Phone Comparison - Nokia Lumia 1520 vs Motorola DROID Turbo vs Samsung Galaxy Note5

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general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Motorola Samsung
Announced October 2013 October 2014 August 2015
Status Available - November 2013 Coming Soon - October 2014 Available - August 2015
Price - Rs. 16,999 ($249.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 40,800 ($600.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Yellow, white, black, red Metallic Red, Metallic Black Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 162.8 x 85.4 x 8.7 mm
(6.41 x 3.36 x 0.34 in)
143.5 x 73.3 x 8.3 - 11.2 mm
(5.65 x 2.89 x 0.33 - 0.44 in)
153.2 x 76.1 x 7.6 mm
(6.03 x 3 x 0.3 in)
Weight 209 g (7.37 oz) 169 g (5.96 oz) 171 g (6.03 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA
4G Network LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Water resistant - Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- S Pen stylus

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Amber Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat), planned upgrade to v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420
GPU Adreno 330 Adreno 420 Mali-T760MP8
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 32/64 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB No No

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 6.0 inches 5.2 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (367 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (565 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (515 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 71.44% 70.83% 76.92%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio FM radio No No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 20 MP, Carl Zeiss optics 21 MP 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels
Flash Dual-LED flash Dual-LED flash LED Flash
Features 1/2.5' Sensor Size, PureView Technology, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama Auto-focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Autofocus, Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, video light, stereo sound rec. 1080p@30fps, 2160p@24fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, Optical Stabilization, Dual-video Rec.
Front Camera Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p [Similar] 2 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 150 Mbps DL, 50 Mbps UL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps/ LTE Cat9 450/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB No No
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery (BV-4BW) Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 3400 mAh 3900 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 768 h (2G)
Up to 768 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 27 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 25 h (3G)
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