Phone Comparison - Nokia Lumia 505 vs Microsoft Lumia 540 Dual SIM vs Sony Xperia Z3+ Dual

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Microsoft Sony
Announced December 2012 April 2015 May 2015
Status Available - January 2013 Available - May 2015 Available - June 2015
Price - Rs. 8,100 ($119.12) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 49,580 ($729.12) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White, Red, Pink Orange, white, black, cyan White, black, copper, aqua green
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 118.1 x 61.2 x 11.3 mm
(4.65 x 2.41 x 0.44 in)
144 x 73.7 x 9.4 mm
(5.67 x 2.9 x 0.37 in)
146 x 72 x 6.9 mm
(5.75 x 2.83 x 0.27 in)
Weight 131 g (4.62 oz) 152 g (5.36 oz) 144 g (5.08 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - IP68 certified - dust proof and water resistant over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
- Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 7.8 Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor 800 MHz Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810
GPU - Adreno 302 Adreno 430
RAM 256 MB 1 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 4 GB 8 GB 32 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Triluminos Display, X-Reality Engine
Colors 56K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.7 inches 5.0 inches 5.2 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.98% 64.82% 70.79%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 20.7 MP, 5248 х 3936 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Geo-tagging Auto focus, Sensor size: 1/4 inch, f/2.2 aperture Auto focus, 1/2.3' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, VGA@30fps 480p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR
Front Camera No [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 5.1 MP, 1080p@30fps, HDR [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 85.6 kbps Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge Up to 236.8 kbps Up to 236 kbps Up to 296 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with EDR v4.0, A2DP v4.1, A2DP, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant)
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB, 256 MB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 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 present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1300 mAh (BP-3L) 2200 mAh 2930 mAh
Stand by Up to 670 h (2G)
Up to 600 h (3G)
Up to 576 h Up to 530 h (2G)
Up to 510 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 7 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 15 min (3G)
Up to 26.2 h (2G)
Up to 14.8 h (3G)
Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 21 h (3G)