Soon T-Mobile customers will have another option to upgrade to when the BlackBerry Curve 9350 is released next week. According to news that was reported today, the BlackBerry Curve 9350 will hit the T-Mobile shelves on September 28th and it will cost only $80 after a $50 mail-in rebate. Now, that is some serious smartphone for less than $100 if you ask me. The BlackBerry Curve 9350 is another very affordable option if you are looking to update to a smartphone for the first time. Much cheaper than the recently launched BlackBerry Bold 9900, but the Curve 9360 doesn’t lack some nice features.
Starting with the TFT display that measures about 2.5 inches with a resolution of 480×360 pixels has a light sensor and is about average to comparable smartphones. The BlackBerry Curve 9360 is lighter than the average smartphone weighing in at less than 3.5 ounces and includes a full QWERTY keyboard. The phone has an optical mouse and touch-pad for easy navigation. The BlackBerry Curve 9350 runs on the BlackBerry 7 operating system with a single core 800MHz processor and 512MB of RAM. Internal memory is listed at only 512MB, but it can be easily upgraded to 32GB with the use of a microSD card which is typically sold separately.
On the outside of the phone you will find a 5MP camera with digital zoon and LED flash on the back side. That camera also records VGA video at 640x 480 pixels, so it is not as high end as other smartphones that can record in 720p HD. There are plenty of connection options with support for Bluetooth 2.1, Wi-Fi and even NFC payments. The phone can be charged via microUSB or connected to an external storage device with the same port. Battery life, which is more important these days with apps that hog energy, is lower than average at 5 hours of talk time and about 350 hours of standby time. That does not include 3G standby which is about 60 minutes less at 288 hours.
This is a very affordable phone for the business type and BlackBerry still leads the pack when it comes to phones that are geared towards the productivity of a business professional. About 42 percent of smartphone users use BlackBerry handsets in the workplace. The gap is slowly getting smaller as IT departments start to support more Android powered devices.
