Phone Comparison - Nokia Lumia 520 vs BlackBerry Q5 vs Microsoft Lumia 435

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia BlackBerry Microsoft
Announced February 2013 May 2013 January 2015
Status Available - April 2013 Available - June 2013 Available - February 2015
Price - - Rs. 5,350 ($78.68) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Yellow, red, cyan, white/black Black, White, Red Black, White, Green, Orange
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm
(4.72 x 2.52 x 0.39 in)
120 x 66 x 10.8 mm
(4.72 x 2.6 x 0.43 in)
118.1 x 64.7 x 11.7 mm
(4.65 x 2.55 x 0.46 in)
Weight 124 g (4.37 oz) 120 g (4.23 oz) 134.1 g (4.73.0.04 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8 BlackBerry 10 OS, upgradable to v10.1 Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 Snapdragon S4 Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8210 Snapdragon 200
GPU Adreno 305 - Adreno 302
RAM 512 MB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 8 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 3.1 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (328 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.47% 39.25% 59.72%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels
Flash No LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Yes Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps 480p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar] VGA, 480p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 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 Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1430 mAh 2180 mAh 1560 mAh
Stand by Up to 384 h (3G)
Up to 360 h (3G)
Up to 336 h (3G) Up to 504 h (2G)
Up to 504 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 17 h 24 min (2G)
Up to 9 h 42 min (3G)
Up to 12 h 30 min (3G) Up to 21 h (2G)
Up to 11 h 45 min (3G)