Phone Comparison - Nokia Asha 500 Dual SIM vs Nokia Lumia 520

Nokia Asha 500 Dual SIM
nokia asha 500 dual sim
Nokia Lumia 520
nokia lumia 520
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general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia
Announced October 2013 February 2013
Status Available - December 2013 Available - April 2013
Colors Bright Red, Bright Green, Cyan, Yellow, White and Black Yellow, red, cyan, white/black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 100.3 x 58.1 x 12.8 mm
(3.95 x 2.29 x 0.5 in)
119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm
(4.72 x 2.52 x 0.39 in)
Weight 101.3 g (3.56.0.11 oz) 124 g (4.37 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 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 8
Processor - Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 Snapdragon S4 [Similar]
GPU - Adreno 305 [Similar]
RAM 64 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory N/A 8 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 2.8 inches [Similar] 4.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels (143 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 41.58% 59.47%
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] 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash No No
Features - Auto focus, 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 Yes
Edge Up to 236.8 kbps Yes
3G N/A HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
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 and GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 64 MB RAM 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included microSD, up to 64 GB

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) Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1200 mAh 1430 mAh
Stand by Up to 528 h Up to 384 h (3G)
Up to 360 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 14 h Up to 17 h 24 min (2G)
Up to 9 h 42 min (3G)