BlackBerry Curve 9360

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Hardware design

The BlackBerry Curve 9360 is not much different from the old Curve series, most recently the BlackBerry Curve 9300 3G. The size, shape, beveled edges and rounded corners are still the same. But if you look closely, the Curve 9360 is thinner, only 11 mm and is very light, 99 grams. With dimensions of 109 x 60 x 11 mm (length, transverse and thickness), this smartphone is one of the BlackBerry device thin and lightly today.

The back of the machine used glossy black plastic casing, which helps Curve 9360 becomes relieved and slender but not create a sense of weakness when holding. However, there is limited back cover is easy to store small fingerprints.

Curve 9360 screen size of 2.44 inches with a resolution of HVGA + (480 x 360 pixels), equivalent to 246 pixels per inch (ppi). This is an upgrade of the older generation models along the line only has a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels. High resolution text and graphics help clear display and vivid. Although we found the font on the screen a bit small, but thanks to sharp resolution should generally not difficult for people with normal vision. Unlike the BlackBerry Bold 9900, this smartphone’s screen does not support touch. This may be the point where some people complained, but we think it is not worth the bother , because the small screen with touch support is also difficult to use.

However, the main control key sequence of four Send button, Menu, Back, and End / Power remains unchanged compared to the other products of the Curve line. These keys are placed on a flat surface that many people, especially those who are new to the BlackBerry that will surely touch pad concept. But the fact that the physical keys to press strongly and perform new hands.

Thankfully it’s only weak point of the Curve Keyboard 9360. Because optical touch trackpad on the BlackBerry is the same as the other BlackBerry QWERTY keyboard, very responsive and easy to use. Besides, the QWERTY keyboard on the bottom remains very good reputation of the BlackBerry. The keys to the Curve 9360 and Curve rounder older models. Each key are designed well and has pretty good distance up the message of comfort and precision.

Top of the camera is where the 3.5 mm headphone jack and keypad lock button  looks touch pad but is actually hard keys. However, unlike the four hard buttons below the screen, press the button more sensitive keypad lock.

The right side of the volume control buttons and a customizable shortcut functions according to the needs of people, for example if you like to take the camera, you can set the keys that make taking pictures. Due to the thinness of the device, the control keys on the right side squashed very thin, slightly harder to press compared to other smartphones. Next to the left side of the machine is the Micro-USB port slot for charging and data transfer.

Behind the phone is plastic shell with BlackBerry logo and a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash. The back of the plastic shell is very thin and fits into body. So, slightly difficult to remove. But slot Micro-SD to be placed in visible locations and also swappable.

Functions

The two most notable new features of the BlackBerry Curve 9360 is included in the BlackBerry 7 operating system and supports short range communication technology NFC.

With BlackBerry 7, the user interface has not changed much compared to the version of BlackBerry 6, the home screen is still sorting based on the folder and opens the box that familiar style. However, the real innovation of the new OS version is a more complete Web browsing, support for HTML 5 and support the search by voice. Thanks to HTML 5 that the Curve 9360 can still watch YouTube despite the machine’s browser does not support Flash.

With NFC, in theory, it allows users Curve 9360 purchase of goods or services by scanning device to a compatible payment system or transfer files with a “touch” BlackBerry smartphones together through applications BlackBerry Tag.

In addition to the above two points, a feature that can not fail to mention on any BlackBerry that BlackBerry Messenger (BBM). Software BBM in BlackBerry 7 operating system is upgraded to BBM 6. This version adds the ability to interact with each other from the BBM connected apps such as BBM chat within apps or sharing apps new BBM to connect with friends.

Besides, the Curve 9360 also built the popular Web services such as Gmail, Yahoo and social networks like Facebook, Twitter. This phone also has a separate BlackBerry’s application called Social Feeds help to gather RSS updates, BBM, Facebook, Twitter … to easy follow.

Multimedia entertainment, Curve 9360 supports multiple format data, including MP3, AAC, AAC +, eAAC +, WMA, FLAC, OGG, MPEG4, H.263, H.264 and WMV. You can copy data directly into the machine’s memory card or use the BlackBerry Desktop Software. But the memory of the Curve 9360 is only 512MB, so you have to rely almost entirely on external memory card (microSD slot machine with extended support capacities up to 32 GB).

On application, BlackBerry users prefer to accept the fact that App World store poverty than iOS and Android platforms. According to the information given in the section of the machine, App World now has nearly 7,000 applications, including enterprise applications, entertainment, games, electronic books………..

5 megapixel camera is also significantly upgraded compared with the 2 megapixel camera on the Curve 9300. We took some pictures with the Curve 9360 in the environment in indoor and outdoor. View pictures taken on the phone’s small screen is quite nice, sharp color display and good, but when put on the computer, the apparent interference. With poor lighting environments, we found out the night scene mode and flash and will significantly improve image quality. Generally, this smartphone camera includes improved compared with the Curve, but obviously this is not the strength of RIM in comparison to other brands.

In the feature film, the Curve 9360 does not support HD video recording that can only shoot in 480p resolution (640 x 480 pixels).

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Operating performance

Microprocessors can be many problems to consider when choosing a smartphone. Unlike the Bold series phones, the Curve 9360 does not use two-core processor 1.2 GHz, but only one core processor 800 MHz. Is this ominous restrictions? Depending on the needs of each person, we see that this is not a problem. In fact, improvements in BlackBerry 7 proves effective with processing capabilities. BlackBerry 7 runs quite smoothly on the Curve 9360, relatively constant speed Web surfing.

Generally, customers of this phone is aimed at people who mainly communicate (texting, chat, and email), listening to music, take pictures or occasionally watch some clips. Those are features that can easily handle on the operating system and the processor of the machine. So handling performance issues we see nothing worth complaining at the Curve 9360.

Although the Curve 9360 has many upgrades compared to its predecessor, but the battery, the Curve was a setback. Manufacturer RIM has a new battery for this phone but only 1,000 mAh capacity, lower than the 1,150 mAh battery on the Curve 9300 3G. According to the RIM, the battery has talk time up to 5 hours and 14 days standby in GSM mode, listen to music and watch movies in the 25 hours to 6 hours.

Battery capacity has decreased compared to its predecessor, plus 3G connectivity needs and Wi-Fi makes the Curve 9360 soon run out of battery, charging once a day at least. It must be said that, compared with the current standard smartphone battery – battery capacity 1.700mAh Galaxy Nexus, iPhone 4S capacity 1.432mAh, the BlackBerry Curve 9360 battery capacity is too low.

Conclude

Curve line always brings a complete QWERTY experience at reasonable prices and this has not changed with the Curve 9360. The difference is that many more new features and best of RIM: BlackBerry OS 7 and NFC. In addition, the machine also has a number of improvements such configuration quite fast processor, 5 megapixel camera, 3G support and sharper screen.

However, the Curve 9360 also has some drawbacks that do not support HD video, touch screen no memory of small and normal batteries. Number of applications and games on BlackBerry App World is small and less than the other app stores.