Phone Comparison - HTC ChaCha vs BlackBerry Q5 vs HTC Desire 610

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC BlackBerry HTC
Announced February 2011 May 2013 February 2014
Status Available - June 2011 Available - June 2013 Coming Soon - May 2014
Colors Black, Silver Black, White, Red Black, White, Red, Gray, Green
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 114.4 x 64.6 x 10.7 mm
(4.5 x 2.54 x 0.42 in)
120 x 66 x 10.8 mm
(4.72 x 2.6 x 0.43 in)
143.1 x 70.5 x 9.6 mm
(5.63 x 2.78 x 0.38 in)
Weight 120 g (4.23 oz) 120 g (4.23 oz) 143.5 g (5.04.0.18 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600 - EMEA version
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) BlackBerry 10 OS, upgradable to v10.1 Android OS
Processor 800 MHz Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon Quad-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
GPU - - -
RAM 512 MB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 512 MB ROM 8 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.6 inches 3.1 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 480 x 320 pixels (222 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (328 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (234 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 27.21% 39.25% 60.54%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Yes Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR
Video Yes, D1 (720x480 pixels) @ 30 fps Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 384 Kbps HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM 8 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 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 supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1250 mAh 2180 mAh 2040 mAh
Stand by Up to 430 h (2G)
Up to 660 h (3G)
Up to 336 h (3G) -
Talk Time Up to 7 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 12 h 30 min (3G) -