| Manufacture | RIM | Samsung |
| Model | BlackBerry Curve 8300 | Jet S8000 |
| Form factor | Block | Block |
| Weight | 111 gram | 110.00 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 107 x 60 x 16 | 109.00 x 54.00 x 12.00 |
| Operating System | BlackBerry OS | Other |
| Networks | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900
| 2G - 850/900/1800/1900
3G - 2100 |
| HSCSD |  | |
| GPRS |  | |
| EDGE | | |
| UMTS | | |
| HSDPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| WiMAX | | |
| LTE (4G light) | | |
| WLAN / Wi-Fi | | |
| Wi-Fi Hotspot | | |
| Wi-Fi Direct | | |
| SMS | | |
| MMS | | |
| Email | | |
| HDMI out | | |
| USB port | | |
| MHL | | |
| Bluetooth | | |
| Bluetooth version | NA | NA |
| DLNA | | |
| GPS | | |
| Glonass | | |
| ANT+ | | |
| IrDA | | |
| NFC | | |
| 3.5 mm audio connector | | |
| Camera | | |
| Camera resolution | 2 Megapixels, 5x digital zoom | 5 Megapixels, 4x digital zoom, autofocus, geo-tagging, image stabilizer |
| Image Stabilization | | |
| BSI sensor | | |
| Camera Flash/Light | | |
| Flash type | NA | NA |
| Video recording | | |
| Video capture resolution | NA | NA |
| Second Camera | NA | NA |
| Display size | 2.5 inches | 3.10 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| Colour display | | |
| Number of colours | 65536 | 16000000 |
| Display width | 320 | 480 |
| Display height | 240 | 800 |
| PPI | 160 | 300.95 |
| Second Display | NA | NA |
| CPU | 312 MHz Intel PXA901 Hermon | Qualcomm MSM 6246, 800Mhz |
| GPU | NA | NA |
| Memory | 64 MB. Expandable with microSD card | 2 GB. Expandable up to 32GB with microSD card |
| Micro SIM | | |
| Dual SIM | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Ringtones / Music file format | Polyphonic, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA | MP3, AAC, eAAC+, AAC+, WMA, WAV |
| Java | | |
| Games | BrickBreaker | Yes |
| FM Radio | | |
| Battery | 1100 mAh | 1100 mAh |
| Standby time (h) | 408 | 422 |
| Talktime (m) | 240 | 492 |
| Wireless Charging | | |
| Browser | NA | 2.0 XHTML, HTML |
| Calendar | | |
| Voicedialing | | NA |
| IP Code | NA | NA |
| Predictive text | | |
| RSS reader | | NA |
| Voicememo | | NA |
| PC Synchronization | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Website | Website | Website |
