Phone Comparison - Nokia 230 vs Microsoft Lumia 550

Nokia 230
nokia 230
Microsoft Lumia 550
microsoft lumia 550
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general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Microsoft
Announced November 2015 October 2015
Status Coming Soon - December 2015 Available - December 2015
Price Rs. 3,500 ($51.47) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 7,999 ($117.63) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 124.6 x 53.4 x 10.9 mm
(4.91 x 2.1 x 0.43 in)
136.1 x 67.8 x 9.9 mm
(5.36 x 2.67 x 0.39 in)
Weight 91.8 g (3.21.0.28 oz) 141.9 (4.97.0.32)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Messaging SMS, MMS, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS - Microsoft Windows 10
Processor - Quad-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8909 Snapdragon 210 [Similar]
GPU - Adreno 304 [Similar]
RAM 16 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory N/A 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 200 GB

display Display

Type TFT Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 65K colors 16M colors
Size 2.8 inches [Similar] 4.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels (143 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (315 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 36.42% 64.94%
Multi-Touch no yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED flash
Features - Auto focus, 1/4' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus
Video 240p@15fps 720p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP, 480p, LED flash [Similar] 2 MP, 480p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 85.6 kbps Yes
Edge Up to 236.8 kbps Yes
3G N/A HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v3.0, A2DP v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi No Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
USB microUSB v1.1 microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Phonebook 1000 entries Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records Yes Practically unlimited
Internal 16 MB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 200 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1200 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by Up to 648 h Up to 672 h (2G)
Up to 672 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 23 h Up to 16 h (2G)
Up to 14 h (3G)