BlackBerry Q5 Performance and Software

Performance and Software

Under the hood, the BlackBerry Q5 is powered by a Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus chipset, featuring a dual-core 1.2 GHz Krait CPU and an Adreno 225 GPU. With its 2GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage (expandable via microSDHC), the Q5 handled basic multitasking and app usage efficiently for its time. It originally ran on BlackBerry OS 10.2, which could be upgraded to 10.3.1, offering improvements in performance and app compatibility. BlackBerry's focus on communication features, such as BBM and secure email, remained a strong selling point.