Phone Comparison - Nokia Asha 500 vs Nokia Lumia 800

Nokia Asha 500
nokia asha 500
Nokia Lumia 800
nokia lumia 800
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general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia
Announced October 2013 October 2011
Status Coming Soon - Q4 2013 Available - November 2011
Colors Bright Red, Bright Green, Cyan, Yellow, White and Black Black, Cyan, Magenta
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 100.3 x 58.1 x 12.8 mm
(3.95 x 2.29 x 0.5 in)
116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm, 76.1 cc
(4.59 x 2.41 x 0.48 in, 3 cc)
Weight 101 g (3.56 oz) 142 g (5.01 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Nokia Asha software platform 1.1.1 Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango
Processor - 1.4 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU - Adreno 205 [Similar]
RAM 64 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory N/A 16 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included No

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 2.8 inches [Similar] 3.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels (143 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 41.58% 54.72%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS
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 Carl Zeiss optics
Features - Geo-tagging
Video Yes,QVGA@13fps Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 42.8 kbps Class 33
Edge Up to 236.8 kbps Class 33
3G N/A HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with EDR Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML5, RSS feeds

memory User Memory

Call Records Practically unlimited Yes
Internal 64 MB RAM 16 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included No

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 Li-Ion Battery (BL-4U) Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1200 mAh 1450 mAh (BV-5JW)
Stand by Up to 840 h Up to 265 h (2G)
Up to 335 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 14 h Up to 13 h (2G)
Up to 9 h 30 min (3G)