BlackBerry 9720 vs BlackBerry Q5 Comparison and Differences

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BlackBerry 9720

BlackBerry 9720

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BlackBerry Q5

BlackBerry Q5

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BlackBerry 9720 or BlackBerry Q5 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model BlackBerry 9720 BlackBerry Q5
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Release date 2013, August 2013, May
Dimensions (HxWxD) 114 x 66 x 12 mm | 4.49 x 4.49 x 2.6 in 120 x 66 x 10.8 mm | 4.72 x 4.72 x 2.6 in
Weight 120 g | 4.23 oz 120 g | 4.23 oz
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Colors Black, White, Purple, Blue, Pure Pink Black, White, Red, Gray, Pink
Battery 1450 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 2180 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 432 h
Talking time - Up to 7 h
Music play - Up to 30 h
Stand by time - Up to 336 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 12 h 30 min (3G)
Keyboard QWERTY QWERTY
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 2.8" in 3.1" in
Screen area 24.3 cm2 31.0 cm2
Screen format 4:3 (height:width) 1:1 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 32.3% 39.1%
Screen resolution 480 x 360 px 720 x 720 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 214 PPI 328 PPI
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 5 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Camera specs -5 MP -5 MP, f/2.4, 30mm (standard), AF
Functions LED flash LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 480p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 0 MP, 2 MP, Single
Specifications 2 MP
Video 720p

Performance

Operating system - OS BlackBerry OS 7.1 BlackBerry OS 10.2, upgradable to 10.3.1
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
CPU - 806 MHz Tavor MG1 - Dual-core 1.2 GHz Krait
GPU Adreno 225
External memory microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM 8 GB, 2 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Mini-SIM Micro-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - SQR100-1 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - SQR100-2, SQR100-3
-4G - LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 17(700) - SQR100-1 
LTE band 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - SQR100-2
Speed HSPA 7.2/5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat3 100/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS
NFC Yes (market dependent)
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 2.1, A2DP, EDR 4.0, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 1.10 W/kg (head)    
SAR - 1.33 W/kg (head)     0.85 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 1.38 W/kg (head)     0.85 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS FM radio (after SW upgrade)
Headphone jack Yes Yes

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, proximity - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Other extras
- BBM key
-MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV/Flac player
-MP4/H.264/WMV player
-Organizer
-Document viewer
-Voice memo/dial
-Predictive text input
--Optical trackpad
Versions
- Also known as BlackBerry 9720 Samoa

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