Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Q5 vs Nokia Lumia 730 Dual SIM vs BlackBerry Z20

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Nokia BlackBerry
Announced May 2013 September 2014 Expected Announcement - Q1 2015
Status Available - June 2013 Available - September 2014 Rumored - Q2 2015
Colors Black, White, Red Orange, green, white, black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 120 x 66 x 10.8 mm
(4.72 x 2.6 x 0.43 in)
134.7 x 68.5 x 8.9 mm
(5.3 x 2.7 x 0.35 in)
9.5 mm thickness
(0.37 in thickness)
Weight 120 g (4.23 oz) 134 g (4.73 oz) -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - ClearBlack display -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry 10 OS, upgradable to v10.1 Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 BlackBerry 10.3 OS
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4
GPU - Adreno 305 Adreno 225
RAM 2 GB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB 8 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.1 inches 4.7 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 720 pixels (328 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 39.25% 66.20% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 6.7 MP, Carl Zeiss optics 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Yes Auto focus, 1/3.4'' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec. 1080p
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar] 5 MP, 720p [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Up to 296 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 21.1 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes v4.0, A2DP v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 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 present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery (BV-T5A) Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2180 mAh 2200 mAh 2800 mAh
Stand by Up to 336 h (3G) Up to 600 h -
Talk Time Up to 12 h 30 min (3G) Up to 22 h (2G)
Up to 17 h (3G)
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