Phone Comparison - Nokia 515 vs Nokia 230 Dual SIM vs Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016)

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia Samsung
Announced August 2013 November 2015 December 2015
Status Available - September 2013 Coming Soon - December 2015 Available - February 2016
Price - Rs. 3,993 ($58.72) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 21,900 ($322.06) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White, Black Black, White Black, White, Gold, Pink Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 114 x 48 x 11 mm
(4.49 x 1.89 x 0.43 in)
124.6 x 53.4 x 10.9 mm
(4.91 x 2.1 x 0.43 in)
144.8 x 71.0 x 7.3 mm
(5.7 x 2.8 x 0.29 in)
Weight 101.1 g (3.56.0.04 oz) 91.8 g (3.21.0.28 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features Single piece of anodised, sandblasted aluminium - -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Symbian Series 30 - Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Processor - - Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU - - -
RAM 64 MB 16 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 256 MB N/A 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type LCD, Gorilla Glass 2 TFT Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 262K colors 65K colors 16M colors
Size 2.4 inches 2.8 inches 5.2 inches
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels (167 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (143 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 32.47% 36.42% 72.38%
Multi-Touch no no yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Voice-Guided Self-Portrait, Face Detection, Panorama - Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama
Video Yes, QVGA@30fps 240p@15fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] 2 MP, 480p, LED flash [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Up to 85.6 kbps Yes
Edge Class 12 Up to 236.8 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps N/A HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 v3.0, A2DP v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi No No Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB microUSB v1.1 microUSB v2.0
GPS No No Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML WAP 2.0/xHTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Phonebook 1000 entries 1000 entries Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records Yes Yes Practically unlimited
Internal 256 MB, 64 MB RAM 16 MB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery (BL-4U) Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1200 mAh 1200 mAh 2900 mAh
Stand by Up to 912 h Up to 528 h -
Talk Time Up to 10 h 24 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 18 min (3G)
Up to 23 h -