Phone Comparison - Nokia 5230 vs Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime

Nokia 5230
nokia 5230
Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime
samsung galaxy grand prime
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general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Samsung
Announced August 2009 September 2014
Status Available - November 2009 Available - September 2014
Price - Rs. 7,499 ($110.28) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Black, White
Form Factor 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 )
144.8 x 72.1 x 8.6 mm
(5.7 x 2.84 x 0.34 in)
Weight 115 g (4.06 oz) 156 g (5.5 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - American version
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900) - G530F
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - G530FZ
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 28(700) - G530Y
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 20(800),
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5 Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat)
Processor 434 MHz ARM 11 [Similar] Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8226 Snapdragon 400 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 305 [Similar]
RAM 128 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 70 MB storage 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT resistive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.2 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 360 x 640 pixels (229 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 49.39% 66.19%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, VGA@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 32 Yes
Edge Class 32 Yes
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPAHSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi No Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 70 MB storage, 128 MB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1320 mAh (BL-5J) 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 432 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 7 h (2G)
Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)
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