Apple iPhone XS vs BQ Aquaris M5

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.

• Display technology

  OLED versus LCD

  iPhone XS:

  OLED

  Aquaris M5:

  LCD

• Weight

  Aquaris M5: 33 g lighter

  iPhone XS:

  177 g

  Aquaris M5:

  144 g

• Width

  Aquaris M5: 1.5 mm narrower

  iPhone XS:

  70.9 mm

  Aquaris M5:

  69.4 mm

• Screen diagonal

  Aquaris M5: 0.8 in smaller diagonal

  iPhone XS:

  5.8 in

  Aquaris M5:

  5 in

• Chipset

  iPhone XS:

  Apple A12 Bionic (7 nm)

  Aquaris M5:

  Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 (28 nm)

• Rear camera layout

  iPhone XS:

  Dual

  Aquaris M5:

  Single

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 XS

   Height:

   143.6 mm

   Width:

   70.9 mm +1.5 mm versus Aquaris M5

   Depth:

   7.7 mm

2. 2. Aquaris M5

   Height:

   143 mm

   Width:

   69.4 mm

   Depth:

   8.4 mm +0.7 mm versus iPhone XS

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 XS

   Screen diagonal:

   5.8 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   19.5:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   82.6 cm²

2. 2. Aquaris M5

   Screen diagonal:

   5 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   16:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   68.9 cm²

iPhone XS has approximately 19.8% more rectangular screen area than Aquaris M5.

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.