Phone Comparison - Motorola DEFY vs Nokia Lumia 900 vs BlackBerry Q5

general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola Nokia BlackBerry
Announced September 2010 January 2012 May 2013
Status Available - October 2010 Available - May 2012 Available - June 2013
Colors Black, White Black, cyan Black, White, Red
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 107 x 59 x 13.4 mm
(4.21 x 2.32 x 0.53 in)
127.8 x 68.5 x 11.5 mm, 90 cc
(5.03 x 2.7 x 0.45 in, 3.54 cc)
120 x 66 x 10.8 mm
(4.72 x 2.6 x 0.43 in)
Weight 118 g (4.16 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz) 120 g (4.23 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 1700 / 2100 or HSDPA 850 / 1900
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network - LTE 700 / 1700 / 2100 LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.2 Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango BlackBerry 10 OS, upgradable to v10.1
Processor 800 MHz Cortex-A8, TI OMAP 3610 1.4 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm APQ8055 Snapdragon Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon
GPU PowerVR SGX530 Adreno 205 -
RAM 512 MB 512 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 2 GB storage 16 GB storage 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.7 inches 4.3 inches 3.1 inches
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels (265 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (328 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.65% 60.10% 39.25%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS No
Games Yes Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash LED flash Carl Zeiss optics LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization Geo-tagging Auto focus, Yes
Video Yes, VGA@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps, video stabilization Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP, VGA@30fps [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Class 33 Yes
Edge Class 12 Class 33 Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps DL, 25 Mbps UL HSDPA, HSUPA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot (Android 2.2) Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Yes
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, HS Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 2 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 16GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included No microSD, up to 32 GB

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 not supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1540 mAh 1830 mAh (BP-6EW) 2180 mAh
Stand by Up to 238 h Up to 300 h Up to 336 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 6 h 48 min Up to 7 h Up to 12 h 30 min (3G)