Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Q5 vs Huawei Ascend Y520

BlackBerry Q5
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Huawei Ascend Y520
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general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Huawei
Announced May 2013 December 2014
Status Available - June 2013 Available - December 2014
Price - Rs. 15,500 ($230.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White, Red Black, White, Blue, Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 120 x 66 x 10.8 mm
(4.72 x 2.6 x 0.43 in)
134.2 x 67 x 10.2 mm
(5.28 x 2.64 x 0.4 in)
Weight 120 g (4.23 oz) 150 g (5.29 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - Y520-U03, Y520-U33
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - Y520-U12, Y520-U22
4G Network LTE -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10 OS, upgradable to v10.1 Android OS, v4.4.x (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Mediatek MT6572 [Similar]
GPU - Mali-400 [Similar]
RAM 2 GB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 256K colors
Size 3.1 inches [Similar] 4.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 720 pixels (328 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (218 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 39.25% 61.89%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Yes Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 480p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar] VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 2 GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2180 mAh 1750 mAh
Stand by Up to 336 h (3G) -
Talk Time Up to 12 h 30 min (3G) -