RIM BlackBerry Curve 9380 Review

Perhaps sensing that it’s on the verge of losing the smartphone battle, BlackBerry manufacturer RIM has all however swamped the market recently with a rash of handsets, every providing one thing slightly bit totally different. The Curve 9380 is that the midrange full-screen model, smaller and cheaper than the Torch 9860, and with no arduous Qwerty keyboard.

RIM BlackBerry Curve 9380

It’s terribly compact and sleek, its aluminium and shiny black plastic casing measuring 11mm deep with gently curving sides and weighing simply 98g. The 3.2in bit screen is large enough to look at movies on, just about, however it’s defeated by its unexceptional resolution of 480 x 360 pixels. against this, the 9860’s three.7in screen could be a bargain sharper, packing in 800 x 480 of the miscroscopic devils.


Beneath the screen are the quality four BlackBerry arduous howevertons surrounding an optical trackpad but they feel a trifle odd once encountering the sensitivity of the screen – that is great, really – and it’s straightforward to forget that you simply have to be compelled to press quite arduous to activate them. The BlackBerry arduous Qwerty keyboards are terribly arduous to beat, however a similar can’t essentially be said for the on-screen bit versions, particularly on smaller screens like this one.

The keys are little and tough to differentiate beneath the thumbs, and when holding the phone in portrait mode, it presents the numbers in numeric keypad format – handy if you’re making an attempt to dial variety with one hand, however a trifle confusing otherwise. And it retains this layout within the landscape version, that you’d expect to use with 2 thumbs anyway, within which case a line of numbers across the keyboard works higher.
RIM BlackBerry Curve 9380 smartphone

NFC on-board thus you'll be able to raise your phone bill when this payment methodology dashes

The latest BlackBerry seven OS currently has NFC (Near Field Communication) that ought to future proof it for mobile-based payments after they become offered, and there’s additionally the most recent version of BlackBerry Messenger, that permits you to speak together with your mates from at intervals some apps and games. BlackBerry defend is additionally on board and permits you to copy your knowledge and to find your phone if you’ve lost it, within the manner of HTC’s Sense.com.