Phone Comparison - Nokia N86 8MP vs Sony Xperia Tipo vs Nokia Lumia 520

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Sony Nokia
Announced February 2009 June 2012 February 2013
Status Available - June 2009 Available - August 2012 Available - April 2013
Colors Indigo Black, White Classic Black, Classic White, Deep Red, Navy Blue Yellow, red, cyan, white/black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 103.4 x 51.4 x 16.5 mm, 69 cc
(4.07 x 2.02 x 0.65 in, 2.72 cc)
103 x 57 x 13 mm
(4.06 x 2.24 x 0.51 in)
119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm
(4.72 x 2.52 x 0.39 in)
Weight 149 g (5.26 oz) 99.4 g (3.49.0.14 oz) 124 g (4.37 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - American version
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST21i
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST21a
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Symbian OS v9.3, S60 rel. 3.2 Android OS, v4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor 434 MHz ARM 11 800 MHz, Qualcomm MSM7227A Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 Snapdragon S4
GPU Adreno 200 Adreno 305
RAM 128 MB 512 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 2.9 GB storage (2.5 GB user available) 8 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type AMOLED TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 2.6 inches 3.2 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels (154 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 39.31% 52.10% 59.47%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash yes No No
Features Variable Aperture, Geotagging, ISO 800 Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, VGA@30fps Yes, VGA Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera VGA videocall camera [Similar] No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 32 Up to 86 kbps Yes
Edge Class 32, 296 / 177.6 kbits Up to 237 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps 3.0 Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB storage, 128 MB RAM 2.9 GB storage (2.5 GB user available), 512 MB RAM 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not 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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1200 mAh (BL-5K) 1500 mAh 1430 mAh
Stand by Up to 312 h (2G)
264 h (3G)
Up to 470 h (2G)
Up to 545 h (3G)
Up to 384 h (3G)
Up to 360 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 6 h 18 min (2G)
3 h 54 min (3G)
Up to 5 h (2G)
Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 17 h 24 min (2G)
Up to 9 h 42 min (3G)