Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Q5 vs Amazon Fire Phone vs Samsung Galaxy Note Edge

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Amazon Samsung
Announced May 2013 June 2014 September 2014
Status Available - June 2013 Available - July 2014 Available - Q4 2014
Colors Black, White, Red Black Frosted white, Charcoal black, Bronze Gold, Blossom Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 120 x 66 x 10.8 mm
(4.72 x 2.6 x 0.43 in)
139.2 x 66.5 x 8.9 mm
(5.48 x 2.62 x 0.35 in)
151.3 x 82.4 x 8.3 mm
(5.96 x 3.24 x 0.33 in)
Weight 120 g (4.23 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz) 174 g (6.14 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - 3D Dynamic Perspective UI
- System Wide Tilt, Auto-scroll, Swivel and Peek Functions
Curved Edge screen

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10 OS, upgradable to v10.1 Fire OS 3.5.0 Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 450 (SM-N910S)
Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core Cortex-A57 (SM-N910C), Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 (SM-N910S)
Exynos 5433 (SM-N910C)
GPU - Adreno 330 Adreno 420 (SM-N910S)
Mali-T760 (SM-N910C)
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB 32/64 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 (front and back) Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.1 inches 4.7 inches 5.6 inches
Resolution 720 x 720 pixels (328 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) 1600 x 2560 pixels (539 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 39.25% 65.98% 72.96%
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 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels
Flash LED flash LED Flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Yes Auto-focus, Geo-tagging, HDR, OIS Auto focus, Smart OIS, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, optical stabilization
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 3.7 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA HSPA+, LTE HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat4 (N910C), Cat6 (N910S), 50 Mbps UL, 300 Mbps (N910S), 150 Mbps (N910C) DL
Bluetooth Yes Yes, v3.0 v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 2 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 2 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB No microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2180 mAh 2400 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 336 h (3G) Up to 285 h -
Talk Time Up to 12 h 30 min (3G) Up to 22 h -