Phone Comparison - Nokia 5230 vs Nokia Asha 503 Dual SIM vs Nokia Lumia 830

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia Nokia
Announced August 2009 October 2013 September 2014
Status Available - November 2009 Coming Soon - Q4 2013 Available - September 2014
Colors Black, White Yellow, black, green, red, blue, white Orange, green, white, black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm, 83 cc
(4.37 x 2.04 x 0.61 in, 3.27 cc )
102.6 x 60.6 x 12.7 mm
(4.04 x 2.39 x 0.5 in)
139.4 x 70.7 x 8.5 mm
(5.49 x 2.78 x 0.33 in)
Weight 115 g (4.06 oz) 111.4 g (3.92.0.14 oz) 150 g (5.29 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - American version
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - ClearBlack display

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5 Nokia Asha software platform 1.2 Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
Processor 434 MHz ARM 11 - Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
GPU - Adreno 305
RAM 128 MB 64 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 70 MB storage N/A 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type TFT resistive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 3.2 inches 3.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 360 x 640 pixels (229 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (133 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 49.39% 45.05% 69.80%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 10 MP, Carl Zeiss Optics
Flash No LED flash LED Flash
Features - Auto focus, OIS, 1/3.4'' sensor size, PureView technology, geo-tagging, face detection, panorama
Video Yes, VGA@30fps Yes, QVGA@15fps 1080p@30fps, optical stabilization, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] 0.9 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 32 Up to 85.6 kbps Yes
Edge Class 32 Up to 236.8 kbps Up to 296 kbps
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi No Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps No Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite WAP 2.0/xHTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 70 MB storage, 128 MB RAM 64 MB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included microSD, up to 128 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 supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery (BL-4U) Li-Ion Battery (BV-L4A)
Capacity 1320 mAh (BL-5J) 1200 mAh 2200 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 432 h (3G)
Up to 480 h (2G)
Up to 480 h (3G)
Up to 528 h
Talk Time Up to 7 h (2G)
Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 12 h 54 min (2G)
Up to 14 h 48 min (3G)