Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia SP vs BlackBerry Q5 vs BlackBerry 9720

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony BlackBerry BlackBerry
Announced Available - April 2013 May 2013 August 2013
Status Available - April 2013 Available - June 2013 Available - August 2013
Colors Black, White, Red Black, White, Red Black, White, Purple, Blue, Pure Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 130.6 x 67.1 x 9.98 mm
(5.14 x 2.64 x 0.39 in)
120 x 66 x 10.8 mm
(4.72 x 2.6 x 0.43 in)
114 x 66 x 12 mm
(4.49 x 2.6 x 0.47 in)
Weight 155 g (5.47 oz) 120 g (4.23 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 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network LTE 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, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) BlackBerry 10 OS, upgradable to v10.1 BlackBerry OS 7.1
Processor Dual-core 1.7 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960Pro Snapdragon Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon 806 MHz Tavor MG1
GPU Adreno 320 - -
RAM N/A 2 GB 512 MB
Internal Memory 8 GB (5.8 GB user available) 8 GB 512 MB ROM
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.6 inches 3.1 inches 2.8 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (319 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (328 ppi) 480 x 360 pixels (214 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 66.67% 39.25% 32.35%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama Auto focus, Yes Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA+, LTE HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB (5.8 GB user available) 8 GB, 2 GB RAM 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB 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 not present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2370 mAh 2180 mAh 1450 mAh
Stand by Up to 635 h (2G)
Up to 734 h (3G)
Up to 336 h (3G) Up to 432 h
Talk Time Up to 10 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)
Up to 12 h 30 min (3G) Up to 7 h