Phone Comparison - Nokia N9 vs Nokia Lumia 820 vs Nokia Lumia 520

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia Nokia
Announced June 2011 Expected September 2012 February 2013
Status Available - September 2011 Available - November 2012 Available - April 2013
Colors Black, Cyan, Magenta, Glossy white Black, Gray, Red, Yellow, White, Blue, Violet Yellow, red, cyan, white/black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm, 76 cc
(4.59 x 2.41 x 0.48 in, 2.99 cc )
123.8 x 68.5 x 9.9 mm
(4.87 x 2.7 x 0.39 in)
119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm
(4.72 x 2.52 x 0.39 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 160 g (5.64 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 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 / 2100/ 900 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS MeeGo OS, v1.2 Harmattan Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor 1 GHz Cortex A8, TI OMAP 3630 Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 Snapdragon S4
GPU PowerVR SGX530 Adreno 225 Adreno 305
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 512 MB
Internal Memory 16/64 GB storage 8 GB storage 8 GB storage
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.9 inches 4.3 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels (251 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.88% 62.04% 59.47%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No FM Radio
Games Angry Birds Magic (NFC), Galax Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Carl Zeiss Tessa 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash Carl Zeiss optics LED flash No
Features Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Touch-focus Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes [Similar] Yes [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 33 Yes Yes
Edge Class 33 Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.7 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps
HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML5, RSS feeds HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Call Records Yes Practically unlimited Practically unlimited
Internal 16/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No 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 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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1450 mAh (BV-5JW) 1650 mAh 1430 mAh
Stand by Up to 380 h (2G)
Up to 450 h (3G)
Up to 330 h (2G)
Up to 330 h (3G)
Up to 384 h (3G)
Up to 360 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 17 h 24 min (2G)
Up to 9 h 42 min (3G)