BlackBerry Q5 vs HTC Windows Phone 8S

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.

• Weight

  Windows Phone 8S: 7 g lighter

  Q5:

  120 g

  Windows Phone 8S:

  113 g

• Width

  Windows Phone 8S: 3 mm narrower

  Q5:

  66 mm

  Windows Phone 8S:

  63 mm

• Screen diagonal

  Q5: 0.9 in smaller diagonal

  Q5:

  3.1 in

  Windows Phone 8S:

  4 in

• Chipset

  Q5:

  Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus

  Windows Phone 8S:

  Qualcomm Snapdragon S4

• Depth

  Windows Phone 8S: 0.5 mm thinner

  Q5:

  10.8 mm

  Windows Phone 8S:

  10.3 mm

• Release year

  Q5:

  2013

  Windows Phone 8S:

  2012

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. Q5

   Height:

   120 mm

   Width:

   66 mm +3 mm versus Windows Phone 8S

   Depth:

   10.8 mm +0.5 mm versus Windows Phone 8S

2. 2. Windows Phone 8S

   Height:

   120.5 mm

   Width:

   63 mm

   Depth:

   10.3 mm

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. Q5

   Screen diagonal:

   3.1 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   1:1

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   31 cm²

2. 2. Windows Phone 8S

   Screen diagonal:

   4 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   5:3

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   45.5 cm²

Windows Phone 8S has approximately 46.9% more rectangular screen area than Q5.

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.

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.

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