Phone Comparison - Nokia Lumia 520 vs Huawei P8 vs Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Dual SIM

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Huawei Microsoft
Announced February 2013 April 2015 October 2015
Status Available - April 2013 Available - April 2015 Available - November 2015
Price - Rs. 13,560 ($198.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 34,000 ($499.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Yellow, red, cyan, white/black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm
(4.72 x 2.52 x 0.39 in)
144.9 x 72.1 x 6.4 mm
(5.7 x 2.84 x 0.25 in)
151.9 x 78.4 x 8.1 mm
(5.98 x 3.09 x 0.32 in)
Weight 124 g (4.37 oz) 144 g (5.08 oz) 165 g (5.82 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 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Microsoft Windows 10
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 Snapdragon S4 Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53, HiSilicon Kirin 935 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810
GPU Adreno 305 Mali-T628 Adreno 430
RAM 512 MB 3 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 16/64 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 5.2 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (515 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.47% 71.23% 75.30%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 20 MP, 4992 х 3744 pixels
Flash No dual-LED (dual tone) Carl Zeiss optics
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Optical Image Stabilization, Dual-tone Flash, HDR 1/2.4' Sensor Size, 1.12 μm Pixel Size, PureView Technology, Dual Capture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 720p@30fps 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, optical stabilization, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera No [Similar] 8 MP [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/21.1 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, apt-X v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL TV-out), USB Host Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
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 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 16/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 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 supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1430 mAh 2680 mAh 3340 mAh
Stand by Up to 384 h (3G)
Up to 360 h (3G)
- Up to 288 h (2G)
Up to 288 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 17 h 24 min (2G)
Up to 9 h 42 min (3G)
- Up to 25 h (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)