Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4 vs HTC Inspire 4G vs Nokia Lumia 520

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple HTC Nokia
Announced June 2010 January 2011 February 2013
Status Available - June 2010 Available - February 2011 Available - April 2013
Colors Black, White Black, Brown, Red Yellow, red, cyan, white/black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
122.9 x 68.1 x 11.7 mm
(4.84 x 2.68 x 0.46 in)
119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm
(4.72 x 2.52 x 0.39 in)
Weight 137 g (4.83 oz) 163.9 g (5.75.0.32 oz) 124 g (4.37 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 4, upgradable to iOS 5 Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo), upgradable to v2.3 Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Apple A4 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 Snapdragon S4
GPU PowerVR SGX535 Adreno 205 Adreno 305
RAM 512 MB 768 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 8/16/32 GB storage 4 GB storage 8 GB storage
External Memory No microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen S-LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 4.3 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 62.86% 59.47%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash LED flash dual-LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, LED video light, geo-tagging Yes, 720p Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, videocalling over Wi-Fi only [Similar] No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot (charges may apply) Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16/32 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 64 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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1420 mAh 1230 mAh 1430 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h (2G)
Up to 300 h (3G)
Up to 372 h Up to 384 h (3G)
Up to 360 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 6 h Up to 17 h 24 min (2G)
Up to 9 h 42 min (3G)