Apple iPhone 5 vs ZTE Blade

Key differences

Calculated from recorded specifications using minimum difference thresholds. These are differences, not an overall ranking. For three phones, numeric highlights compare the two extremes.

• Width

  Blade: 2.1 mm narrower

  iPhone 5:

  58.6 mm

  Blade:

  56.5 mm

• Screen diagonal

  Blade: 0.5 in smaller diagonal

  iPhone 5:

  4 in

  Blade:

  3.5 in

• Chipset

  iPhone 5:

  Apple A6 (32 nm)

  Blade:

  Qualcomm MSM7227 Snapdragon S1

• Depth

  iPhone 5: 4.2 mm thinner

  iPhone 5:

  7.6 mm

  Blade:

  11.8 mm

• Height

  Blade: 7.8 mm shorter

  iPhone 5:

  123.8 mm

  Blade:

  116 mm

• Release year

  iPhone 5:

  2012

  Blade:

  2010

Relative size, not calibrated actual size. Front and side outlines share one scale and a bottom baseline. Generic outlines use recorded body dimensions, excluding camera bumps.

1. 1. iPhone 5

   Height:

   123.8 mm +7.8 mm versus Blade

   Width:

   58.6 mm +2.1 mm versus Blade

   Depth:

   7.6 mm

2. 2. Blade

   Height:

   116 mm

   Width:

   56.5 mm

   Depth:

   11.8 mm +4.2 mm versus iPhone 5

Screen size

Approximate rectangular screens calculated from recorded diagonal and aspect ratio at one relative scale. Rounded corners and cutouts are not subtracted. These are not phone outlines or calibrated actual sizes.

1. 1. iPhone 5

   Screen diagonal:

   4 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   16:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   44.1 cm²

2. 2. Blade

   Screen diagonal:

   3.5 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   5:3

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   34.9 cm²

iPhone 5 has approximately 26.5% more rectangular screen area than Blade.

Memory variants

Each row compares the same storage capacity. Cells show recorded RAM alternatives, not combined maxima. Not recorded does not mean unavailable in every market.

No unambiguous storage/RAM pairings are recorded. See the original specifications below.

Practical features

Explicit Yes and No values are shown directly. Qualified or regional records retain their details. Unknown means the record is missing.

Battery capacity

Capacity is not battery life. No endurance test is implied.

Open a section for more detail. On narrow screens, swipe sideways or use Left/Right arrow keys while the table is focused. Unknown means missing data, not No. Recorded zero values are shown as recorded.