| HP Pre 3 | Nokia 5250 |
| Manufacture | HP | Nokia |
| Model | Pre 3 | 5250 |
| Form factor | QWERTY Slider | Block |
| Weight | 156 gram | 106.00 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 111 x 64 x 16 | 105.00 x 50.00 x 14.00 |
| Operating System | webOS | Other |
| Networks | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900 3G - 900/2100 | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900 |
| HSCSD |  | |
| GPRS |  | |
| EDGE | | |
| UMTS | | |
| HSDPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| WiMAX | | |
| LTE (4G light) | | |
| WLAN / Wi-Fi | | |
| Wi-Fi Hotspot | | |
| Wi-Fi Direct | | |
| SMS | | |
| MMS | | |
| | |
| HDMI out | | |
| USB port | | |
| MHL | | |
| Bluetooth | | |
| Bluetooth version | NA | NA |
| DLNA | | |
| GPS | | |
| Glonass | | |
| ANT+ | | |
| IrDA | | |
| NFC | | |
| 3.5 mm audio connector | | |
| Camera | | |
| Camera resolution | 5 megapixel, autofocus, geo tagging | 2 megapixel, 4x digital zoom |
| Image Stabilization | | |
| BSI sensor | | |
| Camera Flash/Light | | |
| Flash type | NA | NA |
| Video recording | | |
| Video capture resolution | NA | NA |
| Second Camera | VGA (640 x 480) | NA |
| Display size | 3.58 inches | 2.80 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| Colour display | | |
| Number of colours | 16000000 | 16000000 |
| Display width | 480 | 640 |
| Display height | 800 | 360 |
| PPI | 260.6 | 262.25 |
| Second Display | NA | NA |
| CPU | 1.4 GHz Scorpion. Qualcomm MSM 8x55 | NA |
| GPU | NA | NA |
| Memory | 512 MB. 8 GB or 16 GB storage | 51 MB. Expandable up to 16 GB with microSD card |
| Micro SIM | | |
| Dual SIM | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Ringtones / Music file format | MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR, QCELP, WAV | MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA |
| Java | | |
| Games | Yes | Yes |
| FM Radio | | |
| Battery | 1230 mAh | 1000 mAh |
| Standby time (h) | NA | 450 |
| Talktime (m) | NA | 462 |
| Wireless Charging | | |
| Browser | 2.0 XHTML, HTML | 2.0 XHTML, HTML |
| Calendar | | |
| Voicedialing | | |
| IP Code | NA | NA |
| Predictive text | | |
| RSS reader | | |
| Voicememo | | |
| PC Synchronization | | |
| SyncML | | NA |
| Website | Website | Website |