Remember the BlackBerry Curve 8520 Smartphone

In his time, BlackBerry had become the king of smartphones in Indonesia. BlackBerry is a prestigious smartphone. Have your own social status. Almost like the iPhone in terms of prestige.


In his time, BlackBerry PIN is quite exclusive. Because only those who have BlackBerry smartphones that have a PIN. So for those who have a BB PIN as if into a separate social status.

This article aims to commemorate one of the first smartphones owned by the author. Namely Blackberry Curve 8520. This is a smartphone gift. And quite a lot of merit in the author's struggle.

After rummaging through the boxes, I finally found them. Despite living alone and dead conditions. Here's the appearance.

The front

Blackberry Curve 8520 has not used the touch screen. Also there is no selfie camera. There are speakers at the top. It has a screen size of 320x240. And there is a qwerty keyboard key. Has dimensions 109mm x 60 mm x 13.90 mm.

On the back there is CURVE writing. And on the battery cover there is a BlackBerry symbol. There is a 2 MP camera with no flash.

The sides

On the right side there is the power button and volume. The button is coated with rubber. But the condition of the BB Curve 8520 in the following picture rubber is already peeled off.

Power and volume buttons

On the left side there is a hole headset and usb charger. The type of USB cable used is already using micro usb type.


The charger parts and the headset hole BB Curve 8520
The qwerty section

This is the hallmark of BlackBerry smartphones. The qwerty physical keyboard becomes one of its selling points. Many people are more comfortable with physical buttons. Especially when to type. On the BB Curve 8520 there is an optical trackpad to move the cursor.

The qwerty keyboard part is BB Curve 8520

Battery section

Unfortunately the battery has a BB Curve 8520 writer has ngedrop. And I do not know where the rimbanya. The battery has a capacity of 1150v

With this BB Curve 8520 writer started liking to make video documentation. Although the format is still 3gp and 320p size, with this smartphone the author had recorded a video that is quite epic.

This makes the author aware that to start work does not need to wait for advanced equipment. Start with what you have today.


Such is the article about the memories of BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone. Have any memories of the same first smartphone owned?

Thank you for reading and hopefully useful!