Phone Comparison - Nokia Asha 300 vs Huawei Ascend W1 vs Nokia 515

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Huawei Nokia
Announced October 2011 January 2013 August 2013
Status Available - November 2011 Available - January 2013 Available - September 2013
Colors Graphite, Night Shade, Gold, White Silver, Pink, Red Blue, white, pink, black White, Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 112.8 x 49.5 x 12.7 mm, 59 cc
(4.44 x 1.95 x 0.5 in, 2.32 cc)
124.5 x 63.7 x 10.5 mm
(4.9 x 2.51 x 0.41 in)
114 x 48 x 11 mm
(4.49 x 1.89 x 0.43 in)
Weight 85 g (3 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz) 101.1 g (3.56.0.04 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Single piece of anodised, sandblasted aluminium

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Symbian Series 30
Processor 1 GHz Dual-core 1.2 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 -
GPU Adreno 305 -
RAM 128 MB 512 MB 64 MB
Internal Memory 140 MB, 256 MB ROM 4 GB 256 MB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT resistive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen LCD, Gorilla Glass 2
Colors 256K colors 16M colors 262K colors
Size 2.4 inches 4.0 inches 2.4 inches
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels (167 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (167 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 31.82% 57.54% 32.47%
Multi-Touch yes yes no

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS No Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash fixed focus LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Voice-Guided Self-Portrait, Face Detection, Panorama
Video Yes, VGA@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, QVGA@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Class 12
3G HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0
Wi-Fi No Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n No
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, HS, USB On-the-go support Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS No
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML5 WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML

memory User Memory

Phonebook Yes, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall 1000 entries
Call Records Yes Practically unlimited Yes
Internal 140 MB, 256 MB ROM, 128 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 256 MB, 64 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG Supported - -

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Ion Battery (BL-4U)
Capacity 1110 mAh (BL-4U) 1950 mAh 1200 mAh
Stand by Up to 550 h (2G)
Up to 597 h (3G)
Up to 460 hours (2G)
Up to 470 hours (3G)
Up to 912 h
Talk Time Up to 6 h 54 min (2G)
Up to 4 h 18 min (3G)
Up to 8 h (2G)
Up to 10 h 30 min(3G)
Up to 10 h 24 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 18 min (3G)