Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Q5 vs Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4 vs HTC Desire 510

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Samsung HTC
Announced May 2013 Q3 2013 August 2014
Status Available - June 2013 Available - Q3 2013 Available - August 2014
Colors Black, White, Red White Frost, Black Mist / Arctic Blue, Red Aurora Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 120 x 66 x 10.8 mm
(4.72 x 2.6 x 0.43 in)
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
139.9 x 69.8 x 9.99 mm
(5.51 x 2.75 x 0.39 in)
Weight 120 g (4.23 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz) 158 g (5.57 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10 OS, upgradable to v10.1 Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) with HTC Sense
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 410
GPU - Adreno 330 Adreno 305
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB 16/32 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.1 inches 5.0 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 720 x 720 pixels (328 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (208 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 39.25% 72.15% 62.60%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No -
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Yes Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec. Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar] Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2180 mAh 2600 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by Up to 336 h (3G) Up to 370 h (3G) Up to 646 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 12 h 30 min (3G) Up to 17 h (3G) Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)