Phone Comparison - Nokia Lumia 900 vs Nokia Lumia 830 vs Samsung Galaxy A3

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia Samsung
Announced January 2012 September 2014 October 2014
Status Available - May 2012 Available - September 2014 Available - November 2014
Price - - Rs. 14,265 ($209.78) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, cyan Orange, green, white, black Pearl White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light B
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 127.8 x 68.5 x 11.5 mm, 90 cc
(5.03 x 2.7 x 0.45 in, 3.54 cc)
139.4 x 70.7 x 8.5 mm
(5.49 x 2.78 x 0.33 in)
130.1 x 65.5 x 6.9 mm
( 5.12 x 2.58 x 0.27 in)
Weight 160 g (5.64 oz) 150 g (5.29 oz) 110.3 g (3.88.0.11 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 / 1700 / 2100 LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - ClearBlack display -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor 1.4 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm APQ8055 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 Quad-core 1.2 GHz
GPU Adreno 205 Adreno 305 -
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 16 GB 16 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 5.0 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (245 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.10% 69.80% 65.39%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 10 MP, Carl Zeiss Optics 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels
Flash Carl Zeiss optics LED Flash LED flash
Features Geo-tagging Auto focus, OIS, 1/3.4'' sensor size, PureView technology, geo-tagging, face detection, panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR, Wide Selfie, Rear-cam Selfie
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, video stabilization 1080p@30fps, optical stabilization, stereo sound rec. 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP, VGA@30fps [Similar] 0.9 MP, 720p [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 33 Yes Yes
Edge Class 33 Up to 296 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps DL, 25 Mbps UL HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR v4.0, A2DP v4.0, BLE, ANT+
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, HS microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16GB storage, 512 MB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

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 Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery (BV-L4A) Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1830 mAh (BP-6EW) 2200 mAh 1900 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 528 h -
Talk Time Up to 7 h Up to 12 h 54 min (2G)
Up to 14 h 48 min (3G)
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