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HTC Salsa vs Nokia Lumia 520

General Info

Manufacturer
HTC Nokia
Announced
February 2011 February 2013
Status
Available - June 2011 Available - April 2013
Colors
Black, Silver, Lilac Yellow, red, cyan, white/black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
109.1 x 58.9 x 12.3 mm
(4.3 x 2.32 x 0.48 in)
119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm
(4.72 x 2.52 x 0.39 in)
Weight
120 g (4.23 oz) 124 g (4.37 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
3.4 inches [Similar] 4.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
320 x 480 pixels (170 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
53.36% 59.47%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor
800 MHz, Qualcomm MSM7227 [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 Snapdragon S4 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 200 [Similar] Adreno 305 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
512 MB ROM 8 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash No
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video
Yes, D1@24fps Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
Stereo FM radio with RDS FM Radio
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Up to 114 kbps Yes
Edge
Up to 560 kbps Yes
3G
HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 384 Kbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML HTML5

User Memory

Internal
512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1520 mAh 1430 mAh
Stand by
Up to 445 h (2G)
Up to 530 h (3G)
Up to 384 h (3G)
Up to 360 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 9 h (2G)
Up to 7 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 17 h 24 min (2G)
Up to 9 h 42 min (3G)
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