Phone Comparison - Huawei Ascend Y300 vs Nokia 515 vs Nokia Asha 500

general General Info

Manufacturer Huawei Nokia Nokia
Announced March 2013 August 2013 October 2013
Status Available - March 2013 Available - September 2013 Coming Soon - Q4 2013
Colors Black, White White, Black Bright Red, Bright Green, Cyan, Yellow, White and Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 124 x 63.8 x 11.2 mm
(4.88 x 2.51 x 0.44 in)
114 x 48 x 11 mm
(4.49 x 1.89 x 0.43 in)
100.3 x 58.1 x 12.8 mm
(3.95 x 2.29 x 0.5 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 101.1 g (3.56.0.04 oz) 101 g (3.56 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 N/A
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Single piece of anodised, sandblasted aluminium -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Symbian Series 30 Nokia Asha software platform 1.1.1
Processor 1 GHz Dual-core Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon - -
GPU Adreno 203 - -
RAM 512 MB 64 MB 64 MB
Internal Memory 4 GB 256 MB N/A
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen LCD, Gorilla Glass 2 TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 262K colors 256K colors
Size 4.0 inches 2.4 inches 2.8 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (167 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (143 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 57.68% 32.47% 41.58%
Multi-Touch yes no yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Voice-Guided Self-Portrait, Face Detection, Panorama -
Video Yes, 480p@30fps Yes, QVGA@30fps Yes,QVGA@13fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Up to 42.8 kbps
Edge Yes Class 12 Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps N/A
Bluetooth Yes, 2.1 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 Yes, v3.0 with EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA No Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support No No
Browser HTML WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML

memory User Memory

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall 1000 entries Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records Practically unlimited Yes Practically unlimited
Internal 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 256 MB, 64 MB RAM 64 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor not present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery (BL-4U) Li-Ion Battery (BL-4U)
Capacity 1730 mAh 1200 mAh 1200 mAh
Stand by Up to 320 h (2G)
Up to 320 h (3G)
Up to 912 h Up to 840 h
Talk Time Up to 5 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 10 h 24 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 18 min (3G)
Up to 14 h