Phone Comparison - Nokia Asha 501 vs Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom vs Nokia Asha 500 Dual SIM

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Samsung Nokia
Announced May 2013 June 2013 October 2013
Status Available - June 2013 Available - July 2013 Available - December 2013
Colors Bright Red, Bright Green, Cyan, Yellow, White and Black White Bright Red, Bright Green, Cyan, Yellow, White and Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 99.2 x 58 x 12.1 mm
(3.91 x 2.28 x 0.48 in)
125.5 x 63.5 x 15.4 mm
(4.94 x 2.5 x 0.61 in)
100.3 x 58.1 x 12.8 mm
(3.95 x 2.29 x 0.5 in)
Weight 98 g (3.46 oz) 208 g (7.34 oz) 101.3 g (3.56.0.11 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network - LTE - Region Dependent -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Nokia Asha Software Platform 1.0 Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Nokia Asha software platform 1.1.1
Processor - Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, Pega-Dual +XMM6262 -
GPU - Mali-400 -
RAM 64 MB 1.5 GB 64 MB
Internal Memory 128 MB 8 GB (5 GB user available) N/A
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors 256K colors
Size 3.0 inches 4.3 inches 2.8 inches
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels (133 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (143 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 48.68% 64.04% 41.58%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.2 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 16 MP, autofocus 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
Flash No Xenon Flash No
Features Auto and manual white balance, Still image editor, Full screen viewfinder Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 10x Optical Zoom (24-240mm, F3.1-F6.3), Optical Image Stabilization, HDR, SMART Modes -
Video Yes,QVGA@15fps Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes,QVGA@13fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 85.6 kbps Yes Up to 42.8 kbps
Edge Up to 236.8 kbps Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G N/A HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL N/A
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE Yes, v3.0 with EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support No
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML5 WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML

memory User Memory

Phonebook 4000 Contacts Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Internal 128 MB, 64 MB RAM 8 GB (5 GB user available), 1.5 GB RAM 64 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included
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 present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery (BL-4U) Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery (BL-4U)
Capacity 1200 mAh 2330 mAh 1200 mAh
Stand by Up to 624 h - Up to 528 h
Talk Time Up to 17 h - Up to 14 h