrist ( View Profile) - Posts: 1186
Posted: January 13, 2011 at 11:18 AM EST
Aren’t they like the current flat buttons like on the curve 9300?
Eric ( View Profile) - Posts: 279
Posted: January 13, 2011 at 11:23 AM EST
They do look like the buttons on the 93xx and 9800.
Corey Davis ( View Profile) - Posts: 1293
Posted: January 13, 2011 at 11:45 AM EST
Oh..You know I hadn’t noticed that the 93XX buttons were like that..so ignore my post. lol
barrist ( View Profile) - Posts: 1186
Posted: January 13, 2011 at 11:17 AM EST
New phones! nice.. if this is 800mhz.. then the Dakota has to be AT LEAST that, so at least we know its not the same old 624mhz
Blackberry_Junkie ( View Profile) - Posts: 73
Posted: January 13, 2011 at 11:24 AM EST from my BlackBerry 8900
When is this baby supposed to be released?? Papa needs a new Blackberry… BAD!
wetfoot ( View Profile) - Posts: 12
Posted: January 13, 2011 at 11:25 AM EST
It’s very impressive with Tavor MG-1 (800MHz CPU)
CraZy88 ( View Profile) - Posts: 61
Posted: January 13, 2011 at 11:33 AM EST
I still laugh when I see 512MB. Haha! *sigh*
barrist ( View Profile) - Posts: 1186
Posted: January 13, 2011 at 4:17 PM EST
its an entry level phone?
barrist ( View Profile) - Posts: 1186
Posted: January 13, 2011 at 11:39 AM EST
As dated as these specs seem, we all know its for the lower-end market which will probably eat it up.
Corey Davis ( View Profile) - Posts: 1293
Posted: January 13, 2011 at 11:46 AM EST
They aren’t really dated. The EVO Shift is at 800mhz…
barrist ( View Profile) - Posts: 1186
Posted: January 13, 2011 at 12:00 PM EST
Agreed. but it seems like people expect RIM to announce a quadcore curve or something ,, based on alot of comments on other sites. They don’t realize that there is a phone for different markets.. this obviously towards the lower end.
Corey Davis ( View Profile) - Posts: 1293
Posted: January 13, 2011 at 12:50 PM EST
I agree that the megapixels need to be up’d. Along with RAM, on board mem, etc.
barrist ( View Profile) - Posts: 1186
Posted: January 13, 2011 at 11:45 AM EST
so isn’t this basically a better 9780? if they’re able to price these at like 29.99-49.99 on contract, i think people would buy these in huge numbers.
Terrence T ( View Profile) - Posts: 1821
Posted: January 13, 2011 at 11:50 AM EST from my BlackBerry 9800 | OS 6.0.0.337
Now, I’m gona get this too
Remzi Turer ( View Profile) - Posts: 142
Posted: January 13, 2011 at 11:52 AM EST
Well, before you guys drool, just keep in mind the current Marvell PXA-930 chipset in Torch, 9780 and many others (which was released in 2008) is originally clocked to 800Mhz and its codename is Tavor.
RIM chose to underclock it to 624Mhz, if I recall correctly. So the CPU does not look like a new one to me.
barrist ( View Profile) - Posts: 1186
Posted: January 13, 2011 at 12:01 PM EST
ah good to know.. well i guess we’ll still wait to find out whats in the Dakota.
Terrence T ( View Profile) - Posts: 1821
Posted: January 14, 2011 at 4:40 AM EST
so… overclock for phones..?
barrist ( View Profile) - Posts: 1186
Posted: January 14, 2011 at 7:13 AM EST
sure why not.. i had a droid that i had overclocked to over 1ghz.. ate the battery even more though
beamolite ( View Profile) - Posts: 281
Posted: January 13, 2011 at 12:03 PM EST
Looks like RIM is finally pushing on the gas pedal to get out of the ditch.
captainbdsc ( View Profile) - Posts: 179
Posted: January 13, 2011 at 2:21 PM EST
Looks like a great entry level device for BB