The iPhone 5c is a Smartphone designed by Apple Company, with a weight of 132g. It is an easier model to hold, comfortable and quite substantial bearing the weight. Running on iOS 7 the model, was built on delivering the same qualities as those of its relatively famed predecessors.
On the other hand, the blackberry Q5 full QWERTY Smartphone was engineered for the younger generation who love fast texting and sharing online. The blackberry Q5 comes in a 3.1-inch display with an excellent 720p LCD display. The Q5 model weighs 120g thus a lighter phone to carry around in your daily routines.
Camera
On the front the iPhone 5c is coated with glass and an improved 1.2MP front-face camera, an earpiece and a number of sensors on the screen and the home button. It has a 4-inch display with a 1,136 x 640-pixel. On the back, is a powerful 8MP camera with autofocus lens.
The Q5 has an amazing 5-MP pixel camera on the back that delivers quality video recording at 1080p. The models are further enhanced with a 2MP front camera that allows quality selfies. The camera allows users to take HDR images on the go.
Performance and battery life
Most of the iPhone 5c features are shared with its mother device the iPhone 5. The iPhone 5c is as much as fast as the iPhone 5. The iPhone 5c incorporates a 1,507mAh battery that’s a great boost to its predecessor the iPhone 5. A user can be able to acquire a full day of heavy usage and at least two days of light usage from the battery life. The device boasts of data speeds of up to 10Mbps on the cellular network working on an LTE signal.
The Q5 has an amazing package of a dual-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm s4 processor powered by a 2GB of RAM. The Q5 comes with LTE network capabilities that deliver speeds of above 21Mbps. The phone is also packed with HD voice sensors, thus, offering quality sounds when making calls. The Smartphone is comparatively slow in shutdown and startup taking an average of a minute on both processes.
RIM does not fail on the battery life on this device as it offers at least two days of usage backs by its 2100mAh lithium-ion-battery.
Storage and price
The iPhone 5c comes with an internal storage of 16GB making it a darling of most Smartphone users in the market.
The iPhone 5c; 16 GB comes at a price $99 across all the major network providers in the US.
The device has an inbuilt internal storage of 8 GB though Blackberry offers relief to those in need of higher storages via an expandable of up to 64 GB. The blackberry Q5 goes at a price of $500 which is quite an excellent bargain compared to other previous models.
For real enthusiasts of Smartphone’s I would advise one to go for the iPhone 5c. It offers better speeds, competitive prices, superb camera and storage as compared to the Q5.
However, for those who love texting the Q5 comes packed with a well spaced QWERTY keypad that allows faster texting and chatting in social platforms.
Review: Blackberry Q5 vs iPhone 5c